GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title: General
Music
Subject: Music
Grade Level: 6
Department/School:
Duration: 40
classes per year
Number of Credits: N/A
Prerequisite: None
Elective or Required: Required
Author: Erica Schwerin
Date Submitted: Summer 2005
Course Description
General
music includes singing, playing instruments, dance, theater and composing.
Students are able to express themselves creatively, while a knowledge of
notation and performance traditions enables them to hear new music
independently all their lives. Skills in analysis, evaluation, and synthesis
enable students to recognize and pursue excellence in their musical experiences
and to understand and enrich their environment. Music is an integral part of
human history. The ability to listen with understanding is essential if
students are to have a broad cultural and historical perspective.
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MUSIC
An
education in the arts is an essential part of the academic curriculum for the
achievement of human, social, and economic growth. The arts enable personal,
intellectual, and social development for each individual and strive to enhance
the students’ sense of confidence and self-esteem. The arts are uniquely
qualified to cultivate a variety of multiple intelligences, varied and powerful
ways of communicating ideas, thoughts and feelings, and increases the potential
for life success as well as an enriched quality of life. The arts are essential
for students to have a broad cultural and historical perspective.
Music
STANDARD 1.1 (AESTHETICS)
STANDARD 1.2 (CREATION
STANDARD 1.3 (ELEMENTS
STANDARD 1.4 (CRITIQUE)
STANDARD 1.5 (HISTORY/CULTURE)
Curriculum Description
Objective:
The students will participate in various experiences
including singing, dancing, playing instruments, melodic and rhythmic
improvisations.
CCCS: 1.2.1, 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 1.2.4
Duration of time: 8 class periods
Activities:
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Perform compositions in two and three part harmony.
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Create body sculpture through the use of metric
interpretation of the teacher supplied music.
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Develop rhythmic and performance skills through the use
of percussion instruments and electronic media and rhythmic dictation.
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Demonstrate melodic and rhythmic improvisation.
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Assessment
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Understand the study of aesthetics as a philosophical process which deals with questions about the nature and meaning of music.
2. Develop personal viewpoints by weighing conflicting ideas about works/ performances of music.
3. Achieve
informed judgments as well as personal opinions when responding to musical works.
CCCS: 1.1.1, 1.1.3
Duration of time: 8 class periods
Activities:
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Be aware of differing social/cultural influences on the
composer as it affects his/her work.
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Compare multiple purposes for creating music.
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Analyze contemporary and historic meanings in specific
works of music through cultural and aesthetic inquiry.
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Identify factors that have an effect on musical
perceptions.
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Describe and compare a variety of works from different
genres, cultures, and eras.
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Assessment
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Develop their skills in listening perceptively to music.
2. Distinguish
and discuss such elements as pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, structure,
media, and dynamics as these relate to the expressive whole.
CCCS: 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3
Duration of time: 8 class periods
Activities:
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Discuss the various elements of music as found in the
composition.
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Discuss how the various elements were used to attain a
cohesive artistic expression.
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Assessment
Objective:
The students will demonstrate knowledge of the written
language of music and be able to express these through musical performance.
CCCS: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.3.1, 1.3.3, 1.6.1
Duration of time: 8 class periods
Activities:
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Utilize the written language of music (signs, symbols,
terms, and notation).
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Demonstrate their knowledge of rhythmic, melodic, and
expressive notation by playing or singing.
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Sing or play simple melodies by ear on a melodic
instrument.
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Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns.
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Improvise using simple rhythmic and melodic phrases.
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Perform easy rhythmic, melodic, and chordal patterns on
instruments, independently and in groups.
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Perform individual parts effectively when participating
in classroom ensembles.
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Assessment
Objective:
The students will identify and describe various forms of
music from different historical and contemporary periods and cultures and
recognize the impact of music in our daily lives.
CCCS: 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.5, 1.5.6
Duration of time: 8 class periods
Activities:
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Evaluate the artistic merit of a live or recorded music
performance. Utilize the school, community, and professional groups as
resources for evaluation.
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Distinguish musical form or compositional structure
through listening.
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Identify and describe various musical forms, materials,
media, and methods of composition from different historical periods and world
cultures.
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Develop an awareness of music-related careers. Discuss
various musical professions such as composer, arranger, performer, producer,
sound engineer, and recording engineer.
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Assessment
Texts, Resources, and/or Literature
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Text: The
Music Connection, Grade 6. Silver
Burdett Ginn
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“Music Express Magazine”, Hal Leonard (new
issues bi-monthly)
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“Fun with Boomwhackers”, Chris Judah Lauder,
Warner Bros. Music
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“Pot-Pourri”, Konnie Salimba, Warner Bros, Music
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Various media: Ex: CD, DVD,VHS, websites,
computer software and enrichment programs