Lesson Plan Attachments
- "Worksheet: Researching a Culture and its Music" (Word)
- "Handout: Cultures and Music Comparison Matrix"
- "Worksheet: Cultures and Music Comparison Matrix" (Word)
- "Worksheet: Exploring Musical Styles of a Culture" (Word)
- "Template: World Beat" (PowerPoint)
- "World Beat Rubric"
- "Step Sheet: Using Computers to Listen to Music"
- "Step Sheet: Creating Tables in Documents"
- "Step Sheet: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation"
- "Step Sheet: Inserting Electronic Images into a PowerPoint
Presentation" - "Step Sheet: Inserting Sound into a PowerPoint Presentation"
World Beat - Music in Cultures Worldwide Lesson Plan
In this
lesson, students will research key aspects of the music
of a variety of cultures. They will identify musical
genres and styles of a selected culture, then select
one representative musical genre to research. Students
will identify and describe instruments used in that
genre, the roles and places of musicians, and the
functions music serves in the culture, recording their
results in a Microsoft Excel matrix. In groups,
students will compile comparative results from all
cultures in a matrix. Finally, all students will
participate in creating a class presentation using
Microsoft PowerPoint to share how key aspects of music
vary from culture to culture.
- MP3.com
Site devoted to music in this format, with a very broad range of music. - MP3.com's World Traditions
This section of the MP3 site provides a great jumping off point to traditional music of cultures around the world. Free downloads of featured tracks for listening. - CD Universe
Great music site selling CD's off all types. Excellent world music section. Bonus: Has Real Audio format previews of many CD's, allowing for free sampling of sounds. - Lycos Search Engine
Lycos has a solid MP3 search engine. Search for MP3 files using key words related to a particular culture ("Cuban," "Balinese"), musical style or genre ("flamenco," "mariachi") or even instrument. - Rootster
Portal for world music resources on the web.
On-line Resources
World Beat - Music in Cultures Worldwide
