New! Learning Pathways Beta Testing
Lesson Plans
-
Lesson PlansEgypt: The Bedouin Culture -
Lesson PlanA Day in the Life of a Kurdish Kid
Interactives
Interactive Features
Courses for Teachers
-
Four Saturdays in 2023–2024World Music Pedagogy Mini Session Series (Online)Four Saturday morning World Music Pedagogy special-topic sessions are now scheduled for Autumn–Winter, 2023–2024.
-
July 8–12, 2024 (tentative)Texas State UniversityEthnomusicologists, educators, traditional artists, and culture-bearers will gather together with teachers in this week-long, in-person, intensive course on World Music Pedagogy: Teaching Music/Teaching Culture.
Resources
Additional Resources
- Smithsonian Learning Lab
Users can create and share personalized collections of more than 2 million Smithsonian assets for education purposes.
- Smithsonian Educators
The Smithsonian’s central portal for education programs across the institution.
- Folklife Education Resources
Hands-on activities to stimulate research and discussion about folklore, cultural heritage, and oral history.
- Smithsonian Libraries
Education resources and events for teachers, schools, teens, and adults.
Subscribe
The Smithsonian Institution has collaborated with Alexander Street Press to create a version of Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries. Academic and public library patrons everywhere can search the database by country, culture group, artist, instrument, genre, record label, and other thesaurus-controlled fields-then click and listen to the music over the Internet, through speakers or headsets.
Users can search and listen in the library or from their homes or dormitories; create personal playlists; listen to themed playlists; and more. Instructors can create course folders and put tracks on digital course reserve. Research into history, geography, literature, cultural diversity, and other subject areas will be expanded with the addition of the music. Public libraries serving diverse populations can offer music from more than 160 countries around the world.
Prices and packages are scaled to make the music affordable for every library type and size. For more information, visit Smithsonian Global Sound® for Libraries