Think back to when you were in school? What subjects or lessons do you remember? Chances are the lessons that you remember are those that you were taught with music. In pre-school and kindergarten students learn body parts (Head, shoulders, knees and toes; knees and toes) and ABC's to songs. As students grow they learn catchy songs that help them remember grammar, punctuation, math, states & capitals and much more. Using music in the classroom can make a boring lesson on how a bill becomes a law more interesting. Students are also left with a catchy tune that they can replay to themselves during assessment time.
Lucky for today's teachers, we have a huge mixture of technology and music at our finger tips. The School House Rock series has been around since the early 1970s, but is just as popular and interesting as it was then. There are 52 songs and videos filled with all kinds of content rich information. If you can't find something from School House Rock, you can look at these sites
http://www.songsforteaching.com/socialstudiessongs.htm
https://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/social-studies/
Each site is filled with a overwhelming amount of songs to help students learn and remember content. As you plan your next lesson, think about what you want to teach, how you are going to teach it, and can you integrate music to help students gain a deeper connection. Your students will look at learning as fun.
For more information about integrating music into lesson, read the following article.
http://listeningandspokenlanguage.org/Music_as_a_Teaching_Tool/
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