A complete one-off music lesson on the history of video game music: slides, worksheet, exit quiz and full teacher notes. Ages 11–14. No music knowledge needed.

Works as an engaging one-off, a topic opener or a cover/relief lesson; students explore three eras (chiptunes, MIDI/synthesisers, orchestral/adaptive) through a listening challenge, timeline content and a 10-question exit quiz with answer key; full teacher background notes mean non-specialists can teach it confidently; differentiated with sentence starters, mood word bank and extension task; audio excerpts are teacher-sourced with a full guide included; written for AC v9.0 but mapped to KS3 and adaptable to US contexts.

This esson is adapted from my full Video Game unit - search my store for more information.