Powerpoint includes: history of slavery, African music, blues, jazz, different styles of jazz, jazz instruments, 12 bar blues and walking bassline composing task on Logic.
Worksheet includes: jazz reading comprehension text and questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Music Included:
Wii Theme
All Star - Smash Mouth
ZEZE - Kodak Black
Rockefellar Street
Love Me - Justin Bieber
Tokyo Drift - Teriyaki Boiz
Changes - XXXTentacion
Minecraft Theme
Ali A Intro
Each genre has a set of listening and research questions.
The genres included are: Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, Funk, RnB, Punk, Rap, Pop and Electronica.
A one-off lesson into Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Great with a programme music unit. Can also be used as home learning or cover. Students complete listening questions about Bydlo, then analyse three other pieces from the suite, then choose an image and compose their own piece based on the musical elements.
A lesson on Danse Macabre that can be used as homelearning or cover. Students learn about Danse Macabre and apply knowledge of the musical elements to a spooky composing task. There are two choices available - Corpse Bride or Nightmare Before Christmas.
One-off lesson on Peter and the Wolf. Can be used as cover or homelearning. Lesson details Prokofiev, the story, the characters, has link to video of the piece, listening questions and a match-up task.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, the styles leading to reggae, info on how reggae developed into dancehall.
Worksheet includes: questions on the different styles, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.