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PCzerkis Patriotic Music Project
Project Overview Part 1: Define
Teacher(s) Name(s): Pamela Czerkis
Name of Project:
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Patriotic Music Project |
Duration: 8 weeks (47 mins. per week)
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Subject/Course:
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ELementary Vocal Music |
Grade Level: 5th grade
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Other subject areas to be included, if any:
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music, social studies |
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Project Idea
Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem:
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Students will brainstorm the common threads between a variety of patriotic music. (docmenting historical facts, strengthening your commitment & connection with our country, providing support for men/women in service, giving comfort to those families/friends who have/are committed to protect to our country) Students will discuss musical elements that cause music to evoke an emotional response. (tempo, instrumentation, form) Keeping these elements in mind, students will create a Powerpoint presentation to showcase a particular Patriotic song they will learn. Their presentaton will explain how patriotic music can create a stronger sense of community and patriotism. |
Driving Questions |
How can music make you feel more connected to your country?
Why is it important to know and perform patriotic music?
What can you learn from patriotic music?
How can express your feelings through this style of music?
Where do you typically perform patriotic music?
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Content and Skills Standards to be addressed: |
UCS Standard 1: The learner will sing a variety of songs and chants, both independently and with others.
UCS Standard 8: The learner will participate in activities that include diverse styles of music.
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T+A |
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21st Century Skills
to be expliscitly taught and assessed (T+A) or that will eb encouraged (E) by projectwork, but not taught or assessed:
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Collaboration |
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Other: |
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Presentation |
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Critical Thinking |
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Presentation Audience: |
Culminating Products and Performances |
Group: Students will create a Powerpoint presentation showcasing a patriotic song we have studied in class. These presentations can be showcased during our Veteran's Day Concert. |
Class: |
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School: |
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Community: |
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Individual: Students will discuss how music makes an impact in their daily lives. They will also make contact with at least one serviceman/woman to see what type of impact patriotic music in particular makes to them. |
Experts: |
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Part 2: Design
"Grabber" to launch inquiry & generate interest: |
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I will begin with listening activity using red, white and blue balloons. The students have prior knowledge that sound is made up of vibrations, so they will "feel" the music by holding the balloons while the music is being played. I will play "Stars and Stripes Forever" with a strong driving beat. I will also have them "feel/listen" to a few other patriotic songs comparing/contrasting the "feelings" they get when listening to the music.
We will discuss the musical elements that made certain songs vibrate more through the balloons while others may not have vibrated nearly as much. We will then lead into a class discussion about how music can make you feel emotionally...patriotic music more specifically.
I will show the students a "tribute to America" video clip highlighting people & their dreams in America. We will discuss how the music accompanying the video made the movie more emotional.
I will then explain that it is going to be their project to create a similar presentation. By looking through the rubric, we will discuss specific expectations and continue on from there.
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Assessments: |
Formative Assessments:
(Checkpoints during Project)
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Quizzes/Tests |
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Practice Presentations |
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Journal/Learning Log |
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Notes |
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Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes |
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Checklists |
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Rough Drafts |
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Concept Maps |
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Online Tests/Exams |
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Other: |
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Summative Assessments:
(End of Project)
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Written Product(s), with rubric:
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Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric: |
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Oral Presentation, with rubric |
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Peer Evaluation |
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Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test |
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Self-Evaluation |
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Essay Test |
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Other: |
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Debriefing
Methods
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(Individual, Group, and/or Whole Class) |
Journal/Learning Log |
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Focus Group |
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Whole-Class discussion |
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Fishbowl Discussion |
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Survey |
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Resources Needed |
On-site people, facilities: |
5th grade classroom teachers |
Equipment: |
laptop carts, projector |
Materials: |
"This is America" musical (American Tears, Mighty United, Lights of Freedom), other patriotic music - Star Spangled Banner, America, America the Beautiful, God Bless the USA, Allegiance Rap, 5o Nifty United States |
Community resoruces: |
Parents working for the Army, local VFW |
Project Teaching and Learning Guide
Project: |
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Knowledge and Skills Needed by Students
to successfully complete culminating products and performances, and do well on summative assessments
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Scaffolding/Materials/Lessons to be Provided
by the project teacher, other teachers, experts, mentors, community members--Describe the active teaching needed to support learning
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interviewing skill |
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mini lesson on interviewing technique, brainstorm appropriate questions
Sharing experiences of military men and women
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singing skills |
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review techniques and skills necessary to perform with proper singing techniques
Reinforcing proper singing skills, blending, posture, choreography
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Powerpoint |
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review PPT program: shortcuts, buttons |
Analyzing music |
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Teaching musical elements: dynamics, form, lyrics, instrumentation
Mini lesson on historical facts/data & relevance within patriotic songs
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Project Calendar (Project should be 1 or more weeks)
Project Start Date:
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Activities |
Activities |
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One - Sept. 16th |
Introduce project
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Entry Activity - Balloon listening activity
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watch video |
share rubric |
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Two - Sept. 23rd |
"Star Spangled Banner"
Fort McHenry facts
flag measuring
Readers Theater
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"America"
Original National Anthem
1931 Act of Congress changes it to SSB
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"This Land is Your Land"
Ilustrated book
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Discuss common historical facts elments within each patriotic song
Common threads among them???
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Three - Sept. 30th |
"Mighty United"
utilize narration
Discuss and plan the interview questions for the service men/women
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"The Lights of Freedom"
utilize narration
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"American Tears"
Discuss contemporary flavor of these patriotic songs
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"God Bless the USA"
Compare/Contrast qualities of songs from last week to current week
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Four - Oct. 7th |
Interviewing military service men/women this week inside & outside class
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Determine which song each studemt wants to highlight for their project
Students will self select their song choice and then be grouped together with students in the same song choice.
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"Allegiance Rap" |
"50 Nifty United States" |
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Five - Oct. 14th |
Create student groups |
Create storyboard/template for PPT presentation on paper |
Approve paper template for PPT presentation |
Formative Assessment:
Lyrics games |
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Six - Oct. 21st |
Continue rehearsing songs for concert |
Formative Assessment:
Approve paper template for PPT presentation
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Transfer PPT template to the computer for final revisions |
Formative Assessment:
Singing solo games
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Seven - Oct. 28th |
Continue rehearsing songs for concert |
Transfer PPT template to the computer for final revisions |
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Eight - Nov. 4th
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Continue rehearsing songs for concert |
Summative Assessment:
Present group PPT projects for the concert
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Nine - Nov. 11th
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VETERAN'S DAY |
Summative Assessment:
Final Performance practice for the concert |
Students will watch and evaluate the video of their concert |
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Ten - Nov. 18th |
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Students will watch and evaluate the video of their concert |
Self and group assessment - class discussion |
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PCzerkis Patriotic Music Project
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Comments (6)
jfry@novi.k12.mi.us said
at 10:51 am on Aug 20, 2009
Looks like it will be very exciting for the students and you and the staff. I am going to make sure I share this project with our music teachers. I will be interested in their feedback. I know it is probably easier to concentrate on just one application like powerpoint and for the first time through the project I would recommend keeping it simple and just using one program like powerpoint. I would look to expand it in the future with more options for the projects with other types of presentations like movies, podcasts and many of the web 2.0 types of sites like found here - http://www.go2web20.net/#tag:presentation
Programs like http://animoto.com/ Animoto are great.
I would think of that challenge for the future as you fine tune this project and students get more experience. Many different directions you could go with the technology on this project
Looks great, I will be excited to hear how it goes!
Tracy Dex said
at 3:24 pm on Aug 23, 2009
I think the interviewing component of this project is going to be very powerful for the students. It will create a sense of empathy for the men and women who fight for our country. A mini-lesson on interviewing skills may be helpful for this component.
Gabriella Meyers said
at 12:39 am on Aug 25, 2009
This is a great project. I love that fact that it not only addresses music education standards but it also fits perfectly with the Core Democratic Value of Patriotism. I would definitely discuss your project with the classroom teacher, so that this project can be extended in the regular classroom's social studies curriculum.
John McCarthy said
at 9:45 am on Aug 25, 2009
There is so much good with in this PBL experience...understanding music and it's impact, influence on service men and women, to self reflection. Connecting with the classroom teacher on Core Democratic Values is a deepening connection for the students, along with opportunities to present in ways other than powerpoint as options. Some students might do well with multimedia. But that may have to wait until next year. Solid project!
Cheryl Boes said
at 11:31 am on Aug 25, 2009
What a great topic. Music can evoke such powerful emotions in people. I think this unit is going to help the students understand patriotic music and what it's significance is in their life as well as the significance it has on our country's history. Your resources are great and would be useful to anyone studying this topic. I can see extensions of this project leading back to the classroom curriculum as well.
Debra Henion said
at 10:10 pm on Aug 25, 2009
Music is definitely a way kids can be connected to their country. I love your driving question and know that the students in your class will have a deeper understanding after completing the project. I love the interviewing component as well. The students will gain the understanding from another person's perspective.
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