Music

 **Subject: Music**


 * Technology:**
 * laptop computer cart (or computer lab)
 * Internet access: iTunes or comparable online music store
 * iPods, mp3 players or cell phones
 * speakers
 * digital voice recorder (or microphones)

**Ohio** **Academic Content Standards:**

Student s demonstrat e knowledg e an d understandin g o f a variet y o f musi c style s an d culture s an d th e context of musical expression or events, both past and present. Students identify significant contributions of composers and performers to music heritage. Students analyze the historical, social and political forces that have influenced the function and role of music in the lives of people. Benchmark A: Compare and contrast styles and forms of music from various historical periods. 1. Recognize, identify and demonstate form in world music and popular music.
 * Grades 5-8 Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts**

Benchmark C: Use technology in creating, performing and/or researching music.
 * Grades 5-8 Connections, Relationships and Applications**

 Don't Turn 'Em Off, Tune 'Em In!. (2007, September). NEA Today, Retrieved May 27, 2009, from Education Research Complete database.
 * Activity:**
 * Students will research music from a European region of their choice. They will use a search engine such as Google or Alta Vista to search for mp3 files of music samples. Students can also use databases such as iTunes to access music files and samples.
 * Next, students will use an audio software program such as iTunes to create a playlist of the samples or songs they have researched. Students will create the playlist to present a timeline of music from a region of Europe. Students will need to create the playlist, with eight songs or samples in all, in chronological order. Students will download the music onto the portable audio device.
 * Students will play the playlist for an audience and explain the timeline of music including the artist, and time period.
 * As an extension, students can import the music into an audio editing software such as Audacity, and then create a narration about the music to “dub over.”
 * References:**

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New & Innovative. While timelines have been used for decades in education, a musical timeline using a portable audio device is new and innovative. Students and audiences will be able to listen to the timeline rather than see it.
 * Tried & True or New & Innovative:**