LESSON PLAN: Ideas from the Class
Objective
Students will use information from their history class to write a song
Resources
Pencil, Paper and IDEAS!
Procedures
- Have the students tell you what topics they are learning about in their History class. Hint: Talk to the History teacher ahead of time to learn what topic they are covering. Ask if there are any terms that relate to the topic.
- Pass out small slips of paper and have the students write down the words they are studying in relationship to the topic. (ex. Moon Landing-rocket, moon, astronauts, etc…) This is one way to get everyone to participate and the lesson is not dominated by one or two students.
- Next have the students call out the terms and write them on the board. Form the words into rhyming words.
- Use the rhyming words to form a poem.
Extension
- If you pick a song that has an easy chord progression, have the students play along with the rhyming words.
- Choose strum patterns from the teacher manual.
Just for FUN!
Have the students present their poems or songs to the history teacher.
National Core Arts Standards (Music)
National Core Arts Standards (Music) Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Example: Harmonizing Instruments MU:Cr1.1.H.5a (Novice) Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments for given melodies. Anchor Standard 11: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Example: General Music MU:Cn11.1.(PK-8) Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life. (also applies in other strands at the high school level) Common Core CorrelationCCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.