Music of the Westward Expansion: How Do the Arts Reflect History?

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Music of the Westward Expansion: How Do the Arts Reflect History?

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Students study the great westward migration of the mid-19th century in America and learn how important music was to those traveling along the trail. Students listen to popular music of the time, and investigate the history and origins of a variety of songs. In a final celebration, students sing and play tunes, and present their interpretations from the points of view of a pioneer or composer.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5

Subject:

United States History, Music

Resource Type:

Unit of instruction

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Intel

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Keywords:

Westward expansion, Songs, Frontier, Period music, Pioneers

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Intel

Is Part Of:

http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/GradeIndex/

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Arts, History

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Social Sciences 2001-2002 (2001)

Understand the distribution and movement of people, ideas, and products.

Identify patterns of migration and cultural interaction in the United States.
The student will understand:

How physical geography affects the routes, flow and destinations of migrations.
How migrations affect the culture of emigrants and native populations.
Cultural characteristics found in the United States that originated in other cultures, and the means by which they came to the United States.

Conforms To

New Mexico Standards for Social Studies (2001)

Content Standard II: Students understand how physical, natural, and cultural processes influence where people live, the ways in which people live, and how societies interact with one another and their environments.

9-12 Benchmark II-B: Analyze natural and man-made characteristics of worldwide locales; describe regions, their interrelationships, and patterns of change.

4. Analyze and evaluate why places and regions are important to human identity (e.g., sacred tribal grounds, culturally unified neighborhoods).

Conforms To

Fine Arts Content Standards (1996)

Content Standards: Music

5. Students will understand music's relationship to society, the other arts, disciplines outside the arts, history, and culture.

1. Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

Conforms To

Fine Arts Content Standards (1996)

Content Standards: Music

1. Students will use the performance of music as a means for creative expression and communication.

1. Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Conforms To

Music Curriculum Standards (2006)

Music History

Content Standard 6.0: Listening and Analyzing
Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Conforms To

Social Sciences 2001-2002 (2001)

Gather, use, and evaluate researched information to support analysis and conclusions.

Gather, use, and document information from multiple sources (e.g., print, electronic, human).

Conforms To

Music Curriculum Standards (2006)

Instrumental Music

Content Standard 7.0: Evaluating
Students will evaluate music and music performances.

Conforms To

K-12 Curriculum Framework for the Arts (2001)

Music K-12

Curriculum Standard 8: Understand relationships among music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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