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Dance

• World Dance Forms (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*
  How does knowing about societal, cultural, historical, and community experience expand dance literacy? 

 

Music

American Music

• All That Jazz (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How is jazz music an expression of personal experience?

• Native Dreams: Contemporary Native American Music (ORM) CourseArc

  How is contemporary Native American music both an expression of traditional culture and a powerful force for change? 

• Roots of American Music (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT* | Schoology Lesson**
  What were the roles of music in the lives of American enslaved and free Black people?

• Roots of Pop, Rock, Rap & Hip Hop (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How are musical genres influenced by history, society, and personal experience? 

• Star Spangled Inspiration (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  What does it mean to be patriotic? How is patriotism evoked in music?

• The Blues (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How is blues music an expression of personal experience?

 

Choral Music

• All Singing, All the Time (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How is a cappella singing different from accompanied singing?

• Musical Careers (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How could music class help me to prepare for a future career?

• Sounds of Social Change (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How do music and lyrics create social change?

 

Guitar

• The Guitar: Deconstruct and Design (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How do a guitar's components and anatomy influence its sound?

 

Instrumental Music

• Diversity in Orchestras (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How are orchestras creating unity through community engagement?  
• Instrumental Music Careers (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  What career in instrumental music would best suit my strengths and talents?
• Maestros Moving Mountains (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  How does diverse representation of music conductors impact the orchestral experience?  

• Music Time Capsule (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How does knowledge of historical context help us to better appreciate music?

World Music

• ABBA-cadabra: The Magic of Contemporary European Music (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  During which point in time was Europop most successful?

• African Music (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT* 
  How is African music used as a form of communication?

• Behind the Music of Bollywood (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  What is the role of music in Bollywood films? 

• Chinese Opera (Slam Dunk) PDF | PPT*

  How can music represent cultural values?

• Comparing Carnival Traditions in Latin America (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How do Latin American Carnival celebrations blend music and traditions of different groups and cultures? 

• Music Around the World (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*

  How does the purpose of music vary for different cultures around the world?

• Name That Russian Music Genre (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT* 
  How do musical elements and instruments create the unique sounds of different Russian music genres?

• National Anthems (ORM) CourseArc

  How are cultural values reflected in a country's national anthem?

• Timbre (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT*
  

  How does timbre influence the character, quality, or reception of music?

Visual Arts

• Landscapes (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT
  How do artists use the landscape to communicate their observations about ecology and the interaction of man-made materials with the natural environment?

• Self-Portraits (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT 
  How does an artist use art elements to create the principles of design in order to convey personal ideas?

• Still Life (Slam Dunk)  PDF | PPT
  How do artists use compositional and media techniques to communicate intended effects in still life art?