Lesson Plans
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Lesson PlansEgypt: The Bedouin Culture -
Lesson PlanLead Belly and His Legacy of Southern Song
Interactives
Interactive Features
Courses for Teachers
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March 17-20, 2020Association of American Schools in South AmericaThis first-ever South American World Music Pedagogy course is planned as a pre-conference seminar prior to the Association of American Schools in South America
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June 15-19, 2020The Musical Instrument MuseumThe Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) will offer its first Smithsonian Folkways certificate course in World Music Pedagogy, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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