The Music of Oceans

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Title:

 The Music of Oceans

URL:

 http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/lessonplans/KSEd_The_Music_of_Oceans.pdf

Content Source:

 Other
San Francisco Symphony
Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students will identify the four oceans using a globe. They will sing the Oceans song and listen to Claude Debussy's Le Mer. Students will use watercolors to show their emotional response to the music. They will identify the dynamics of the music and use those terms to describe the oceans.  

Content Standard(s):
Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 2
Music: General
10) Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.

Example: Identify dynamic changes in Haydn's Symphony No.
94, "Surprise," through movement.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 2
Music: General
18) Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 3
Music: General
11) Demonstrate and describe how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).

Example: Experiment with dynamics and articulation and discuss how they change the impact of a piece.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 3
Music: General
18) Demonstrate and describe how expressive qualities are used in performers' interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

Example: Sing music with expressive qualities and intent.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 2
Visual Arts
2) Explore personal interests and curiosities with a range of art materials.

a. Create two-dimensional art.

Examples: Paper-weaving, drawing, and resist painting.

Use book about weaving, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood & Martin Link.

b. Create three-dimensional art.

Examples: Clay animals and pipe cleaner sculptures.

Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 3
Visual Arts
2) Demonstrate skills using available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.

Examples: Choose from a variety of resources and materials to create a work of art.
Use books Imagine That by Joyce Raymond or Dinner at Magritte's by Michael Garland.

Tags: Claude Debussy, dynamics, oceans, watercolor
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Comments

This chart is referenced in the lesson plan.  It explains how teachers have integrated music into the classroom.

Connection to Pathways to Integration chart

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Author: Tiffani Stricklin