Moving with Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Largo – listening lesson

This listening lesson helps students in grades K–2 hear and feel the changing dynamics in the Largo from Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor. Students move to the steady beat, show loud and soft with body percussion and creative movement, follow a listening map, learn about Florence Price, and compose their own dynamic sound story.

What’s included

• A main menu with clickable links to each section
• A video link to the Largo from Price’s Symphony No. 1
• 3 steady beat warm-up slides
• 4 slides on hearing loud and soft
• 2 slides of moving to the dynamics with body percussion and creative movement
• A listening map, on slides and as a printable, with time stamps for each change in dynamics
• A slide about Florence Price and a slide with links to more of her music
• 5 slides that guide students through composing a dynamic sound story
• Directions for use

Formats

• PDF
• Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.
• PowerPoint

Important

• Videos play through YouTube, so an internet connection is required.
• The PowerPoint must be in presentation mode for the clickable links to work.

Ways to use it

• A whole-class lesson on dynamics
• To teach Florence Price and other modern composers, pair it with Modern Period Composers K–2.

Standards (NCAS)

• Creating: Anchor Standard 1 (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas)
• Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

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