Online Teaching Materials
Downloadable resources for music teachers
Teaching materials are an integral part of a music teacher's practice. Every month Music Teacher publishes downloadable materials for KS3, 4 and 5, offering complete units of work, GCSE and A Level set-work guidance, and practical ideas across all levels for both classroom and peripatetic teachers. All materials are written by experienced teachers and examiners and provide indispensable content for your teaching.
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SubscribeOCR AoS6: Innovations of the 20th Century, part 2
Secondary education Archive KS 5
Having covered late-Romantic symphonic styles, Impressionism, Expressionism, atonality and serialism in Part 1 of this resource (Music Teacher, December 2016), we resume our exploration of this vast...
Edexcel AS and A level Music: Appraising - an introduction
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
The new AS and A level qualifications from Edexcel are set up in a very similar structure to the legacy course - which many of us are still teaching to our Year 13 students. We still have three...
Radiohead in the classroom
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
In this resource, we take a closer look at some of the musical devices used by Radiohead and consider ways in which we can use them in teaching and learning in the classroom.
Edexcel A level: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource focuses initially on the context for Stravinsky's breakthrough, situating it among other musical innovations at the turn of the century. Stravinsky's early career and writing style are...
Edexcel GCSE music: ideas for teaching the new Appraising component
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
Online resources in the coming months will include detailed looks at the individual areas of study, but in this resource I offer an oversight of the Appraising component as a whole, and hopefully some...
AQA GCSE AoS2: Popular Music - wider listening
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This resource focuses on providing ideas for both repertoire and teaching for Area of Study 2 (popular music). When AQA launched the first draft of its new specification, it also issued a press...
Context in the new GCSEs – part 2
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
In July 2016's Music Teacher resources, we looked at the new change of assessment objectives between the outgoing and the new GCSEs. In this month's resource, we'll continue to explore context and how...
Building an opera
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Why build an opera with your KS3 class? Opera is perhaps one of the styles that students find most off–putting, and about which they probably have the most preconceived ideas – mainly that it's...
Holiday resource: Jazz thinking
Secondary education KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource is aimed at learners of around Grade 4 and above on any instrument, voice included, either working alone or together. No prior knowledge of jazz theory is required, nor is any...
Context in the new GCSEs
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
At first glance, the new GCSE specifications bear a striking resemblance to their predecessors. This resource will help you to understand how the assessment objectives have changed, and will provide...