Teaching Materials - Spanish
Latin American Music

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This curriculum unit, funded by a Kuyers Institute grant, was written by Amy Vail for the fourth- and fifth-grade music classroom and meets all national music standards. It includes lesson plans, lists of resources, and reproducible student pages. Lessons
  1. Introduction to Latin American Music
  2. Instruments in Latin American Music
  3. Latin Dance (Cuba)
  4. Los Posadas (Mexico)
  5. Composer Study: Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil)
  6. Worship Music (Puerto Rico)
Unit Goals
  • to introduce students to some of the countries of Latin America and their music
  • to familiarize students with some distinguishing characteristics of Latin American music
  • to provide students with experiences related to Latin America and its music
  • to help students connect Latin American music to their lives
Materials can be downloaded here (PDF, 1.2 MB).
2007-05-11