Music in History

Relevant SC Standards:

• Indicator GM.C NL.8.1- I can recognize that all cultures and time periods use music.

• Indicator GM.C IL.8.1- I can identify similarities and differences in music from multiple

cultures and time periods.

• Indicator GM.C AH.8.1- I can use historical and cultural contributions to justify my
musical choices.
• Benchmark GM.C IM.8- I can research the role of music within a specific culture or

historical time period and present what I discovered.

Description: This app lesson will develop 8th-9th grade general music students’
musical relationships and thoughts by heightening their skills of music throughout
history.

Instructional Objective: Students will be able to analyze and discuss how music has
changed throughout history and has also stayed relevant/the same. How has music
been an influence on history?

Step 1 Content-Based or Skill-Based App: Students will use this app to search through
the musical timeline or find a certain composer to research for our upcoming project.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/informusic/id1015896668

Step 2 Content-Based or Skill-Based App: Students will listen to and analyze classical
music (appropriate to their chosen time period/composer) and record their thoughts
and findings to later share with the class.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/classical-music-collection-1/id583849812

Step 3 Creation-Based (Learning Artifact) or Skill-Based App (Screenshot of

Progress): Students will…use Mematic to construct memes explaining a historical
relationship with music (example: Renaissance music and John Dunstable, Scarlatti
and Italian piano music, etc.)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mematic-the-meme-maker/id491076730