Lesson Plan & Activity Resources
Soundtrap Edu Portal
Lesson Plans to inspire new projects and refresh your classroom activities. These are created by teachers for teachers to make learning fun and relevant for all ages and abilities!
TeachRock
Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock project brings rich educational materials to teachers and students everywhere – at no cost. The lesson plans and resources at teachrock.org allow a one-of-a-kind, multimedia experience that helps young people connect the history of popular music to classroom work across the disciplines. From social studies and language arts to geography, media studies, science, general music, and more: TeachRock has engaging and meaningful material for every classroom.
Makey Makey
Makey Makey is an invention kit for the 21st century. Turn everyday objects into touchpads and combine them with the internet. It's a simple Invention Kit for Beginners and Experts doing music, art, engineering, and everything in between.
Music-Map
An algorithm based search engine. Type in the name of any music artist and the site will generate a graphic list of other artists who are similar in genre and style. The closer the other artists to the original artist, the more closely related they are.
Smithsonian for Educators
Browse lesson plans by subject area or search by grade levels and keywords. Smithsonian lesson plans emphasize inquiry-based learning using primary sources and museum collections. Each plan is print-friendly and provides you with all the materials you need—photographs, reproductions, handouts, activities, suggested strategies, standards information, and additional online resources.
Musedlab
The NYU Music Experience Design Lab (MusEDLab) researches and designs new technologies and experiences for music making learning and engagement together with students, educators, non-profit, and industry partners. We focus on lowering barriers to and promoting creative expressions of all people across the lifespan.
Sounds of the Globe Project
The ‘Sounds of the Globe’ project is a global initiative for learners in G4-12 to explore, create and share musical ideas with a diverse range of audiences using technology as a tool for artistic expression. The project is designed to have two phases with an optional third phase. During the first phase, learners are encouraged to explore the sounds of their own cities, then record and share them via cloud-based platforms such as soundcloud.com. In the second phase, learners will have the opportunity to listen to and work with sound samples submitted from other places of the world, and create a composition focusing on musical context, form/structure, timbre, and texture. Lastly, participating classrooms will have the option to connect via the internet share the creative process and story behind their compositions.
Exploring the AABA Form
A great article for reference materials to teach the AABA song form. Includes a list of song examples using the AABA form and expanded AABA form.
macPro Video
With a monthly or yearly Library Pass, you get unlimited access to the entire tutorial library. Stream tutorials to your Mac, Windows PC, and all of your Apple devices when connected to the internet. Tons of content of tutorials on virtually any app you could think of: Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, Reason, Garage Band, Final Cut...
Songstuff
Songstuff has grown into an all round resource for musicians, attracting interest from musicians of all experience and skill levels. The Soungstuff song writing and music community has grown into an essential, dynamic networking resource, where members exchange ideas and collaborate on common projects.