This lesson will contrast Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring (classical) and Stephane Furic's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (jazz), and the role the poems Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman and The Bridge by Hart Crane, bring to the music.
Students will select items from a simulated landfill in the school gym to use in building an instrument from recycled materials through a group relay race. Students will glean the knowledge they gained by viewing the "Landfill Harmonic" clip, studying a link explaining the “Engineering Design and Building Process” as well as reviewing the link “How Instruments Work” about the size and shape of an instrument and how it affects the sound. Class discussion on this sound production of traditional instruments will be valuable in the students' building process. Groups will lastly collaborate to create a poster and write a script for their presentation showing how they built their instrument from recycled materials. This lesson was developed by Angela Windley as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
Students will re-watch the video clip from “Landfill Harmonic” as watched in the first lesson and will re-evaluate their feelings regarding poverty in their music journals. Students will initially meet in pairs for the discussion, then they will gather in their small groups for discussion about how the story of the members of the Landfill Harmonic has affected their perspective on poverty around the world including the local community. Students will create a group observation statement from their journal entries and discussion which will be read during the presentation. This lesson was developed by Angela Windley as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
Through the video clip from "Landfill Harmonic", students will learn about poverty in Paraguay and how their community used items from a landfill to create instruments. This provided opportunities for their children to be involved in an orchestra and rise above their poverty-stricken life.Students will also hear a story “My Visit to a Mexican Landfill” that will enlighten them to poverty in other parts of the world. They will answer four specific questions about living in poverty. They will review characteristics of instrument families (Strings, Percussion, Brass, and Woodwind) as well as brainstorm about creative ways instruments can be made with recycled materials and which items could be used. This lesson was developed by Angela Windley as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
This lesson will introduce students to the History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky. They will learn and listen about History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky through the resources provided.
REMIX- Added accessibility enhancements.This lesson will introduce students to the History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky. They will learn and listen about History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky through the resources provided.
The North Carolina Symphony's Musical Meditations series offers moments to be calm, present, and mindful, supporting stress-management during the busy school day. Each short video features the NC Symphony playing musical excerpts from famous composers set to the breathtaking visuals from North Carolina State Parks.