Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Performing: apply the creative process to create and perform music for a variety of purposes, using the elements and techniques of music
- The Billboard Illustrated Musical Instrument Handbook (book)
- The Everything Singing Book (book)
- The Ultimate Rock Pop Fake Book (book)
- Groovepad (App)
- Music Maker Jam (App)
- Perfect Piano (App)
- Music Theory Lessons (website)
- Create a Commercial Jingle (website)
- Video Game Music (website)
- Writing Lyrics Tips (website)
- Learning Musical Notation (website)
- 12 Bar Blues Progression (YouTube)
- Group Drumming (YouTube)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of music and musical experiences
- Soundbreaking (dvd)
- Hip Hop: The Songs that Shook America (dvd)
- Freegal (WPL eResource)
- Chamber Choir Music (YouTube)
- Alexina Louie (YouTube)
- The Moldau (YouTube)
- Mozart (YouTube)
- Stravinsky (YouTube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of musical genres and styles from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts
- Louder Than Love (dvd)
- I am the Blues (dvd)
- American Epic (dvd)
- Rumble (dvd)
- Music Documentaries (Kanopy)
- Music (Hoopla)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Hoopla)
- Music Was IT (Hoopla)
- Music in Theatre (Hoopla)
- Chuck D Presents (Cloud Library)
- Jingles (YouTube)