Music Appreciation A
Activity
Points
% of
Total
Exam
125
16%
Quiz
380
49%
Test
(CST)
150
19%
Test
(TST)
125
16%
Total Points for the Course : 780
Unit 1: Introduction to Music Appreciation
Lesson 1.1: Course Overview
Activity 1.1.1: Study - Why Study Music?
Learn about the various components of music study including history theory and performance.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.1.2: Study - What Do You Hear?
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.1.3: Quiz - Course Overview
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.2: Sound and Hearing
Activity 1.2.1: Study - The Science of Sound and Hearing
Learn about how human hearing works and the basics of sound generation and transmission. Learn how the
ear catches and processes sound.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.2.2: Study - Why Do Sounds Sound Different?
Study the spectrum of sound including fundamental tones and overtones.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.2.3: Study - What Can We Hear?
Learn about the two dimensions of sound that the human ear can process.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.2.4: Quiz - Sound and Hearing
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.3: Music Theory I
Activity 1.3.1: Study - Music Theory I: Writing and Reading Music Notation
Learn about the purpose and history of written music. Learn about the music staff clefs and leger lines.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.3.2: Study - Rhythmic Durations
Explore rhythmic durations of notes and rests.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.3.3: Study - Measures and Time Signatures
Learn about measures and time signatures.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 1.3.4: Quiz - Music Theory I
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.4: Unit Wrap-Up
Activity 1.4.1: Review - Introduction to Music Appreciation
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.
Duration: 1 hr
Activity 1.4.2: Test (CST) - Introduction to Music Appreciation
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____
Activity 1.4.3: Test (TST) - Introduction to Music Appreciation
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 25
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 1.5: Diagnostic
Activity 1.5.1: Diag - Introduction to Music Appreciation
Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.
Duration: 30 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 2: Music of the Primitive and Ancient World
Lesson 2.1: Music of the Primitive World
Activity 2.1.1: Study - Music Artifacts and Archaeology
Discover what music historians look for in order to understand how the most primitive people incorporated
music into their lives.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.1.2: Study - The Role of Music in Primitive Societies
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of music in the primitive
world.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.1.3: Study - Classifying Musical Instruments
Compare the earliest musical instruments to those used today. Learn to classify different instruments.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.1.4: Quiz - Music of the Primitive World
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 2.2: Ancient Greek Music
Activity 2.2.1: Study - A Philosophy of Music
Learn about how ancient Greek philosophers addressed the role of music in civilized societies.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.2.2: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of music in the ancient
Greek world.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.2.3: Study - Ancient Greek Instruments
Learn about instruments created by the ancient Greeks including the kithara and the aulos.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.2.4: Quiz - Ancient Greek Music
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 2.3: Ancient Roman Music
Activity 2.3.1: Study - When in Rome . . .
Study the rich timeline of Roman music to gain an understanding of the geography and chronology of
events that affected the development of music and music-making in the ancient world.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.3.2: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of music in the ancient
Roman world.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.3.3: Study - Ancient Roman Instruments
Discover how many ancient Roman musical instruments were derived from Greek instruments.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.3.4: Quiz - Ancient Roman Music
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Lesson 2.4: Music Theory II
Activity 2.4.1: Study - Steps and Accidentals
Learn about whole steps half steps and accidentals.
Points Earned: _____
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.4.2: Study - Major and Minor Scales
Study the construction and purpose of major and minor scales.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.4.3: Study - Key Signatures
Learn about key signatures and how they are they derived from scales.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 2.4.4: Quiz - Music Theory II
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 2.5: Music of the Primitive and Ancient World Wrap-Up
Activity 2.5.1: Review - Music of the Primitive and Ancient World
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.
Duration: 1 hr
Activity 2.5.2: Test (CST) - Music of the Primitive and Ancient World
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____
Activity 2.5.3: Test (TST) - Music of the Primitive and Ancient World
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 25
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 2.6: Diagnostic
Activity 2.6.1: Diag - Music of the Primitive and Ancient World
Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.
Duration: 30 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 3: Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Lesson 3.1: Music of the Middle Ages
Activity 3.1.1: Study - Musical Knowledge and the Middle Ages
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example from the Middle Ages.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.2: Study - Timeline of Music in the Middle Ages
Study the rich timeline of music from the Middle Ages to gain an understanding of the geography and
chronology of events that affected the development of music and music-making during the period from 500
to 1400.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.3: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of music in the Middle
Ages.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.1.4: Quiz - Music from the Middle Ages
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 3.2: Music of the Renaissance
Activity 3.2.1: Study - Apply Musical Knowledge to Music of the Renaissance
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example from the Renaissance.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.2.2: Study - Timeline of Music in the Renaissance
Study the timeline of Renaissance music to gain an understanding of the geography and chronology of
events that affected the development of music and music-making in the Western European world during the
period from 1420 to 1600.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.2.3: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of music during the
Renaissance.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.2.4: Quiz - Music from the Renaissance
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 3.3: Early Notation Performance Practices and Musical
Instruments
Activity 3.3.1: Study - Early Notation
Explore early music notation which enabled musicians to share uniform sets of songs among themselves.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.3.2: Study - Responsorial Antiphonal and Direct Performance
In the Middle Ages three manners of performance emerged. Learn about them and about how vocal soloists
and choirs used them in the musical selections contained in the mass.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.3.3: Study - Musical Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Discover the instruments used to play the music of this period.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.3.4: Quiz - Early Notation Performance Practices and Musical
Instruments
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Lesson 3.4: Music Theory III
Activity 3.4.1: Study - Tempo in Music
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Learn about tempo in music. Understand how it can be used to classify songs and to determine the overall
effect of a song. Consider how you might make use of this element in your own music writing.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.4.2: Study - Dynamics
Learn how to notate and use a variety of dynamic (volume) levels in music. Consider how you might make
use of this element in your own music writing.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.4.3: Study - Form
Learn about form an important organizational element in music. Consider how you might make use of forms
in your own music writing.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 3.4.4: Quiz - Music Theory III
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 3.5: Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Wrap-Up
Activity 3.5.1: Review - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.
Duration: 1 hr
Activity 3.5.2: Test (CST) - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____
Activity 3.5.3: Test (TST) - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 25
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 3.6: Diagnostic
Activity 3.6.1: Diag - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.
Duration: 30 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 4: Baroque and Classical Music
Lesson 4.1: Music of the Baroque Period
Activity 4.1.1: Study - Listening to Baroque Music
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example from the Baroque period.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.1.2: Study - Baroque Music Timeline
Study the rich timeline of Baroque music to gain an understanding of the geography and chronology of
events that affected the development of music and music-making during the period from 1600 to 1750.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.1.3: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of Baroque music.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.1.4: Quiz - Music from the Baroque Period
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 4.2: Opera
Activity 4.2.1: Study - Listening to Opera Music
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of an operatic musical example.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.2.2: Study - Opera Timeline
Study the rich timeline of opera to gain an understanding of the geography and chronology of events that
affected its development.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.2.3: Study - The Relationship of Opera to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of opera music.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.2.4: Quiz - Opera
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 4.3: Music of the Classical Period
Activity 4.3.1: Study - Listening to Classical Music
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example from the classical period.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.3.2: Study - Classical Music Timeline
Study the rich timeline of classical music to gain an understanding of the geography and chronology of
events that affected the development of music and music-making during the period from 1750 to 1820.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.3.3: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of classical music.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.3.4: Quiz - Music from the Classical Period
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 4.4: Important People in Music
Activity 4.4.1: Study - The Life and Works of Johann Sebastian Bach
Learn about this important Baroque composer and performer.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.4.2: Study - The Life and Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Learn about this important classical composer and performer.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.4.3: Study - The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven
Learn about Beethoven arguably the most famous composer of the classical period.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 4.4.4: Quiz - Important People in Music
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 4.5: Baroque and Classical Music Wrap-Up
Activity 4.5.1: Review - Music from the Baroque and Classical Periods
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.
Duration: 1 hr
Activity 4.5.2: Test (CST) - Music from the Baroque and Classical Periods
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____
Activity 4.5.3: Test (TST) - Music from the Baroque and Classical Periods
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 25
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 4.6: Diagnostic
Activity 4.6.1: Diag - Music from the Baroque and Classical Periods
Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.
Duration: 30 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 5: Romantic and 20th-Century Music
Lesson 5.1: Music of the Romantic Period
Activity 5.1.1: Study - Listening to Romantic Music
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example from the Romantic
period.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.1.2: Study - Romantic Music Timeline
Study the rich timeline of Romantic music to gain an understanding of the geography and chronology of
events that affected the development of music and music-making during the period from 1820 to 1900.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.1.3: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of Romantic music.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.1.4: Quiz - Music from the Romantic Period
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 5.2: Nationalistic and Patriotic Music
Activity 5.2.1: Study - Nationalism in Music
Learn about the rise of nationalism in music. What musical elements were altered in response to the desire
of composers to reflect national pride?
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.2.2: Study - American Patriotic Music
Learn about the history and importance of some American patriotic songs.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.2.3: Study - The Evolution of the Modern Symphony Orchestra
Orchestras existed as early as the 1600s. Learn about the instruments that made up this ensemble and how
it evolved into todayâ_Ts modern orchestra.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.2.4: Quiz - Nationalistic and Patriotic Music
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 5.3: 20th-Century Music
Activity 5.3.1: Study - Listening to Modern 20th-Century Music
Use specific music vocabulary words to describe the content of a musical example from the 20th century.
Explore a musical example from the 20th century.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.3.2: Study - Modern 20th-Century Music Timeline
Study the rich timeline of modern 20th-century music to gain an understanding of the geography and
chronology of events that affected the development of music and music-making in the 20th century.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.3.3: Study - The Relationship of Music to History and Culture
Learn about the history and culture that surrounded the creation and performance of 20th-century music.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.3.4: Quiz - 20th-Century Music
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 5.4: Important People in Music
Activity 5.4.1: Study - The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
Learn about this important Romantic composer.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.4.2: Study - The Life and Works of Igor Stravinsky
Learn about this important 20th-century composer.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.4.3: Study - Introduction to Conductors in Music
Learn about why and how conductors became more common during the 19th century.
Duration: 30 min
Activity 5.4.4: Quiz - Important People in Music
Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.
Duration: 20 min
Scoring: 20
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 5.5: Romantic and 20th-Century Music Wrap-Up
Activity 5.5.1: Review - Romantic and 20th-Century Music
Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key concepts and skills.
Duration: 1 hr
Activity 5.5.2: Test (CST) - Romantic and 20th-Century Music
Take a computer-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____
Activity 5.5.3: Test (TST) - Romantic and 20th-Century Music
Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.
Duration: 45 min
Scoring: 25
Points Earned: _____
Lesson 5.6: Diagnostic
Activity 5.6.1: Diag - Romantic and 20th-Century Music
Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.
Duration: 30 min
Scoring: 30
Points Earned: _____ (optional)
Unit 6: Semester Wrap-Up
Lesson 6.1: Semester Wrap-Up
Activity 6.1.1: Review - Semester Review
(Documents: Study Sheet)
Prepare for the semester exam by reviewing key concepts covered in Music Appreciation Semester 1.
Duration: 2 hrs
Activity 6.1.2: Exam - Semester Exam
(Documents: Complete and Submit, Complete and Submit)
Take an exam to demonstrate your mastery of concepts and skills covered in Music Appreciation Semester
1.
Duration: 1 hr 15 min
Scoring: 125
Points Earned: _____
Appendix B: Additional Activities
B.1: Extra Credit
Scoring: 15
Points Earned: _____