Students reflect on how and why music is meaningful in their lives and lives of people around the world. They then create a music soundtrack with liner notes that reflects the concerns of teens across time.

Students will listen to Brazilian folk music and discuss its various sounds and connections to today"™s music. They then record sounds that help define and represent the culture of their school and local community.

Students will explore the historical and cultural impacts of apartheid in South Africa from which these songs grew out of in opposition. The lesson
segments also seek to provide a direct correlation, musically and historically, to the African
American Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement. The following is designed for high school choral students (and is easily adaptable for middle
school choral or general music students) including experiences in creative musical activities
related to the singing South African Freedom Songs and the culture and performance practice
behind the music.

Students examine the language used in music reviews to describe world music and explore the relationship between music and culture. They will then write a description of a kind of American music they know well and detail its cultural roots and significance.

Students compose a statement of basic rights to protect their own health and well-being. They then research the history, power and purpose of unions in the United States before creating their own union to promote the interests of (middle school or high school) students. Copyright laws and music protection are heavily researched.