10624 : Pictures at an Exhibition Complete Unit | Mussorgsky Music & Art |

This complete 48-page unit brings Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition to life for grades K-5, connecting music, visual art, and creative writing in one ready-to-teach resource.

Created by a National Board Certified Music Teacher (NBCT) with 22 years of PK-6 classroom experience, this unit was built the way real music rooms actually work — flexible enough for a single listening lesson or a full multi-week study.

What's Included:

• Composer biography (teacher + student versions)
• "Art Inspires Music" and "What Is Program Music?" teacher guides + student note-taking pages
• Mussorgsky vs. Ravel orchestration comparison (teacher + student pages)
• Museum/Movement Guide covering all 10 pictures
• Museum Passport and Listening Map — hands-on tracking tools for all 11 movements (with Promenade)
• Picture Spotlight pages for every movement: Promenade, Gnomus, The Old Castle, Tuileries, Bydło, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle, Limoges, Catacombs, Cum mortuis in lingua mortua, Baba Yaga, and The Great Gate of Kyiv
• Matching "Draw Your Interpretation" response page for every movement
• Teacher and student music vocabulary reference sheets
• Vocabulary crossword, word search, and matching game
• Build Your Own Movement and My Favorite Movement reflection pages
• Compare & Contrast two-movements activity
• Create Your Own "Pictures at an Exhibition" culminating art project
• Class Art Gallery invitation
• Certificate of Completion

Why teachers love this unit:

• No prep beyond printing — just add the audio recording
• Differentiation ideas and assessment ideas built into the teacher directions
• Works for a single 30-minute lesson or a full unit spanning several weeks
• Every listening page follows a consistent See It / Hear It / Listen For / Music Detective / Imagine It / Create It structure so students know exactly what to do
• Grades K-5 friendly — adjust depth of writing vs. drawing responses by grade

Perfect for:

general music classrooms, elementary music appreciation, cross-curricular art connections, substitute-friendly listening lessons, and building toward a culminating "class gallery" event.

⭐ NBCT Certified | 22 Years Classroom Experience | Created by a working elementary music teacher