Grades:
6
7
8
Students will experience the aesthetics of music and tie that experience into how the "freedom songs" may have motivated the Civil Rights activists as they sought to aid the common good.
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Unit: Music of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1968
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will form conclusions regarding the motivational effects of music on the mind and the importance of performing community service.
Grades:
6
7
8
Students will understand why "freedom songs" became such an important motivating force during the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968. They will also see how important figures in the Civil Rights Movement contributed to the common good.
Unit: Beautiful Me
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Grades:
K
1
2
The students will internalize principles of inner beauty by singing together for their school community. The lesson also seeks to build self esteem and encourage students to work as a team.
Unit: PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Introduce students to “rhythms of life” around the world, including the rhythms of music and philanthropy. They use atlases and maps to find world locations. They create their own musical rhythms and reproduce the rhythms of others as an analogy for serial reciprocity.
Unit: Character Education: Fairness (Grade 8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners discuss the fair use of copyrighted music. They explore how downloading music and movies affects the artists and producers who created the pieces. Learners write a statement of fair use.
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners meet in a "round" to discuss issues of fairness and the common good. They explore how downloading music for free affects the common good. They brainstorm other issues of fairness that affect the common good.
Unit: PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Nonprofit organizations contribute to the common good and social capital of the community by supporting the arts. Students role-play as members of the board of a philanthropic organization focused on the arts. They create a plan to bring the arts to the children of the community, enhancing the...
Unit: Sharing with Others (Private-Religious)
Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson teaches the importance of sharing what we have with others. Using blessings as a context, students will learn that everything comes out much better when share our time, talents, and treasures with others.
Unit: Let's Make Lemonade
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Grades:
K
1
2
This lesson will give the students a working definition of philanthropy through the use of song. The students will sing the definition of philanthropy to a familiar tune.