Read: Becoming Bach by Tom Leonard
Sources: The Arts: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK); Classical Music (DK Eyewitness Companions); Ah, Music! By Aliki (The Flowering of Classical Music pp.34-35)
Listen:
Baroque (1660-1750)
Bach – Bradenburg concerto no. 5 (first movement)
Vivialdi – Violin Concerto in E (from Spring)
Handel – Water Music Suite #2 in D
Classical (1750-1820)
Hadyn – Symphone No. 104 “London” Finale
Mozart – Serenade #13 in G
Beethoven – Fur Elise
Romantic (1820-1910)
Brahms – Hungarian Dance
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Marche
Schubert – Moments Musicaux
Game: Kitten in the Corner (American Girl Party Book)
Crafts: Cup & ball toy, Button String
Read Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten by Laura Veirs
Sources: Daddy Played the Blues by Michael Garland, Blues Journey by Walter Dean Myers
Listen:
St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong - 1925
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) - Benny Goodman - 1930s
Love in Vain - Robert Johnson - 1939
Nothing in Rambling - Memphis Minnie - 1940
Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker - 1948
Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf - 1956
Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten - 1956
Something's Got a Hold on Me - Etta James - 1961
Play
You’re A Real LifeSaver (1924 fruit flavored life savers invented)
Ring the Bat (Baseball was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s.)
Read: Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Kathryn Russell-Brown
Listen:
Original Jelly-Roll Blues - Jelly Roll Morton - 1924 (written/published 1915)
Black and Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington - 1927
Wrappin' It Up - Fletcher Henderson - 1934
Summertime - Billie Holiday - 1936
Muskrat Ramble - Sidney Bechet - 1944
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong - 1956
Blues Melba - Melba Liston - 1959
Game: Tiddlywinks
Craft: Paper Airplanes
Read: Shake, Rattle, & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren
Listen:
That's All Right - Elvis Presley - 1954
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets - 1954
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley - 1955
Blueberry hill - Fats Domino - 1956
Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard - 1956
Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry - 1957
Love Me Do - The Beatles - 1962
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1969
Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1969
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bub Seger - 1978
I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett - 1982
Play (1950s & 1960s)
Life Size Yahtzee (regular invented 1956)
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
lemonhead relay race (Lemonheads invented in 1962)
Read: Honky-Tonk Heroes & Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country & Western Music by Holly George-Warren
Listen:
Keep on the sunny Side - THe Carter FAmily - 1928
New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills - 1940
Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb - 1941
Move It On Over - Hank Williams - 1947
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline - 1957
I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens - 1964
Jackson - Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - 1967
Play: Legos (invented 1959)
Read: The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissor by Drew Daywalt
Activity: Rock Hunt (give sheets on week 5)
Game: Rock Paper Scissor Tournament (Legend of RPS event kit)