Dive into the legendary Live Aid concert and explore the iconic music performances that shaped pop music history. Discover the unforgettable moments from Live Aid 1985, where music legends came together for a global cause. From Queen’s legendary performance to U2’s awe-inspiring set, your students will analyze and interpret the techniques, styles, and narratives behind each performance. They will gain a deeper understanding of pop music’s evolution, its fusion of genres, and the transformative role it played in the social landscape of the time. Designed to inspire, educate, and spark meaningful discussions, “Live Aid 1985” Important Music Performances - Pop Music History encourages students to delve into the moment famous artists started using the power of music for good and to bring about change. Engaging worksheets, thought-provoking discussion questions, and multimedia content allow students to analyze the significance of this performance, its impact on society, and the enduring legacy of Live Aid. Whether you’re teaching history, music, or cultural studies, this comprehensive teaching resource provides a valuable and immersive learning experience. Let your students witness firsthand the defining moments from one of the most famous and memorable music concerts of all time “Live Aid” (1985) and discover how music can transcend boundaries, unite generations, and create a lasting impact. This resource is perfect for teachers looking to incorporate modern cultural elements into their music curriculum while also helping students develop skills relevant to the music industry as a whole.

Improve your students’ listening skills and help them develop their auditory perception with this range of engaging worksheets! This resource features thought-provoking questions and exercises to help students develop their understanding of a broad range of different musical styles; everything from Jazz, DooWop, Grunge, R&B, Rock and Roll, Gospel and many, many more. The worksheets come with a range of different listening questions, from multiple-choice, to short statements and those that require longer, more detailed responses. Moreover, every worksheet also has a related “Further Analysis & Discussion” question. Each of these is unique, and an excellent way to build upon knowledge gained and spark further classroom discussion in small groups or with the whole class. Each listening skills exercise comes with a printable worksheet, a Powerpoint version to use at the front of the classroom, great to share answers and write directly on using Smartboards. A printable Answer Sheet, saving you time with marking. Finally, a Google Slides version, which you can save to your own Drive, and a TpT Easel activity for learners to complete and submit online. “The Winner Takes It All” is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group’s seventh studio album, “Super Trouper”. It was released in 1980 and became a chart-topping hit in several countries, it is considered a masterpiece of songwriting.

This lesson and supporting resources provide a detailed account of the Britpop music genre that started in the early 1990s and grew massively in popularity throughout the mid-1990s with hugely successful bands like Oasis, Blur, Pulp and Supergrass. It covers the major social and musical elements of this music genre; along with important artists that influenced the style. It also comes with extremely useful listening exercises that link with the presentation/lecture itself, this keeping learner engaged throughout. Moreover, there are also additional listening tasks and student research/investigation into the style of music. Finally, there is a really useful infographic to aid learning support the rest of the resource. The presentation covers the instruments employed, tone, and techniques used within the style. Moreover, YouTube embedded links to aid learning. It covers social norms, social and some of the major artists and bands. Again, all with video and music examples to support throughout. This resource also comes with 2 classroom task worksheets that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation and integrated music links to listen through and use with the classroom exercises. In this package: PRESENTATION – Britpop Music 1990s (.pdf High quality) PRESENTATION – Britpop Music 1990s (.pdf compressed quality) PRESENTATION – Britpop Music 1990s (.pptx PowerPoint - read-only) GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf) ========================= WORKSHEET – TASK 1-Listening Skills-Don’t Look Back in Anger -STYLED (.pdf) WORKSHEET – TASK 1-Listening Skills-Don’t Look Back in Anger-Styled -NOT STYLE (.pdf) ANSWERS – TASK 1-Listening Skills-Don’t Look Back in Anger-Styled (.pdf) ========================= WORKSHEET – TASK 2-Research-Developing Understanding of Britpop-Styled -STYLED (.pdf) WORKSHEET – TASK 2-Research-Developing Understanding of Britpop-Styled-NOT STYLE (.pdf) ========================= INFOGRAPHIC – Britpop (.pdf) INFOGRAPHIC – Britpop (.pptx PowerPoint) WARNING – Before you buy this resource PLEASE READ! Grunge is an aggressive and angry genre, quite often with swearing throughout many popular songs. It is the teacher/lecturer’s responsibility to monitor and check before engaging with learners. I have tried to ensure that music examples are suitable for the classroom, but this really depends on the learning environment and age range of your learners. Thank you for understanding!

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of how modern films make use of Foley sound Design and Sound FXs. The lesson presentation covers these key areas in detail; On location sound recording in film production Recording dialogue when on location What is ADR in films (with class task/exercise) Why use ARD in film production Post-production sound FXs (Ambience, Library Sounds and Foley) Film Ambience Film Library Sounds Film Foley Sound FXs 3 Types of Foley Sounds Brief History of Foley in films Jack Foley – Sound Designer Back of the Mike Documentary (with class task/exercise) Direct to Picture Sound Sound Mixers/Editors Sound Spotting Session Modern Foley and Sound FXs All material, presentations and worksheets, within this resource has been recently updated and now includes links to online ‘Distance Learning’ versions through Google Slides™. This allowing extra flexibility and continued support if students are learning and engaging from outside the classroom at home. The presentation comes with convenient embedded YouTube video examples, this aiding learning and ensuring a very interactive lesson that engages with learners throughout. This resource also comes with 2 separate worksheet tasks that can be completed as homework or in-class projects. One of these is directly linked to the lesson presentation, thus allowing learners to follow along during the lesson, but also providing greater engagement. This classroom task comes in a “No Style”, black and white print out or an attractive, “Styled” version. In this package: PRESENTATION – Foley and Sound FXs in Films (.pdf High quality) PRESENTATION – Foley and Sound FXs in Films (.pdf Compressed) PRESENTATION – Foley and Sound FXs in Films (.pptx PowerPoint) VIDEO – Revision video of presentation to aid learning (.mp4 file) GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf) WORKSHEET – Class Task (Linked with Presentation) (.pdf Plain - Not Styled) WORKSHEET – Class Task (Linked with Presentation) (.pdf Plain - STYLED) HOMEWORK – Class Task- Important Works to Remember (.pdf Plain - Not Styled) ANSWERS – Homework- Important Works to Remember (.pdf Plain - Not Styled)

Rock n Roll - Quick Outline, is one of many infographics that outline the main features and elements of popular music styles and genres. These quick summaries would act as a great study guide to give a concise and detailed look at different Pop music key characteristics and qualities. Each poster comes with embedded YouTube links to musical examples and breaks the style into these key areas: · Instrumentation · Performance & Arrangement · Technology & Production · Main Artists/Bands · Influences · Key Facts & Terminology Posters and displays are an extremely useful tool to aid learning and can motivate students to learn a specific topic. They can help learners to focus on a certain idea, fact, event, or process. They are convenient both for pupils and teachers as they help students to absorb the material faster and but used again and again for a range of materials. In this package: OUTLINE-POSTER – (.png HD quality image file) OUTLINE-POSTER – (.pdf with embedded links) POWERPOINT Version POSTER - (.pptx - read-only) GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf) =================================== Product License: Unlimited copies for you. However, you may not distribute additional copies to friends, fellow teachers, or students. Freebies and Discounts: Follow me on TeachersPayTeachers.com to stay updated with discounts and freebies. There are also lots of Free resources offered in my store! Comments…We Love 'Em! Your feedback brightens our day and helps us continually improve our products. If you download this, we’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment. Thanks! Get Social with The Music Espionage: If you would like to see more of our lessons, infographics, and teaching resources please like and follow on social media platforms and the store. Why not even become a Fan on Patreon, and get early access to material, free video lesson content, and lots, lots more.

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of how modern films used and employ many different sound and music effects throughout films. The lesson presentation covers these key areas in detail; Importance of Sound and music in Film Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound Film Dialogue Voice Overs Film Score and Musical Soundtracks The significance of film music Sound Effects in films Foley and Sound Design Ambient Sounds in Films Getting Creative with Sound – Sound Bridges J and L Cuts in Films Parallel and Contrapuntal Sounds The presentation comes with convenient embedded YouTube video examples, this aiding learning and ensuring a very interactive lesson that engages with learners throughout. This resource also comes with 3 separate worksheet tasks that can be completed as homework or in class projects. One of these is directly linked to the lesson presentation, this allowing learners to follow along during the lesson, but also providing greater engagement. This classroom task comes in a “No Style”, black and white print out or a attractive, “Styled” version. In this package: PRESENTATION – How Sound is Used in Films (.pdf High quality) VIDEO – Revision video of presentation to aid learning (.mp4 file) WORKSHEET – Class Task (Linked with Presentation) (.pdf Plain - Not Styled) WORKSHEET – Class Task (Linked with Presentation) (.pdf Plain - STYLED) HOMEWORK – Class Task- Important Words to Remember (.pdf Plain - Not Styled) ANSWERS – Homework- Important Words to Remember (.pdf Plain - Not Styled) WORKSHEET – Class Task- Diegetic and Non-diegetic (.pdf Plain - Not Styled) ANSWERS – Diegetic and Non-diegetic (.pdf Plain - Not Styled)

The aim of this resource is to enable learners to develop their listening skills, with a focus on sonic and musical components. It is part of a bundle of resources that allows learners to break-down and understand some of the most popular and iconic songs in Pop/Rock. Moreover, these listening skills lessons would work excellently alongside the “History of Modern Music” resource, this detailing the history of modern music. This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by the band Nirvana, with a full song break down and analysis. This covers some of the background and history of the band/artist along with a detailed breakdown of all musical elements from this track. Musical Elements covering: Tonality Tempo Meter/Time Signature Instrumentation Structure Dynamics/Texture Rhythmic Elements Song Theme Genre/Style The material in these resources would easily cover 1 to 2 lessons. The presentation covers the major musical elements from the song, and can be used after students have completed the Listening Skill worksheet or at the same time, working through section by section. The presentation also comes with embedded YouTube musical examples to support and engage learning and even references to other artists that are similar in style, or rhythm or tempo. This proving the learner with a wider range of listening and musical tastes. There are also 3 sequenced music arrangement examples for the song that focuses on certain elements, these allowing the learner to carefully hear certain elements from the music. Moreover, the resource comes with a Listening Skills worksheet for learners to listen to the song and work through, and answer worksheet for teacher reference and also a Help and Guidance sheet. In this package: PRESENTATION – Listening Skills-Smells Like Teen Spirit (.pdf High quality) WORKSHEET – Class Task – Listening Skills Questions(.pdf) ANSWERS – Class Task – Listening Skills Answers (.pdf) GUIDANCE - Class Task-Help and Guidance listening Skills (.pdf) AUDIO– Sequenced Audio Example 1 – Meter and Timing (.MP3) AUDIO– Sequenced Audio Example 2 – Guitar Rhythm (.MP3) AUDIO– Sequenced Audio Example 3 – Drums and Bass Rhythm (.MP3) INFOGRAPHIC– Smells Like Teen Spirit – Song Structure (.pdf) INFOGRAPHIC– Smells Like Teen Spirit – Song Dynamics and texture (.pdf)

Grunge - Quick Outline, is one of many infographics that outline the main features and elements of popular music styles and genres. These quick summaries would act as a great study guide to give a concise and detailed look at different Pop music key characteristics and qualities. Each poster comes with embedded YouTube links to musical examples and breaks the style into these key areas: · Instrumentation · Performance & Arrangement · Technology & Production · Main Artists/Bands · Influences · Key Facts & Terminology Posters and displays are an extremely useful tool to aid learning and can motivate students to learn a specific topic. They can help learners to focus on a certain idea, fact, event, or process. They are convenient both for pupils and teachers as they help students to absorb the material faster and but used again and again for a range of materials. In this package: OUTLINE-POSTER – (.png HD quality image file) OUTLINE-POSTER – (.pdf with embedded links) POWERPOINT Version POSTER - (.pptx - read-only) GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf) =================================== Product License: Unlimited copies for you. However, you may not distribute additional copies to friends, fellow teachers, or students. Freebies and Discounts: Follow me to stay updated with discounts and freebies. There are also lots of Free resources offered on my store! Comments…We Love 'Em! Your feedback brightens our day and helps us continually improve our products. If you download this, we’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment. Thanks!

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of how Politics and Music often work closely together and how artists, bands, and musicians have used their music to draw attention to important issues. Music’s influential power and its ability to communicate a message to the listener, means songwriters have turned to their craft when confronted with social and political unjustness throughout history. Composers have used it to highlight perceived inequities of the day and draw attention to important issues. This detailed lecture/presentation, along with all the learning resources would provide a great outline of music’s important role within different aspects of society and how people use music in daily life. The material in these resources would easily cover 4 to 5 lessons over roughly 3 or 4 weeks. The presentation covers the development and use of music throughout society with a total of 33 slides. Moreover, there are over 30 embedded videos throughout the lesson linking to YouTube and providing an excellent addition to the resource. This resource also comes with 5 classroom tasks and research exercises that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation or used for additional homework or for supporting class projects on this subject. Each of these Tasks come in a “No Style”, black and white print out or an attractive, “Styled” version to help engage learners. Finally, there is the presentation in video format. This can be used to aid learning, shared with smartphones and tablets, and used as a convenient resource for learners to watch back and revisit the presentation. WARNING – Before you buy this resource PLEASE READ! Some of the musical examples many have offensive language within the lyrics. It is the teacher/lecturer’s responsibility to monitor and check before engaging with learners. We have tried to ensure that music examples are suitable for all classrooms, but this really depends on the learning environment and age range of your learners. Thank you for understanding!

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of music’s important role within all of society and different cultures from around the world. At the heart of this unit lies the idea that music constantly interacts with society rather than simply being a disconnected static art-form unrelated to anything else. This resource is closely related and connects extremely well with other lectures and resources from within the bundle; “Music and Sound within Society”, lessons like Generations and Their Music Music Censorship" and “Music and Politics”. This detailed lecture/presentation, along with all the learning resources would provide a great outline of music’s important role within different aspects of society and how people use music in daily life. The material in these resources would easily cover 4 to 5 lessons over roughly 3 or 4 weeks. The presentation covers the development and use of music throughout society with a total of 33 slides. Moreover, there are over 30 embedded videos throughout the lesson linking to YouTube and providing an excellent addition to the resource. This resource also comes with 5 classroom tasks and research exercises that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation or used for additional homework or for supporting class projects on this subject. Each of these Tasks come in a “No Style”, black and white print out or an attractive, “Styled” version to help engage learners. Finally, there is the presentation in video format. This can be used to aid learning, shared with smartphones and tablets, and used as a convenient resource for learners to watch back and revisit the presentation. WARNING – Before you buy this resource PLEASE READ! Some of the musical examples many have offensive language within the lyrics. It is the teacher/lecturer’s responsibility to monitor and check before engaging with learners. We have tried to ensure that music examples are suitable for all classrooms, but this really depends on the learning environment and age range of your learners. Thank you for understanding!

This infographic on music Note Duration would provide an excellent addition to any student learning musical note lengths and rhythm. The Note Duration infographic covers all common Note and Rest lengths, their full name and symbols used within musical notation. All Note values come with audio examples to support and aid learning, as well as an image of the note when inputted into computer music software. This is great for learners who are starting to write and compose music using software for the first time. Finally, the resource also has a great interactive classroom exercise or task. Cutout cards allow students to match correct Notes, Rests, Names and Beat values together and sum up everything they have learnt. In this package: INFOGRAPHIC – Music Note Duration (.pdf) INFOGRAPHIC – Music Note Duration (.png) INFOGRAPHIC - Music Note Duration (.pptx PowerPoint - read-only) WORKSHEET – CUTOUT-Note Duration (.png) WORKSHEET - CUTOUT-Note Duration (.pdf) GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf) AUDIO-Note Duration-80bpm IMAGES-Note Duration image examples (.png)

Unlock the magic of film music with “Leitmotifs in Film - Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory!” This engaging resource dives into John Williams’ unforgettable score, teaching students how leitmotifs shape storytelling and emotions in cinema. Featuring a presentation in both PDF and PowerPoint formats, plus a worksheet packed with activities, it’s perfect for exploring the power of music in film. Elevate your film or music lessons with this timeless classic! Listening and analysing film Leitmotifs develops analytical skills, critical thinking, creativity, cultural awareness, and attention to detail. Understanding music in films is essential in appreciating its contribution to storytelling and the audience’s emotional experience. These resources feature thought-provoking questions and exercises to help students develop their understanding of a broad range of different musical uses within film and television; everything from Jaw to James Bond, Darth Vader, the “One Ring” from Lord of the Rings, and many, many more. This range of worksheets provides an engaging and interactive way for students to learn about the importance of listening to music in film and television, explore the wider role of music within the film, develop critical listening skills, and learn about technical aspects of film music and score composition. These Leitmotifs and Film Music worksheets come with a range of different listening analysing questions, from multiple-choice, to short statements and those that require longer, more detailed responses. Moreover, every worksheet also has a related “Further Analysis & Discussion” question. Each of these is unique, and an excellent way to build upon knowledge gained and spark further classroom discussion in small groups or with the whole class. Each exercise comes with a printable worksheet, and a Powerpoint presentation with answers to use at the front of the classroom, great to share ideas and write directly on using Smartboards. A printable Answer Sheet, saving you time with marking. Finally, a Google Slides version, which you can save to your own Drive, and a TpT Easel activity for learners to complete and submit online. This resource is perfect for teachers looking to incorporate modern cultural elements into their music curriculum while also helping students develop skills relevant to the growing film and television industry.

Swing & Big Band Jazz - Quick Outline, is one of many infographics that outline the main features and elements of popular music styles and genres. These quick summaries would act as a great study guide to give a concise and detailed look at different Pop music key characteristics and qualities. Each poster comes with embedded YouTube links to musical examples and breaks the style into these key areas: · Instrumentation · Performance & Arrangement · Technology & Production · Main Artists/Bands · Influences · Key Facts & Terminology Posters and displays are an extremely useful tool to aid learning and can motivate students to learn a specific topic. They can help learners to focus on a certain idea, fact, event, or process. They are convenient both for pupils and teachers as they help students to absorb the material faster and but used again and again for a range of materials. In this package: OUTLINE-POSTER – (.png HD quality image file) OUTLINE-POSTER – (.pdf with embedded links) POWERPOINT Version POSTER - (.pptx - read-only) GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf) ===================================================== Product License: Unlimited copies for you. However, you may not distribute additional copies to friends, fellow teachers, or students. Freebies and Discounts: Follow me on TeachersPayTeachers.com to stay updated with discounts and freebies. There are also lots of Free resources offered in my store! Comments…We Love 'Em! Your feedback brightens our day and helps us continually improve our products. If you download this, we’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment. Thanks! Get Social with The Music Espionage: If you would like to see more of our lessons, infographics, and teaching resources please like and follow on social media platforms and the TpT store. Why not even become a Fan on Patreon, and get early access to material, free video lesson content, and lots, lots more.

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of how modern films use both Music and Sound, but also the people that make it. This lesson is closely linked with others in this series, “Music and Sound Design in Films”. The lesson presentation covers these key areas in detail; Has Music always been in Films? Non-Diegetic Sound in movies Why have Music in films? The two types of musical elements in films How Film scores play with our Brains Who creates the music for Films? The people that work on film music and production Spotting Session Composing and Writing Practical Example Part 1 – Interstellar Film – Hans Zimmer: writing for film Practical Example Part 2 – Interstellar Film – Hans Zimmer: writing for film Music and sounding Syncing Slates Timecode Themes and Musical Motifs Great example of musical Motifs in classic films Character Themes – “Leitmotifs” Practical Example – JAWS Film Practical Example – “Leitmotifs in Star Wars Films” Film Music Conclusion The presentation comes with convenient embedded YouTube video examples, this aiding learning and ensuring a very interactive lesson that engages with learners throughout. This lesson also links very closely to those of: Foley & Sound Effects In Films How Sound is Used in Films History of Sound in Film Sound Design in Star Wars This resource also comes with 3 separate worksheet tasks that can be completed as homework or in-class projects. One of these is directly linked to the lesson presentation, allowing learners to follow along during the lesson, but also providing greater engagement. This classroom task comes in a “No Style”, black and white print out or an attractive, “Styled” version. This also has embedded YouTube videos to aid learning and provided industry examples of score in film making. Moreover, these are also provided with answers to aid learning and save teaches time with marking student’s work.

Learning about Leitmotifs and music in films is important as it enhances our appreciation for the artistry behind the music and its emotional impact on the audience. The ‘The Shire’, in the films ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by the amazing Howard Shore is one of the most famous leitmotifs of all time. It also helps us develop analytical, critical thinking, creative, cultural awareness, and attention to detail skills. Understanding music in films is essential in appreciating its contribution to storytelling and the audience’s emotional experience. These resources feature thought-provoking questions and exercises to help students develop their understanding of a broad range of different musical uses within film and television; everything from Jaw to James Bond, Darth Vader, the “One Ring” from Lord of the Rings, and many, many more. This range of worksheets provides an engaging and interactive way for students to learn about the importance of listening to music in film and television, explore the wider role of music within the film, develop critical listening skills, and learn about technical aspects of film music and score composition. These Leitmotifs and Film Music worksheets come with a range of different listening analysing questions, from multiple-choice, to short statements and those that require longer, more detailed responses. Moreover, every worksheet also has a related “Further Analysis & Discussion” question. Each of these is unique, and an excellent way to build upon knowledge gained and spark further classroom discussion in small groups or with the whole class. Each exercise comes with a printable worksheet, and a Powerpoint presentation with answers to use at the front of the classroom, great to share ideas and write directly on using Smartboards. A printable Answer Sheet, saving you time with marking. Finally, a Google Slides version, which you can save to your own Drive, and a TpT Easel activity for learners to complete and submit online. This resource is perfect for teachers looking to incorporate modern cultural elements into their music curriculum while also helping students develop skills relevant to the growing film and television industry.

Improve your students’ listening skills and help them develop their auditory perception with this range of engaging worksheets! This resource features thought-provoking questions and exercises to help students develop their understanding of a broad range of different musical styles; everything from Jazz, DooWop, Grunge, R&B, Rock and Roll, Gospel and many, many more. The worksheets come with a range of different listening questions, from multiple-choice, to short statements and those that require longer, more detailed responses. Moreover, every worksheet also has a related “Further Analysis & Discussion” question. Each of these is unique, and an excellent way to build upon knowledge gained and spark further classroom discussion in small groups or with the whole class. Each listening skills exercise comes with a printable worksheet, a Powerpoint version to use at the front of the classroom, great to share answers and write directly on using Smartboards. A printable Answer Sheet, saving you time with marking. Finally, a Google Slides version, which you can save to your own Drive, and a TpT Easel activity for learners to complete and submit online. Composed by Ben E. King, an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He rose to prominence in the R&B vocal group ‘The Drifters’. He left to pursue a solo career and soon signed with Atco Records before soon releasing this song, his most famous hit.

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of Video Game history and the development of music for consoles and games. It covers from very early Pre First Generation all the way through to the modern, latest 9th Generation consoles and games released in 2020. The material in these resources would easily cover 4 to 5 lessons over roughly 5 or 6 weeks. This resource would also work very well with the History of Sound in Film-Full Lesson, which details the history of how the sound was introduced and added to films. Moreover, would work really well with “Sound Design in Video Games-FULL LESSON”, a great set of lessons that cover how and why sounds are important to the player’s experiences and what they provide in terms of feedback and game immersion. All material, presentations and worksheets, within this resource has been recently updated and now includes links to online ‘Distance Learning’ versions through Google Slides™. This allowing extra flexibility and continued support if students are learning and engaging from outside the classroom at home. ‘History of Video Game and Music’ presentation covers the development of music written for computer games and how this changed over time with a total of 70 slides. Moreover, there are over 50 embedded videos throughout the lesson linking to YouTube and providing an excellent addition to the resource. This resource also comes with 5 classroom tasks that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation and integrated videos and will aid learning and revision for learners. Part of this is a very interactive lesson where a student can make their own Video Game Music. No Software or extras needed to complete, just internet access. Each of these Tasks comes in a “Not Styled”, black and white print out or an attractive, “Styled” version to help engage learners. This resource also comes with an infographic resource to aid learning. This covering some interesting facts on gaming. Along with a brief outline of each of the gaming generations covered in the presentation. Great for student revision and could be used as support while the presentation is being made. Finally, there is also a “Classic Chiptune” presentation that highlights and showcases some of the most iconic 8 and 16 Bit Songs from the Chiptune genre. This also comes with examples embedded in the presentation to aid learning and saving time for the teacher.

Improve your students’ listening skills and help them develop their auditory perception with this range of engaging worksheets! This resource features thought-provoking questions and exercises to help students develop their understanding of a broad range of different musical styles; everything from Jazz, DooWop, Grunge, R&B, Rock and Roll, Gospel and many, many more. The worksheets come with a range of different listening questions, from multiple-choice, to short statements and those that require longer, more detailed responses. Moreover, every worksheet also has a related “Further Analysis & Discussion” question. Each of these is unique, and an excellent way to build upon knowledge gained and spark further classroom discussion in small groups or with the whole class. Each listening skills exercise comes with a printable worksheet, a Powerpoint version to use at the front of the classroom, great to share answers and write directly on using Smartboards. A printable Answer Sheet, saving you time with marking. Finally, a Google Slides version, which you can save to your own Drive, and a TpT Easel activity for learners to complete and submit online. “Help!” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for their film “Help!” (1965). Lennon wrote the lyrics of the song to express his stress after the Beatles’ quick rise to success. "I was fat and depressed and I was crying out for ‘Help’. “Help!” went to number 1 on both the UK and US singles charts in the late summer of 1965.

The Music Song Structure Infographic and lesson is a great introduction to learning about the most common parts and elements of all songs. It is one of many explaining a wide range of basic features for Musical composition and Musical Theory. This is a great way to get younger learners to remember common structural elements within popular music. This infographic is a lifelong tool you will use again and again. Along with a very interactive lesson where words, song structural terms, and a brief explanation are linked. Moreover, there is a Worksheet that can be used for remote learning, homework, or as a class exercise. Posters and Infographics are an extremely useful tool to aid learning and can motivate students to learn a specific topic. They can help learners to focus on a certain idea, fact, event, or process. They are convenient both for pupils and teachers as they help students to absorb the material faster. In this package: INFOGRAPHIC – (.png file) INFOGRAPHIC – (.pdf file) CUTOUT – Word Match - lesson exercise WORKSHEET – Classroom lesson to support Infographic and “Cutout Exercise”.