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**Age Range** The primary target age range for this experience is ages 9 to 11; however the teaching ideas are easily adaptable for the 7 to 9 and 11 to 14 age groups. **Learning Objectives** - Identify instruments and classify them by how they produce sound – through strings, air or percussion. - Describe how design and materials influence an instrument's sound and reflect its cultural origin. - Analyze how music expresses belief, celebration and identity within a community. # How to use this playlist This playlist encourages exploration, discussion and creative response. Students can rotate between viewing 3D models, watching 360° videos and optionally, creating simple compositions using classroom instruments or online music software. **Teaching Ideas** Teachers can use the 3D models to introduce observation and comparison, helping students recognize the features that define string, wind and percussion instruments. While the models do not include sound, students can discuss how each might be played or carry out brief online research to hear recordings of the instruments. The 360 videos provide cultural context, showing how music brings people together in different celebrations. ***Musical Instruments from Around the World 3D Models*** – This set of curated 3D models supports visual analysis and cultural comparison, helping students connect musical design with creativity, environment and identity. - Tank Drum - Stone Musical Instrument - Ancient Greek Aulos - Colombian Andean Bandola - Pate – Musical instrument - Quena Flute - Haegeum - Bihu Dhol - Maple lyre Use the models for close inspection and discussion. Students can zoom in to examine shapes, materials and craftsmanship, considering how different designs might produce sound. Encourage them to consider how local materials, such as wood, metal, skin, or bamboo, reflect regional traditions and resources. After their observations, students could create short rhythmic or melodic ideas using school instruments or digital music tools, inspired by the instruments they examined. - Musical Instruments from Around the World ***Musicians in India 360 Video*** – The Musicians in India 360 Video offers an authentic glimpse into how music plays a central role in community and spirituality. Students observe musicians performing a traditional Hindu song during Kumbh Mela, one of the world's largest religious gatherings. They explore how the performance setting, instruments and group dynamics reflect both faith and tradition. Encourage discussion around rhythm, repetition, and expression, focusing on how the music's structure supports its devotional purpose. After viewing, students could compare the instruments or performance style to others they have studied in this playlist, noting how different cultures use music to express their beliefs and unity. - Musicians in India ***Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 360 Video*** - The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 360 Video captures the vibrant colors, movement, and rhythm of one of the world's most celebrated festivals. Students observe dancing and singing in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, exploring how music, costume, and performance combine to create a sense of unity and joy. Encourage discussion about rhythm and tempo, the role of percussion, and how music can express celebration and cultural identity. After viewing, students reflect on how large-scale events like Carnival connect people through shared traditions and how these celebrations compare to other musical gatherings explored in this playlist. - Carnival in Rio de Janeiro # Curriculum Summary\* **Music – Ages 9 to 11** Students should be taught to: - Recognize how design, material, and craftsmanship influence the character and purpose of an instrument. - Explore how music communicates ideas, beliefs, and identities across cultures and time. - Reflect on how music brings people together through celebration, expression and storytelling. **Key Vocabulary** - **Pitch:** How high or low a sound is, which changes when you tighten or loosen part of an instrument. - **Vibration:** A fast, repeated movement that makes sound, such as a plucked string or struck drum. - **Volume:** How loud or quiet a sound is, depending on how hard you blow, pluck or strike an instrument. - **Culture:** The way of life, art, and music shared by a group of people. - **Tradition:** A way of doing things that people pass down over time. **For whole-class teaching, these ideas can be adapted to any number of VR headsets by rotating them between groups, while other students access the content on laptops or tablets via an Eduverse browser link.** \*O*ur Curriculum Summary offers a simplified and progressive best-fit framework derived from a thorough analysis of multiple curricula worldwide, including those from the US, UK, and the rest of the world. By identifying key common strands, we create curriculum statements that align and map smoothly across all territories, ensuring relevance and consistency in diverse educational contexts. Further territory-specific curriculum libraries can be found on the ClassVR portal.*

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