10624 : Music Video Creation Project | Full Unit | Research, Analysis, Planning & Rubric

Turn your students into music video directors! This complete, ready-to-use project packet guides students through every stage of creating an original music video — from choosing a song and researching the artist to analyzing lyrics, planning scenes, and reflecting on their creative choices.

Designed by a National Board Certified Music Educator with 22 years of classroom experience, this project is perfect for upper elementary and middle school general music, chorus, or band classes. It works as a standalone unit or an engaging end-of-year project.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (20 pages):

✅ Teacher Guide — project overview, purpose, and goals ✅ Student Project Packet — introduce students to the full scope of the project ✅ Song Selection Sheet — with teacher approval signature line ✅ Lyrics Analysis Pages — themes, important lines, emotional moments, repeated ideas, musical elements ✅ History of the Performing Group — research organizer ✅ History of the Song — research organizer ✅ Song Interpretation Essay — structured writing with 4 guided prompts ✅ Music Video Planning Pages — 5-scene planning grid ✅ Production Log — document images, clips, editing, and text choices ✅ Creator Reflection — 3-question post-project reflection ✅ Peer Critique Forms — structured, kind feedback framework ✅ Storyboard Templates — 6-scene visual planning ✅ Video Shot Planning Sheet — with camera shot type legend ✅ Lyric Annotation Pages — full annotation system with legend ✅ Video Premier Party Ballot — rated scoring in 5 categories ✅ Audience Choice Award Ballot — whole-class celebration voting ✅ Teacher Rubric — 4-point scale across 5 categories + written checklist + grade sheet ✅ Student Rubric — self-assessment version of the same rubric ✅ Project Due-Date Tracker — keep students organized across all 7 components ✅ Certificate of Completion & Achievement

SKILLS COVERED:

• Music analysis and interpretation
• Lyric annotation and literary analysis
• Research and evidence-based writing
• Creative planning and production thinking
• Peer feedback and self-reflection
• Media literacy and visual storytelling

GRADES: 4–8 SUBJECT: General Music, Chorus, Band, Strings, ELA cross-curricular connection