{"id":290,"date":"2019-12-12T04:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/?p=290"},"modified":"2019-12-12T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:35:22","slug":"ring-new-year-appealing-lesson-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/ring-new-year-appealing-lesson-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring in the New Year with Appealing Lesson Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-291 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bells-2413297_640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bells-2413297_640.png 640w, http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bells-2413297_640-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ring in the New Year with these lesson plans all about bells!\u00a0 Christmas break is just a few weeks away and will go by swiftly. \u00a0Be prepared for the classroom or rehearsal on January 2<sup>nd<\/sup> with these easy to teach lessons that will resonate!<\/p>\n<p>For centuries, bells have played a major role in the lives of people around the globe.\u00a0 They were used to chase away evil spirits and yet, they also rang to center one\u2019s own inner self.\u00a0 We hear bells to sound an alarm but also to gather us into communities.\u00a0 Peals ring at joyful times such as weddings and also, mourn those we have lost.\u00a0 Bells come in all shapes and sizes and continually reverberate in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>At ChimeWorks, we have created the following lesson plans to celebrate the joy of ringing.\u00a0 Surely, bells are worth singing about!<\/p>\n<p>All of the lesson plans below are available for immediate purchase and digital download with license to copy as much as needed:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/fr\u00e8re-jacques-are-you-sleeping-brother-john\/\">Fr\u00e8re Jacques<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00e8re Jacques is a traditional French nursery rhyme. \u00a0This song is about a monk who has overslept and is urged to wake up and sound the bells for the matins, the midnight or very early morning prayers for which a monk would be expected to wake.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2, 3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English, French<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/fr\u00e8re-jacques-are-you-sleeping-brother-john-ii\/\">Fr\u00e8re Jacques II<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Icons<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells, Nursery Rhyme<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English, French<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/great-tom-is-cast\/\">Great Tom is Cast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great Tom Is Cast is an English round traditionally sung in three parts. \u00a0It tells the story of the completion of the great bell of Christ Church, Oxford. \u00a0The great bells in England are given names. &#8220;Tom&#8221; is the name of the great bell of Christ Church. \u00a0The bell tower is also known as &#8220;Tom Tower&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2, 3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/oh-how-lovely\/\">Oh, How Lovely<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, How Lovely is a German round traditionally sung in three parts. \u00a0It was brought to the United States during the early 19th century.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:<\/strong>Y es<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells, Evening<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/st.-paul\u2019s-steeple\/\">St. Paul\u2019s Steeple<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Paul\u2019s Steeple is a traditional English folk song dating from the mid-17th century.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Scales<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/the-bell-doth-toll\/\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Bell Doth Toll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bell Doth Toll is a three-part canon taken from the Twice 55 Song Collection published in 1918. \u00a0Its origin is anonymous.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/products\/the-great-bells-of-oseney\/\">The Great Bells of Oseney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oseney Abbey, once located in Oxford, was founded as an Augustinian priory in 1129, becoming an abbey around 1154. It was dissolved in 1539 but was created a cathedral at that time. It was one of the four renowned monastic houses of medieval Oxford. \u00a0It no longer stands. \u00a0The Tenor bell is the largest, heaviest and lowest sounding pitch in a peal of bells.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use:\u00a0<\/strong>Secular<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:\u00a0<\/strong>K &#8211; 2, 3 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Ostinati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topic:\u00a0<\/strong>Bells<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ring in the New Year with these lesson plans all about bells!\u00a0 Christmas break is just a few weeks away and will go by swiftly. \u00a0Be prepared for the classroom or rehearsal on January 2nd with these easy to teach lessons that will resonate! 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