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Click here to jump down to sample pages and lesson plans from our Teacher Guide. Each monthly Teacher Guide contains four lesson plans, three quizzes, and a crossword puzzle for classroom set subscribers.

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Music Alive! is designed with teenage students in mind. Our wide variety of regular feature articles provides many options to focus on with your class—and all are presented in a dynamic, engaging design. Browse some of our pages by clicking on any image below for a larger view.

Cover

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Start your class with something exciting! The colorful, eye-catching covers of Music Alive! feature today’s top musicians and are sure to capture students’ interest.

Feature

ma-oct2016_sample_wm-6_thumOur features cover a broad range of subjects: singers, players, and composers both famous and obscure, as well as any conceivable style, trend, or concept that has left a lasting mark on music history.

Serial Articles

ma-oct2016_sample_wm-4_thumbMulti-part articles provide in-depth understanding of featured topics and encourage more comprehensive discussions that may carry over from one month to the next.

Song of the Month

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The centerpiece of each monthly issue, our Song of the Month brings a current hit into the classroom for guided listening that translates into fun learning.

Listening Guide

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Guide your students through a step-by-step approach to current and influential popular music, that will open their ears and expand their understanding of how music is written.

Cool Careers

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Inspire students to explore the countless possibilities of a rewarding career in music through informative interviews with those who have succeeded in their field and are passionate about their jobs.

Now Playing

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Exploring music through the very basics of equipment: Instruments new and old give insight into the wide range of styles, cultures, and techniques that go into making music.

 

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Click here to view a Music Alive! sample issue.

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Lesson Plans

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Each month, our Teacher Guide contains four lesson plans, three quizzes, and a crossword puzzle. The lesson plans are correlated to the National Core Arts Standards to provide complete curriculum support that you can trust.

Crossword

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Our monthly crossword puzzle provides another fun way for students to engage with our material by testing their memory and comprehension of what they’ve read.