Music Curriculum Map Grade___7th_______

Month Theme or Big Idea Enduring Understandings & Essential Questions Content Standards Knowledge and Skills Targeted
GLEs and PLEs
Ensemble In order to engage in an ensemble you must be both a 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 Perform an independent part in an
September performer and a listener with the ability to react.
How conscious and deliberate is the process of creating ensemble setting
good music? Perform music representing diverse genres
and styles
Perform in groups with blend and balance
Performance To become a skilled performer requires persistence. 2.7, 2.8 Perform with proper instrument technique
October When does playing an instrument move from mere
repetition or imitation to creative and artful performance? Perform in groups in responses to gestures
of a conductor
Improvisation Improvising as an individual allows complete creative 3.5, 3,6 Improvise rhythmic variations on given
November freedom of expression.
How much in music is technical skill and how much is melodies
“magic”? Improvise melodic variations
Composing Compositions are communications of emotions. 4.4, 4.5 Utilize compositional technology
December How can I make a tune or piece my own?
Manipulate a variety of traditional, non-
traditional and electronically produced
sounds while creating or arranging
Reading Music Written music is a language that has symbols and rules 5.1, 5.2,5.3 Identify notation
that enable a musician or performer to maintain Identify rhythmic and melodic notation
January accurate communication over time and distance.
Why learn to read and notate music? Why not?
Appreciation Knowledge of music provides more opportunities to 6.4, 6.8 Identify and describe basic music forms
connect with the meaning.
February How does the concept of quality apply to musical Analyze form including theme and
performance? variation, basic binary, tertiary and rondo
Is it necessary to hear a performance to appreciate
music?
forms, and more complex forms
Evaluation The audience is the central participant in a music 7.3, 7.5 Explain personal music preferences using
performance.
March How influential is the taste of the time, and why? appropriate terminology
Develop and apply criteria for evaluating
compositions and performances
Making Connections Music complements other art forms. 8.3, 8.5 Illustrate ways in which the principles and
How important has music been in history?
April Does art influence life or does life influence art? subject matter of other curricular areas are
interrelated to music
Compare and contract artistic themes
across cultures, history and multiple media
 Cultural Diversity Music as a form of expression becomes part of the 9.1, 9.2 Identify and describe the roles of musicians
history and culture.
May/June To what extent does music affect the world community? in various historical periods, cultures, genre
and styles
Identify music from various periods and
diverse cultures by genre or style