History and Culture
THE TEACHER OF MUSIC HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC IN RELATION TO VARIOUS HISTORICAL PERIODS AND CULTURES
KNOWLEDGE
PERFORMANCE
REFLECTION
Everything and everyone come from something, so it is important that we know why or how things come about. In the band repertoire, the classics are still popular. Being able to pull out one of Holst’s Suite’s, or a piece about a war, there is history to be learned. A good way to have students expand their education in the music world is to have them do research on composers or pieces you are performing that semester. It feels like sometimes the history and background of pieces are left out in the teaching of pieces, and students just cannot fully appreciate or understand a piece without knowing why, and what caused this piece to be written.
ARTIFACTS
CLICK HERE: I gave my fifth graders the opportunity to research some of the composers, but I gave this research project a twist. To start, I had my students think of 10 questions that they were really interested in knowing about the composer. After that, they would research those questions and write their answers in the form of an interview. They would then interview their composer, as if they were alive, and we posted the interview like a podcast to our class SoundCloud account.
KNOWLEDGE
- The teacher understands musical events and characteristics of various historical periods and culture.
PERFORMANCE
- The teacher demonstrates effective strategies for developing student exploration of the music of various historical periods and cultures as appropriate for various developmental stages.
REFLECTION
Everything and everyone come from something, so it is important that we know why or how things come about. In the band repertoire, the classics are still popular. Being able to pull out one of Holst’s Suite’s, or a piece about a war, there is history to be learned. A good way to have students expand their education in the music world is to have them do research on composers or pieces you are performing that semester. It feels like sometimes the history and background of pieces are left out in the teaching of pieces, and students just cannot fully appreciate or understand a piece without knowing why, and what caused this piece to be written.
ARTIFACTS
CLICK HERE: I gave my fifth graders the opportunity to research some of the composers, but I gave this research project a twist. To start, I had my students think of 10 questions that they were really interested in knowing about the composer. After that, they would research those questions and write their answers in the form of an interview. They would then interview their composer, as if they were alive, and we posted the interview like a podcast to our class SoundCloud account.