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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SubscribeEdexcel AoS 1: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born and raised in Salzburg, where he and his father, Leopold Mozart, were on the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg’s music staff. On discovering and nurturing his children’s...
Identifying and presenting eras of classical music
Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource is more about the ‘how’ than the ‘what’. How do you present the differences and evolution in styles in a way that works for new, young listeners, so that they can pick them apart with...
OCR AoS3 Rhythms of the World, part 2: Africa, and Central and South America
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
In this resource, we’ll look at the remaining styles and traditions included in the area of study: African drumming; Calypso from Trinidad and Tobago; Brazilian samba. Once again, this resource...
OCR AoS3 Rhythms of the World, part 1: the Indian Subcontinent, the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This resource covers around half of the styles specified in the OCR AoS, and contains required knowledge as well as details of musical activities that will deepen students’ understanding of the...
Edexcel GCSE AoS2: Unpacking Purcell’s ‘Music for a While’
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This article provides teaching ideas and suggestions for Area of Study 2 of the Appraising component of the new Edexcel GCSE music course, which we have now started teaching to Year 10 students (see...
Formative assessment and differentiation
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
It’s essential that we make every effort to cater for the needs of every student in our classes, and plan for maximum progress to be made. Here I present some ideas about how best to organise...
Edexcel AoS1: Bach’s Cantata ‘Ein feste Burg’ BWV80
Secondary education KS 5 A2 AS Archive
A previous Music Teacher resource (January 2017) gives a comprehensive overview of what’s required. As well as including essential information, this resource will suggest strategies for approaching...
Practical starters and warm-ups for the classroom
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Three-part lessons exist in many different areas of education. This article suggests warm-up activities that can be used in a range of musical contexts in the ‘starter’ part of the lesson. However,...
Edexcel GCSE AoS4: Fusions
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
With Year 10 students, teachers are now nearly halfway through teaching the new GCSE music courses, and here I provide some support for Area of Study 4 of the Edexcel specification, which is simply...
AQA GCSE AoS4: Copland’s Rodeo
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
It’s quite a soft touch to use Copland’s Rodeo as an example of AoS4’s Western classical tradition since 1910 in the new AQA GCSE specification. This resource is about providing context for Rodeo’s...