Middle School Music
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| A Guide to Music Choices |
Have you ever given any real thought to why you listen to the type of music that you do? What section do you head for when you go to your favorite retailer to purchase music? What form do you purchase that music in; CD, vinyl record, cassette tape? Our students, as members of the younger generation, are experiencing some of the greatest advances in music technology in history. The Internet holds a wealth of information like finding, previewing, and downloading music. You can even log onto music magazines and find information about your favorite groups, performers or composers. You can download resources for creating and personalizing music with your computer. There are even sites full of information about music from around the world and they allow you to listen to some examples. That is what this WebQuest is all about, students will be learning how to preview and evaluate different types of music, evaluating the kind of music they listen to and why they listen to that type of music and learning about new sources for purchasing music. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 6. |
| Feeling Groovy? |
It does not come as a surprise to any one who has studied music that music is a very powerful tool for teaching. This lesson focuses on the music and times of the 1960’s. Although it is in an abbreviated form, it is a beginning to help students understand that most music is directly influenced by what is happening in the world around the composer. The 1960’s are a very complicated time in American history if not in World history. There were many changing attitudes including the end of McCarthyism, the civil rights movement, and the War in Vietnam. The music of this time era is a revealing barometer of society, reflecting the diverse moods and views of the American public, especially the young people. During this time not only did music reflect upon the social changes, but folk music and later on rock music, and the people who performed it were very influential in bringing about social change. Meets Arizona State Technology Standard 5. |
