The lesson plan I adapted and enriched is a combination
history and music lesson. This lesson
discusses the Civil Rights Movement that took place in the United States in the
50s and 60s while including the role that music played in its history. This section of the lesson is just my
introduction to the broader topic of the importance of music throughout history
around the world. In my matrix, each row
is a different lesson for different class periods that all amount up to a unit
plan.
The first row in my matrix is the introduction for the
topic. I will use the Civil Rights Movement
to introduce my class to the idea that music can have an impact on society to
such a degree that it can affect the outcome of history. There is a picture video with music of people
congregating and singing together on a bunch of different occasions that I want
to show my students so they see exactly how these people would find motivation
to stand up for their rights and how the words to these songs had enough power
to inspire people to take action. Such
phrases as “We shall overcome,” and, “Let my people go,” and, “I’m on my way to
freedom land,” can be heard in these songs.
After listening to and seeing the pictures in this video I will give a
lecture about the finer details about the Civil Rights Movement, and hopefully
if the students have any prior knowledge to add or opinions to the topic they
will jump in and speak. Because this is
just the main introduction to the entire unit, there are not many terribly
advanced or new technologies being used.
I will need a computer with internet access to pull up the video on the
website (teachersdomain.com). I will
need the projector to show the video on a larger scale so everyone can vividly
see the pictures. I will need a printer
to print out a single copy of the lyrics of the many songs in the video, and
then a copy machine to make enough copies for all my students so they can read
along with the lyrics as they are sung and even continuing reading the lyrics
beyond the little segments that are in the video.
The second row in my matrix is for a research period in my
unit plan. After learning about music’s
impact on the Civil Rights movement in the previous lesson, this lesson will be
devoted to finding other events in history from anywhere in the world where
music has had a huge impact and find specific songs with lyrics that motivated
people to stand up and make a change.
This entire period will be free time given to the students to research
online and in the library to find such events on their own while I walk around
and assist with any problems or questions.
For this lesson the students will all need their own computers with
internet access. I added metrolyrics.com
to the technologies I listed in this row of my matrix because I feel it would
be a great source for the students to use after finding specific songs in order
to understand exactly what they lyrics are saying and compare it to their
original interpretation of the lyrics.
The third row of my matrix is a presentation period of the
previous lesson. During this period each
student will give a four to five minute presentation in front of the class
about the event they researched and the song they found. They will talk about their original
interpretation of the song, what metrolyrics.com said about that sing, and then
about what they agree and disagree on with metrolyrics.com. For this class the technology usage depends
on each individual student. However, I
will make a computer with internet access available as well as the
projector. I also included some of the
different sites that I will give my students as suggestions to help out with
their assignment.
The fourth row of my matrix is a discussion lesson. After seeing each other’s presentations and
interpretations, my hope for this lesson is to inspire a large discussion about
their opinions, ideas, critiques, and beliefs on the subject of music’s impact
on historical events. For this lesson I
only want to use a computer with internet access and the projector if
absolutely necessary. My plan for this
lesson is to play devil’s advocate a little bit and get the students into a
debate with each other. Also, with each
student’s permission I will also be handing out copies of each other’s
presentations from the previous week to help inspire ideas for the upcoming
assignment, which is where the copy machine comes in handy.
For the fifth and final row in my matrix, I have decided to
create a project that will get my students thinking creatively. For this project the students will compose a
simple piece of music to go along with the lyrics they found from their
previous research. I want them to take
the original music into account and create something of a similar mood or if
they don’t agree with the mood set by the original music then they can compose
whatever they want for these lyrics. The
point of this assignment is to really connect with how certain music makes you
feel and how adding the lyrics to music can really motivate and inspire. They have to explain their reasons for the
music they created.
This unit plan was created with the assumption that the
class will meet every day, five days a week, for a 45 minute period. The unit will take approximately two weeks to
complete.
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