Free Renaissance Composer Worksheet | Giovanni Palestrina Grades 3-5 | No Prep

This free worksheet introduces students in grades 3–5 to Giovanni Palestrina, a Renaissance composer. Students read short facts about the composer’s life and music, then answer a writing prompt in their own words.

This is a free sample from Renaissance Composers Music History, Grades 3–5. See the full set →

What’s included

• 1 printable Giovanni Palestrina page with the composer’s birthplace, dates, and music, a “Did You Know?” fact box, and a “What Do You Think?” writing prompt with lined space

Formats

• PDF

Important

• The music is not included. You could play Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli while students work.

Standards (NCAS)

• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)
• Connecting: Anchor Standard 11 (relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context)

License & help

This free resource is for one teacher to use with their own students. To share it, please send colleagues to this page to download their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

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Get the full set

Renaissance Composers Music History, Grades 3–5 has 10 composers with real music clips, listening challenges, maps, printable pages for every composer, and an editable outline. See the full set →