What is your favorite kind of music?
Do you like to do
art projects?
The Task
In this activity you
are going to find some music and art that you might not have seen or heard
before.
All people are creative,
and wherever they are, the tools that they use, and the images and symbols
that they make, are like clues
or pieces to
a puzzle, that can tell us so much more about their culture.
You will look for these clues in the links below.
2. As you go through each site below answer the questions for each site on a piece of paper. You will be using this information for the project at the end of Activity 4.
Remember! Write your answers in complete sentences. Click *BACK when you are done with the web site to get back to this page, Activity #4.
Have Fun Exploring!
Aboriginies
Ochre Painting
Where did the paint come
from that was used, and is still used, in their paintings? Where
does the paint come from that you use in your classroom?
Art
Symbols of Aboriginal Art
As you are going through
this site copy down some of the symbols and meanings
to
use in your final drawing/painting of Aboriginal art.
Dreamtime
Paintings
Here you will see an
artist use the symbols from her country of Australia to create a story
about her culture. Look carefully at how she applied the paint.
Can you explain how it was done?
What
is a Didgeradoo?
What is your favorite
musical instrument? You will find this instrument truly different
from any you have ever tried to play!
Everything
About a Didg!
Here you will find out
about one of the original musical instuments of Australia. How are they
made? What tools were used? On the next site you can
listen to one if you have time. You can easily make one! Your
teacher has the instructions. What insect is needed to help create
the wood to make a didg? What does a didg player use to make the
music?
Didj
Music-Listen!
Music with a click on
didg...takes 60 sec to download
Yothu
Yindi Music Video and History
This modern band will
tell about the history of their people and how they combine the ancient
instruments with the rock and roll sound. You can download their
music or watch a video of them.
#2 When you
have completed
Acitivity 3 and 4 you
will do a drawing/painting using the symbols
and
syles
that
you have seen and written about while viewing the links in these activities.
!Your work must fill the space of your paper and the meanings
to the symbols must acompany your final project.
!Remember, you are telling a story
or legend about somthing important to a culture. How will you use
symbols and colors to do this?
Extra credit :Do a drawing using symbols and traditions from your life. Have a theme that represents what is important in your life and family. Be creative and make symbols that will represent your theme. Draw on brown paper from a grocery bag to give you project an authentic bark painting look. Your teacher can lead you to an extra link and the art of bark painting.
As a class, listen to
the music from both cultures. Discuss the instruments and messages
of the songs. What has been added in their modern contempory music?
Does the music you listen to today in your culture use instuments from
the past?
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