Free Medieval Music History Worksheet | Hildegard of Bingen Grades 3-5

Teaching Medieval music history to grades 3-5 is hard when most resources are written from scratch every year. This free Hildegard of Bingen worksheet gives you a no-prep sample: kid-friendly facts and a writing prompt built for upper elementary.

This freebie is a sample from the full Medieval Period Music History for Grades 3-5 resource, which covers 12 Medieval composers with audio, maps, and vocabulary.

What’s Included

• Printable Hildegard of Bingen worksheet (PDF)
• Facts written for grades 3-5: birthplace, dates, and her music
• “Did You Know?” fact box
• “What Do You Think?” open-response writing prompt with lined space

Ways to Use This Worksheet

• Play a recording of O frondens virga while students complete the page
• Have students locate Germany, Hildegard’s birthplace, on a classroom map
• Display finished pages on a bulletin board
• Use as part of your Composer of the Week or Composer of the Month routine

Please Note

This free worksheet does not include the audio. The full resource has embedded listening links for all 12 composers, so you can play each piece without searching for it.

Want the Full Resource?

The complete Medieval Composers resource adds:

• 12 composers with embedded audio
• Guided listening challenges
• Music vocabulary set
• Instrument videos
• Editable outline (Word and Google Docs)
• Read-and-respond pages

Everything is built in PowerPoint and Google Slides, ready to teach.

Perfect For

• Elementary and upper elementary music teachers
• General music classrooms, grades 3-5
• Music history units, composer studies, and listening activities
• Substitute plans and early finishers