Lesson Plan #6

Name: Kelsi Trest

Date: 5/19/15
Title of the lesson:

Music and African Customs

I. Preliminary Planning- Set up the PowerPoint and load the videos

Objective(s) of the lesson:

To discuss the different customs from Africa that involve music.

Theme/Essential Question:

What do we use music for?

MDE GLCE /Common Core

Standards best served:
(2-3)

ART.M.III.1.4 Introduce music vocabulary for the

elements of music; i.e. melody, harmony, rhythm, tone
color/timbre, form.

ART.M.IV.1.2 Describe how elements of music are used in

examples from Michigan Standards, Benchmarks, and
Grade Level Content Expectations for Visual Arts, Music,
Dance, and Theater v.06.2011 36 world cultures, using
music performed and presented in 1st grade.

ART.M.IV.1.3 Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior

for the context and style of music presented and performed
in 1st grade.

Focus question:

What does Africa music sound like and what is it used for?

Key vocabulary/concepts:

-Rhythm: a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or

sound.
-Instrumentation: the particular instruments used in a piece of
music; the manner in which a piece is arranged for instruments.

Time required:

45 minutes

Materials needed:

-Presentation

II. The Lesson Itself* - http://prezi.com/eabnynqxcu-b/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Lesson launch (aka Do Now aka

The Hook or activating prior
knowledge):

What are some African instruments? Has anyone ever heard

African music?

How the lessons objective(s) will

be shared with the students:

We will be talking about how the people of Africa use their music
and what it sounds like.

Learning activities (step-by-step):

-Present the videos and information off the presentation to the

students

These should be complete enough

that a good substitute could study
them and teach this class.

-This lesson will start off the African portion of my unit. The
country, people, and cultures will be introduced. We will talk about
instruments and customs that have to do with their music.
- We will discuss how music is used to preserve these different
cultures and traditions.

Checking for understanding:

(formative assessment)

The students will be asked questions to test their knowledge and

review previous information they have learned from the lessons.

Guided practice/extension:

N/A

At the end of the lesson, how will

what was learned be summarized
for the class?

African music is not only music with drums but a lot of it is

singing without drums.

Post-lesson reflections and ideas

for next steps:

Try not to lecture the entire time without giving the students
something to go that captures and holds their attention.