Educators
MME curriculum materials and media are developed by collaborative teams of educators and musicians.
Letter to Fellow Educators
Our objective is to transform the academic experience in middle and high schools by helping teachers to:
- Develop students' content awareness (including knowledge, comprehension and critical thinking skills).
- Improve levels of academic performance.
- Differentiate instruction by providing a greater variety of teaching methods.
- Motivate students through active learning.
- Bring more fun, excitement and active engagement into the classroom.
- Reach disaffected students through music-based, instructional materials.
15 Ways to Bring MME Into Your Classroom:
- DIFFERENTIATE instruction with a better way to reach auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners and students with strong musical intelligence.
- INTRODUCE a lesson using MME music or music video as part of an anticipatory set.
- CENTER lesson activities around a song, Lyrical Footnotes and discussion questions.
- ASSESS student understanding with song templates and other authentic projects.
- SUPPLEMENT a lecture or discussion with music and Lyrical Footnotes as enrichment resources.
- GROUP students for cooperative activities based on MME Song templates.
- MOVE hands and bodies with kinesthetic Songs, aiding retention through body memory.
- ASSIGN Lyrical Footnotes and accompanying questions for homework.
- CELEBRATE special events with songs for ethnic heritage months and holidays.
- DESIGN musical DBQs (Document Based Questions) and quizzes.
- PLAN lessons with music, music video and Lyrical Footnotes aligned to state curriculum standards.
- MAKE–UP lessons for absentees and home instruction students by e–mailing content based mp3s to students who miss class.
- CLOSE a lesson with a song to review critical points.
- FILL unanticipated extra time with music that is both entertaining and academically rich.
- FILE substitute teacher lesson plans that will produce positive results.