Pop Music Genres Unit: The Elements of Music for Middle School Grades 5 6 7 8

Teaching music genres in middle school? Use pop music to teach the elements of music and music theory! This pop music unit is made up of 3 separate mini-units that fit together to teach different characteristics of pop music. These lessons are high quality analysis that teach the actual music theory behind the music that…

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Teaching music genres in middle school? Use pop music to teach the elements of music and music theory!

This pop music unit is made up of 3 separate mini-units that fit together to teach different characteristics of pop music. These lessons are high quality analysis that teach the actual music theory behind the music that your students are already listening to – but written in a way that YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A MUSIC SPECIALIST TO TEACH IT.

Part 1: Pop 101 (inspired by the hit song by Marianas Trench)

Part 2: The Millennial Whoop (inspired by a blog post by Patrick Metzger)

Part 3: Four Chords (inspired by the comedy song by Axis of Awesome)

*NEW BONUS FILE* Support distance learning with a digital student notebook file. (ONLY available with this full-unit bundle!)

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