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Teachers,
Teachers,
"It's just music!" That's what I used to hear from my eighth grade music classes. I knew that I had to create a curriculum that would engage students with a diverse level of musical interests and skills. I wanted to create something that would leave an impression on every student that passed through my door. I want students to walk up to me ten years from now and tell me that they still remember how to swing dance, or how to play happy birthday on the harmonica, or that they go out to the mall and buy CDs of Ella and Eminem. After developing this curriculum for ten years, I invite you to put it to the test. The Radio Hour - It's More Than Music!
The Radio Hour is a series of portfolio based music history curricula for grades 5-12. These curricula study Classical, Jazz, Rock, Black Music in America(BMIA), and Classroom Guitar while integrating technology, music analysis, improvisation, movement, creative writing and presentation skills. Each 100+ page Student workbook will guide students through the study of musical styles, influential musicians, and an understanding of the relationship between music, history and culture.
Curriculum Map of The Radio Hour
The curriculum of this class has been developed to approach every type of learner from the area he/she is most comfortable. This curriculum is divided into three parts
The curriculum of this class has been developed to approach every type of learner from the area he/she is most comfortable. This curriculum is divided into three parts
Discussions- for the one's who would rather talk than write
Research-for the one's that would rather write than talk
Projects- for the do-ers that like activities
Stylistic and Historical Connections
Visual Music Analysis using Call Charts
Activities and Projects
studentblues2.mp3Jazz History Rap by Natalie
Yo gimme a break, you think you got the blues,
Stop it with the fusion, you confusion me, amusin’ me
You think you with the big band, you think you’re Dixieland
You think you’re Mr. Jazz, Mr. Pizzazz, y’all don’t even know how to scat
Ella Fitzgerald do, I know of her, I think she pretty phat
I see you tryin’ to sing now, that’s cool dawg, uno momento
You singin’ kinda slow man, let’s see ya keep the tempo
You really stink at walkin’, Y’all better stop talkin’
Stop tryin’ to hide and learn how to stride like my dawg Scott Joplin
You hear him once, you hear him loud, he make the club go hoppin’
I hear the rap from the boombox, you baby let’s go mambo
Hey lady make it louder, let’s hear it from the combo.
Yo let’s take it from the top, I hear the Bebop nonstop
Hip hop you make me wanna sing, it make me wanna swing.
I love improvisation, it is a real sensation
This music is atonal, This rap song’s got no head.
It’s getting kinda boring, I’ll end it all instead.
“YO CODA”
jazzrap.mp3Google Sites
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