Music Listening Unit: Mars - no instruments, no technology

This Music Listening/Music Appreciation unit is aimed at upper primary/lower secondary and is flexible and ready to use. No prep, no tech, no instruments - use it whatever your teaching situation!

Mars: Bringer of War by Holst from The Planets Suite is a classical favourite and your pupils will be engaged in learning about the music with a space exploration theme!

This unit lasts around 3 hours and features the following:

• multiple listening tasks
• ostinato
• dissonance
• fanfare
• coda
• short composition
• theory tasks
• practical tasks
• creative response tasks
• pupil workbook (8 pages PDF format)
• teacher notes/lesson plans (2 pages PDF format)
• suggestions of extension/enrichment activities

Included are UK and USA versions (bar/measure, crotcher/quarter note etc) and color and black and white versions for easy printing.

The audio is not included, for copyright reasons, but I have an included a link - it is easy to find on all platforms. The only technology you require is something to play the audio from - eg a computer, CD player or bluetooth speaker.

No instruments are required as all rhythm exercises can be clapped.

Despite the “no instruments, no technology” label, this is a jam-packed, engaging and comprehesive unit. It will fit in to any music class and classroom!

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