Robin Surland

Essential Question:

mu⋅sic

[myoo-zik] –noun1.an art of sound in time that expresses

ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements

of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

Driving Question

Craft the:

What are you passionate about?

What resources are at available to you?

What habits of mind will you employ?

Historical

What purpose has music served

throughout the ages?

Political

How can music be

used as a tool to

promote change?

Mathematical

What exactly is music and how can it’s

patterns be represented?

Interpersonal

How are men's

and women's roles

defined though

music?

Cultural

How does music reflect culture?

Habits of Mind

Arthur Costa’s

“Employing Habits of Mind requires

drawing forth certain patterns of

intellectual behavior that produce

powerful results.”

Habits of Mind

1. Persisting

2. Thinking and

communicating with

clarity and precision

3. Managing impulsivity

4. Gathering data

through all senses

Habits of Mind

5. Listening with understanding and

empathy

6. Creating, imagining,

innovating

7. Thinking flexibly

8. Responding with

wonderment and awe

Habits of Mind

9. Thinking about

thinking

(metacognition)

10. Taking responsible

risks

11. Striving for accuracy

12. Finding humor

Habits of Mind

13. Questioning and posing problems

14. Thinking interdependently

15. Applying past

knowledge to

new situations

16. Remaining open

to continuous

learning

Details

Now, let’s flesh out the:

Standards

Skills

Habits of Mind

What purpose has music

served

throughout the ages? Standards

Skills

Habits of Mind

History Standards

Benchmark 2: The student uses a

working knowledge and understanding

of individuals, groups, ideas,

developments, and turning points of the

Age of Revolutions (1650-1920).

Benchmark 5: The student engages in

historical thinking skills.

21st Century Skills

Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view

Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively

Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work

Habits of Mind

Listening with understanding and

empathy

Questioning and

posing problems

Assessment?

How will I use:

Products

Artifacts

Criteria

How can music be used as a

tool to promote change?

Products

Artifacts

Criteria

Products

Research brief on music and social

change

Campaign outline for music to promote

environmental change

Original song with lyrics

Artifacts

Compilation of anti-war songs

Compilation of civil

rights songs

Images of social

change movements

involving music

Criteria

Definition for social

change

Research rubric

Campaign rubric

Mapping the Project

Steps involved in:

Knowledge and Skills Needed Already Have Learned

Taught Before the Project

Taught During the Project

Project Tools Know / need to know lists

Daily goal sheets

Journals

Briefs

Task lists

Problem logs

What exactly is music and how

can it’s patterns be

represented? Knowledge

and Skills

Project Tools

Knowledge and Skills

Know ratios - Need to know Pythagorean

Scale

Know pitch –

Need to know

frequency

Project Tools

Student planning

brief

Daily math lessons

Listening Journal

Website lists

Problem solving log

Student Planning Brief

The devils in the details…

Overall challenge

Investigation

Activities

What will I do?

How will I do it?

Date due

Resources and

support

How are men's and women's

roles defined though music?

Overall challenge

Investigation

Activities

Resources and

support

Enduring

understandings

Overall Challenge

“The overall challenge

in this project is to

make sound

generalizations

based on data

found in American

song lyrics through

different social eras.”

Investigation

“I intend to investigate song lyrics written

by both sexes during different social

eras in America, comparing and

contrasting this

data to primary

resources from

the varying eras.”

Activities

Song Lists

I need to compile a list of the top ten songs

from the following eras…

I will begin with internet searches

I will spend one week on this activity

Lyrics

I need to locate lyrics for songs

I need to analyze lyrics for themes

I will spend two weeks on the activity

Resources and Support

Internet

History teacher

Music teacher

Librarian

Jessica

Enduring Understandings

Music reflects desire as well as

reality

The roles of men and woman have

changed through-

out history

The dynamics of

relationships are

complicated

End of Project Reflection

What does this mean to me?

Explain how the essential question or

problem statement for the project was

resolved. This reflection should encompass

all project content and outcomes, and

provide an understanding of the student’s

thought processes as the project

progressed.

How does music reflect culture?

“I found that music reflects culture in many ways,

through instrument craftsmanship, song lyrics,

methods of sharing, and its use in religious and

other ceremonies.

I had no idea that

music was so

embedded in

people’s culture.”

Essential Question:

Begin…

Begin with the End in Mind

Craft the Driving Question

Plan the Assessment

Map the Project

Planning

Reflect