Lessons in American Music

About this book

Lessons in American Music, by Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay, is a collection of lessons covering William Billings, Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, and "The Star-Spangled Banner." This book is an all-in-one resource for teachers, offering lesson plans, activities, sheet music, and assessments. The set of lessons on William Billings will let your students sing an arrangement of "Chester," the unofficial anthem of the Revolutionary War. A number of Stephen Foster's songs are available, along with historical background and a biography for students to read. Students will learn to cakewalk and play an arrangement of the famous rag "The Entertainer" on the soprano recorder in the Scott Joplin lessons. The story of how our national anthem came to be written is presented in a way that will appeal to students in the lessons about "The Star-Spangled Banner." All of the music, puzzles, assessments, and worksheets in these ready-made lessons can be photocopied for your classes. Each lesson has all the materials you need to complete it and a list of which National Standards for Music Education it covers. About the Author Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay, a National Board Certified teacher in early and middle childhood music, teaches general music at Crestwood Elementary in Springfield, Virginia. She is the president-elect of the Virginia Elementary Music Educators Association and was named the Virginia Outstanding Music Educator for 2003. A general music teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, since 1975, she also coteaches a class she designed for second year music teachers. She has studied in Japan on a Fulbright grant and in Russia on one from the Virginia Department of Education. She has also served as an online mentor for MENC. Ms. Lindsay's elementary performing groups have appeared at the International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Virginia, and at the White House. She is the author and composer of numerous publications by MusicWorks and the Core Knowledge Foundation. LESSONS IN AMERICAN MUSIC, VOLUME 2 available May 2011.