Educators

MME curriculum materials and media are developed by a collaborative team of educators and musicians, supervised by Lance Fialkoff, a veteran Social Studies teacher.

Letter to Fellow Educators

Our objective is to transform the academic experience in public and private schools by helping teachers to:

  1. Develop students' content awareness (including knowledge, comprehension and critical thinking skills).
  2. Improve students' levels of academic performance.
  3. Differentiate instruction by providing a greater variety of teaching methods.
  4. Motivate students through active learning.
  5. Bring more fun, excitement and active engagement into the classroom.
  6. Reach disaffected students through music-based, instructional materials.

15 Ways to Bring MME Into Your Classroom:

  1. INTRODUCE a lesson with a Content Song as anticipatory set.
  2. CENTER lesson activities around a song, Lyrical Footnotes and Discussion Questions.
  3. SUPPLEMENT a lecture or discussion with music and Lyrical Footnotes as enrichment resources.
  4. GROUP students for cooperative activities based on MME Song Templates.
  5. MOVE hands and bodies with Kinesthetic Songs, aiding retention through body memory.
  6. INVOLVE students actively in the learning process with an innovative teaching approach and music they will truly enjoy.
  7. DIFFERENTIATE instruction with a better way to reach auditory learners and students with strong musical intelligence.
  8. ASSIGN Lyrical Footnotes and accompanying questions for homework.
  9. CELEBRATE special events with songs for ethnic heritage months, Election 2008, and holidays.
  10. ASSESS students with musical DBQs (Document Based Questions) and quizzes.
  11. PLAN lessons using MME links to State Curriculum Standards and sample Lesson Plans.
  12. MAKE–UP lessons for absentees by e–mailing content based MP3s to students who missed class.
  13. CLOSE a lesson with a song to review critical points.
  14. FILL extra time with music that is both entertaining and academically rich.
  15. FILE substitute teacher lesson plans that will produce positive results.