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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SubscribeSound recording: managing a recording session
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Welcome to the final resource in a three-part series covering recording in the classroom (for the previous two resources, see Music Teacher, April 2023 and July 2023). This time, we’ll move on to the...
WJEC AoS4: Manic Street Preachers ‘Everything Must Go’
KS 4
In this resource, I don’t intend to replicate the content of any of the excellent resources available on the WJEC website. Instead, the resource will suggest ways into tackling the song through...
Edexcel AoS1: wider listening, part 2
KS 4
In the first part of this two-part resource (Music Teacher, August 2023) we began to look at the first two of the four pieces of music suggested by Edexcel for wider listening as part of its GCSE Area...
Sound recording: pre-production
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
In the first of this three-part resource on recording music in schools, we looked at options for setting up a studio (Music Teacher, April 2023). In this second resource, we’ll move on to the...
AQA AoS4: orchestral music of Bartók and Kodály
KS 4
Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály met as young men in 1905 in Budapest, and formed a lifelong friendship. They shared a passionate interest in the folk music of Hungary and wanted to incorporate it into...
Developing wider listening: blues
KS 4 KS 5
It’s no overstatement to say that the biggest influence on 20th-century popular music is probably the blues.
Making your music room inspiring
KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Every music department is different, in terms of staffing, rooms, resources and budgets. There is no one way to do things, and no golden ticket to success. But in this resource, we’ll look at how to...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1990s
KS 4 KS 5 Secondary education
The last five resources in the Developing Wider Listening series – which has now been running for over two years – have taken us on a journey through a huge diversity of popular musical styles, which...
Eduqas AoS4: Toto’s ‘Africa’
KS 4 Secondary education
There are already many resources available for this set work, both from Eduqas and from the internet more widely. This resource won’t duplicate their content. Instead, we’ll look at ideas for...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part two
KS 4 KS 5
The pop scene in the 1980s was a hugely diverse, technology-driven hotbed of high fashion, music videos and ultra-fast stylistic changes. In part one of this resource (Music Teacher, February 2023) we...