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=Lesson Plans =





Lesson Plan
Music of The Civil Right Movement || Date: January Time frame of Lesson: 6 ~ 30 min. period || || School District: Green Bay Public Schools Campus: Tank/Nicolet School || || Grade Level(s)/Course: 4th ~ 5th Grades || [] |||| Subject Specific: Music Students in Wisconsin will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Students in Wisconsin will analyze and describe music. Students in Wisconsin will evaluate music and music performances. Students in Wisconsin will relate music to history and culture. Technology Specific: [] C. INDEPENDENT LEARNING CONTENT STANDARD Students in Wisconsin will apply information and technology skills to issues of personal and academic interest by actively and independently seeking information; demonstrating critical and discriminating reading, listening, and viewing habits; and, striving for personal excellence in learning and career pursuits. ||
 * Title of Lesson:
 * Author(s): Ann Westenberg
 * Subject Area(s): Music and History
 * State Standards
 * Stated Objective(s)

|||| Students will learn about African American Spirituals. Students will then learn about the use of Spirituals in the 1950s and 60s. Students will then learn about the folk music from the Civil Rights Movement. Composers, Performers, Instrumentation, Lyrics, Songs Students will then learn how the music of the Civil Rights Movement moved into war protest music of the 1960 and 70s. Composers, Performers, Instrumentalists, Lyrics and Songs Students will listen to and reflect on the meaning of the lyrics of contemporary songs. “Music with Meaning” ||
 * Procedures for Lesson

|||| Students will learn about African American Spirituals. · the history of the time · the purpose and motivation behind the lyrics. · examples of Spirituals Students will then move into the 1950s and 60s and the Civil Rights Movement. · the history of the time · how African American Spirituals where used in marches, protests and sit-ins and how the lyrics where changed to fit that current setting · examples of Spirituals from the 1950s and 60s. __We Shall Not Be Moved__, __This Little Light Of Mine__, __We Shall Over Come__, __Kumbayah__ , __We Shall Overcome__, __Keep Your Eyes On The Prize__, __Down By The Riverside__, __Ain’t Gonna__ __Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round__, __Freedom Train__, __Wade In The Water__ Students will then learn about the folk music from the Civil Rights Movement. · Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, Odetta, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte · __Blowin’ In The Wind__, __If I Had A Hammer__, __Going Down To Mississippi__ Students will then learn how the music of the Civil Rights Movement moved into war protest music of the 1960 and 70s. · __Where Have All The Flowers Gone__, __One Tin Soldier__, __Abraham Martin and John__, __Bring ‘em Home__, __Give Peace A Chance__, __War__, __People Got To Be Free__, __Imagine__ · Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Beatles, The Weavers, Bob Marley Students will then examine the lyrics of more currant songs that reflect on the composers perception of issues today. · __Where Is The Love__ by Black Eyed Peas, __Waiting For The World To Change__ by John Meyer, __Freedom__ by Akon, __One Day__ by Matisyahu, __I Believe__ by Blessed Union of Souls, __We Are The World__ (1985), __We Are The World 25 for Haiti__ (2010) || |||| See below ~ Written and Listening Assessment ||
 * Assessment
 * Enrichment

|||| Selma Lord Selma ~ Students are able to come in Music Room over several lunch recesses and watch the movie. The movie is based on the true story of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma Alabama and the march that lead from Selma to Montgomery. The movie has wonderful examples of how music was used during that period of time. [] || |||| Textbooks, CDs, Lyric sheets || |||| ** __Technology Resources__ **** : ** URLs, Software, # of Computers, Printers, etc… Computer connected to a projector. itunes for music downloads. Lyric.com to get the words to the songs being used. ** Links ** [] ~ Voices of the Civil Rights [] ~ Teacher’s Domain; Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [] ~ Teacher’s Domain; Civil Rights [] ~ Site with many links about the Civil Rights Movement ** Speeches and Performances ** [] ~ Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream” [] ~ __No More Auction Block__ by Odetta [] ~ If I Had A Hammer by Peter Paul Mary [] ~ Give Peace A Chance by John Lennon [] ~ We Are The World (1985) [] ~ We Are The World 25 for Haiti (2010) ** Other Resources: ** Book Titles, Art Supplies, Manipulatives, etc…. Books: Rosa Parks by Courtney Baker Rosa by Nikki Giovanni Lift Every Voice And Sing by James Weldon Johnson Sit-In How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Joel Kupperstein Martin Luther King Jr. Day by David Marx Martin Luther King Jr. and the March On Washington by Frances E. Roffin I Have A Dream An Illustrated Edition Free At Last! The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Angela Bull We Shall Overcome: A Song That Changed the World by Stuart Stotts Cesar Chavez by Jerry Tello Cesar Chavez: The Struggle for Justice by Por Richard Griswold del Casillo || || Name Grade Room || 1. African-American Spiritual Folk Music Rock Music
 * Materials
 * = Music Of The Civil Rights Movement = ||

2. What instruments do you hear? || 3. African-American Spiritual Folk Music Rock Music

4. What instruments do you hear?

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6. What instruments do you hear? || 7. African-American Spiritual Folk Music Rock Music

8. What instruments do you hear?

|| 9. What is your favorite song that we sang from the 1960’s

10. Why do you like that song and what is it talking about?

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 * 11. What song have you heard on the radio, TV or computer that would be “Music With Meaning”

Song

What is the song about? || 12. If you where writing a song today what would you write about? || = = 

