Category Archives: Free Sheet Music

Music Lesson-Learning about Francis Scott Key and the song The Star-Spangled Banner

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Jennifer Butler

Students will be learning about Francis Scott Key, the Battle at Fort McHenry, and the story of the composition of The Star-Spangled Banner.  Students will be learning to sing the song, The Star-Spangled Banner through several methods such as listening, … Continue reading →

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Everyday is The Star-Spangled Banner Day!

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Kaii Lee

 Everyday is “The Star-Spangled Banner” Day! Vocal Music Grades 4-6 by Kaii Lee Irvine Unified School District, CA Every teacher can use “The Star-Spangled Banner” as a teaching tool to teach music in elementary school classes. Goals and Objectives Read, … Continue reading →

Posted in Banner Moments, Choral, Education, Elementary, Fort McHenry, Fort McHenry, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Library of Congress, Melody, Music Choral, NEH, Smithsonian, Star Spangled Music Day, Thomas Hampson, Voice | Leave a comment

The Star-Spangled Banner across the Arts

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Jennifer Butler

 2nd grade lesson by Jennifer Butler, Northwoods Fine Arts Academy Sand Springs, Oklahoma 2nd grade students will be learning about the Battle at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, and the composition of The Star-Spangled Banner through music, art, and dance.  Students … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dance, Education, Elementary, F.S. Key, Fort McHenry, Grades K-2, History, History, K-2, Melody, Music Choral, Mythconceptions, Social Studies, Star Spangled Music Day, Subject Area, Teaching Ideas, Visual Art, Voice | Leave a comment

The Music of Poetry: Decoded_Lesson 3

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Janet Berry

Guiding Question – What do our National Symbols mean to me? Focus Word – Liberty Lesson 3 – Emma Lazarus Introduction: 1) Introduce “The New Colossus” by asking what immigrant means. Capture the answers in a wordle. 2) Read “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Banner Moments, Cultural Diversity, Elementary, Grades 3-5, History, Language Arts, Library of Congress, Social Studies, Uncategorized, Voice | Leave a comment

Star Spangled Festival Performance

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Brenda Cowe

The Star Spangled Banner Anthem: Celebrating the origin and meaning through performance Information Literacy/Interdisciplinary Arts Grades 9-12 Brenda J. Cowe- School Library Media Specialist Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts Students from choral and instrumental music, theater, dance, visual art … Continue reading →

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Star Spangled “Festival Overture” To Be Premiered by Reno Orchestra & Laura Jackson

Posted on July 2, 2014 by usmusicscholar

On the Fourth of July at Lake Tahoe, Maestro Laura Jackson and the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will premiere a new “Star Spangled Music Edition” of American composer Dudley Buck’s “Festival Overture on the American National Air” (1879). The Reno orchestra  … Continue reading →

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Spangled Mythconception #4: Key’s Banner is Based on a Bawdy Old English Drinking Song

Posted on June 11, 2014 by usmusicscholar

MYTH #4: Key’s Banner is based on the melody of a bawdy old English drinking song CORRECTION: “The Anacreontic Song” was the constitutional anthem of an elite, London-based, amateur music society… but it gets complicated. Francis Scott Key would have … Continue reading →

Posted in Drinking Song?, History, Jacob Wright, Jerry Blackstone, Justin Berkowitz, Mark Clague, Mythconceptions, Poets & Patriots, SSB Videos, The Anthem, Voice | 3 Comments