Lesson Plan #7

Name: Kelsi Trest

Date: 5/20/15
Title of the lesson:

The Sound of Africa

I. Preliminary Planning-Set up presentation, get drums from the music teacher, and set
up a camera to record the sound composition assignment.
Objective(s) of the lesson:

To listen to different forms of African music both past and current

Theme/Essential Question:

How do we preserve something that is always changing?

MDE GLCE /Common Core

Standards best served:
(2-3)

ART.D.II.1.3 Explore within personal space contrasting

concepts, such as small to large, or low to high.

ART.D.II.1.4 Teacher directs students in a simple pattern

using the elements, force, and level.

ART.D.III.1.1 Identify basic locomotor movements and

combinations of basic locomotor movements.

ART.M.I.1.6 Play a variety of rhythmic instruments

Focus question:

How can we tell what country music is from?

Key vocabulary/concepts:

A Capella- singing without instrumental accompaniment

Time required:

45 minutes

Materials needed:

-Presentation
-Drums
-Video Camera

II. The Lesson Itself* - http://prezi.com/eabnynqxcu-b/?

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Lesson launch (aka Do Now
aka The Hook or activating
prior knowledge):

What kind of instruments are used in traditional African music ad

ceremonies?

How the lessons objective(s) We are going to learn about African instruments and try playing
some drums in different ways.
will be shared with the
students:

These should be complete enough

that a good substitute could study
them and teach this class.

-Videos of different African dances and songs will be show using

the prepared presentation. These videos will be both tradition and
new aged renditions of songs.
-Traditional African drums will also be brought in for the students
to examine and played.
-They will then create a sound composition assignment by
following directions and playing piano, forte, crescendos, and
decrescendos that are randomly conducted. They will also be asked
to repeat rhythms that the teacher first plays.

Checking for understanding:

(formative assessment)

The Students should be able to recall information from the

previous lessons and answer simple questions recognizing
different sounds.

Guided practice/extension:

N/A

Learning activities (step-bystep):

At the end of the lesson, how There are many different drums and sounds too African music. You
can use many different rhythms to make up each song.
will what was learned be
summarized for the class?
Post-lesson reflections and
ideas for next steps:

It was very difficult to keep the students well focused today.

Unlike other lessons they did not have their listening ears on very
well. Next time I should try to have a clearer route for the lesson to
go so it flows smoother.