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The Mitchell School for the Performing Arts

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The Mitchell School for the Performing Arts is committed to excellence in the areas of academics, technology, and the performing arts. Students attending this school encounter rigorous academic programs infused with technology, while their interests and talents in the performing arts are nurtured.

Introduction

Subject Area	History, with an emphasis on Music History
Grade Level	9-12
Standards	Iowa Core Curriculum's Social Studies standards for History, as of August 1, 2010.
Context	Mitchell Charter School for the Performing Arts is a relatively small high school that infuses rigorous academics with technology and which nurtures each student’s interest and talents in the performing arts. Teachers and students have adequate technology resources at their disposal, including digital devices for each student.
Written By	Brandyce Deb Joshua Wilson Marty (wiki editor)

TPaCK'd Lesson Plans

To see the specific lesson plans associated with each standard listed below, please click here

Standards, Activities, and Technologies

Understand the origins, central ideas, and global influence of world religions

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge building	Teacher gives an overview of the five most widespread religions View presentation and images, listen to audio/video, take notes.	PowerPoint YouTube DVD audio & video files
Knowledge expression (convergent)	Teacher checks for understanding by posing questions during the presentation. Students respond in real time. Students take notes with a word processor. After presentation, students take an online quiz	Student response system Quizlet
Knowledge building: Research, Sequence information.	Conduct research about a selected religion, organize information, and share with classmates	Wikipedia National Geographic other approved encyclopedic sources Social bookmarking tools like Diigo Google Docs
Knowledge expression: Create a timeline	Using timeline creation software, students develop an illustration of major religious events, incorporating digital images.	Timeline Maker
Knowledge expression (Divergent)	Create, and deliver presentations; upload to wiki or VoiceThread for reference	presentation software video cameras website wikis or VoiceThread
Knowledge Expression: Discuss, Critique	Students analyze and comment upon peer's presentations	Wiki or VoiceThread

Understand cultural factors that have promoted political conflict

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building	Research how music reflects and affects political and social conflicts within cultures. Use for research.	digital audio and video archives Google Docs or word processor Social bookmarking sites
Knowledge expression (Convergent)	Students respond to teacher prompts and share their research	Asynchronous discussion tools
Knowledge expression (Divergent)	Each student assumes the persona of a musician, living in a time of conflict, and writes about that person’s life and music. students upload their narratives to a wiki and include links to audio/video clips and other relevant web resources.	Wiki Costumes or props, as desired Prezi, PowerPoint, or word processors Video cameras, camcorders

Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the societal development

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building	Research and explore the music of different cultures	eBooks journals websites Social bookmarking Google Docs or word processors
Knowledge building	Listen to and experience the music of different cultures	YouTube Audio recordings Online radio and television Podcasts
Knowledge Building: Compare/Contrast	Compare and contrast musical styles, tonality, role/purpose of music, instrumentation	mind mapping software venn diagramming applications word processing software
Knowledge Expression: Product-Oriented Divergent	Students design exhibits to synthesize and present information depicting the influence of culture on music.	VoiceThread Jing Prezi

Understand individual and group roles within a society as promoters of change

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building	Students identify and research composers representing classical musical periods	digital databases web sites electronic publications wiki sites
Knowledge Building (Product-Oriented Divergent)	Students author a newspaper or write journal articles about the importance of composers' works and how they impact the direction of music.	desktop publishing software word processing applications web and/or wiki pages to publish news or a story.
Knowledge Building (Participatory Divergent)	Students conduct mock interviews with composers, exploring their impact on music history	audio and/or video creation software (i.e., Movie Maker, iMovie, GarageBand) microphone video camera

Understand the significance of historically influential people in political and intellectual leadership roles, inventions, discoveries, and the arts

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building	Students synthesize their understanding about the roles of musicians in politics	Prezi
Knowledge Building and Expression	Students use asynchronous discussion to debate the evolution of music in the 20th century with the goal of building knowledge. Regardless tools used, the communication plan must be clear. Online communication has standards, just like face-to-face communication. Set guidelines and establish expectations. Use only tools with which teacher is familiar.	Discussion boards Blogs Social networking sites Email
Knowledge Building	Conduct research about ways in which politics influence music composition and create a report explaining how political issues influence musicians.	Wikipedia Google Other electronic resources

Understand how significant religious, philosophical, and social movements impact society and social reform

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building	Conduct research on the ways that religion impacts music Write a report about religion's impact on music.	Wikipedia National Geographic other online encyclopedic sources
Knowledge Building: Sequence Information	Research the history of musical instruments in religious ceremonies. Use editing software illustrate the role of musical instruments in religious ceremonies.	Wikipedia National Geographic other online encyclopedic sources iMovie Moviemaker
Knowledge Evaluation	Watch a video about music, dance, and religion in South American cultures to analyze and evaluate the relationship between music and dance.	YouTube

Understand patterns of social and cultural continuity in various societies

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge building	Visit a museum and/or interview a local musician about a musical genre’s historical roots	Transportation Communication methods
Knowledge Expression	Students use digital video cameras to record portions of their field trip or interviews, then use video editing software to create a documentary. Upload presentations to class website	Cameras Recording equipment Audio and video editing software Class or school website

Understand significant changes, and the effects of these changes, caused by technology, industrialization, urbanization, and population growth

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge building	Students research instruments using digital archives, and create graphic models using imaging tools and drawing software.	Wikipedia National Geographic other approved encyclopedic sources Social bookmarking tools like Diigo Google Docs
Knowledge Expression	Students create graphic models about chosen instruments	imaging tools and drawing software.

Understand concepts such as chronology, causality, change, conflict, and complexity to explain, analyze, and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building: Compare/Contrast	Listen to audio recordings of music, from past to present, in a particular genre of music. Students perform a piece of music from the genre we are learning about and create a video.	audio/video recordings instruments video cameras audio/video editing software

Understand significant historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures, such as the development of ancient cultures and civilizations, the rise of nation states, and social, economic, and political revolutions

Activity	Activity Types*	Technologies
Knowledge Building	Research music genres and socio-economic conditions.	Wikipedia National Geographic other approved encyclopedic sources Social bookmarking tools like Diigo Google Docs
Knowledge Building	Teacher leads a discussion to generate questions on how songs can relate to a certain period of time in history.	Smart Boards
Knowledge Building	Engage in a simulation of what it was like at certain period of time and make an event out of it (ex. Jazz Club in the 60's, the first Woodstock,etc.).	Costumes and props as desired

*Activity types derived from http://activitytypes.wmwikis.net/file/view/SocialStudiesLearningATs-Feb2011.pdf