7th Grade

Music History Time Periods Project

Your task is to create Power Point Presentation, which will be shared with the class.
Your presentation should be enhanced with art (and music if possible). You will be
working in a small group. The following periods will be assigned by random draw:
Baroque, Classical, Romantic.

Students will be divided into small groups and choose their time period through
random draw.

Each student will have a specific role and will gather their own information.
Composer Historian
Music Historian
Social Historian

Groups will take the information that was individually collected and organize it into
their final Power Point Presentation and class presentation.


EVALUATION

Power Point Presentation:

Your presentation must contain AT LEAST (it can have more):

Composer Historian:
Information on at least 3 important composers (their birth and death dates, their
nationality, other important personal information, what kind of music they wrote, list at
least 3 famous compositions by each composer) - collaborate with the Music
Historian. Be sure to include pictures of the composers.

Music Historian:
Information on 2 significant musical instruments of the time period, 3 facts about
musical style of the period, list 3 pieces of important music from the period -
collaborate with the Composer Historian. Be sure to include pictures of the
instruments as well as how the instruments were played, what they were made of, etc.

Social Historian:
Information on 3 important historical events, 3 important people from the period
who were not composers (like scientists, authors, politicians, artists, etc), list 3 famous
works of art from the period and include pictures of the artwork in your power point
presentation. Be sure to include the titles of the artwork as well as the name of the
artist. Also tell why the historical events & people were important...dont just list them!



TIME TABLE:
Day 1 - Introduction to the project, break into groups, decide roles of group
members and start research.
Day 2-3 - Research information and begin Power Point layout
Day 4 - Finish individual power point pages and combine into group
presentation. Practice presentation as a group as time allows
Day 5-6 - Share Power Point presentation with the class