Lesson 1: Becoming Musical Explorers
| Aim: What can Musical Explorers do? Summary: Students identify themselves as explorers of the Lowcountry’s music. Materials: Musical Explorers CD or online audio, Musical Explorers Student Guide Time Required: 40 minutes (two 20-minute activities) Standards: US 1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6; GA 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9; SC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Vocabulary: explorer, opposite |
Introduce the “Musical Explorers Song”
- Introduce the Bus Driver on SG1.
- Where is our school on this map?
- As we explore our region, what kinds of music do you think we might find?
- Introduce students to the Musical Explorers program by singing the “Musical Explorers Song,”
Track 1, SG2. - Learn the “Musical Explorers Song” sign language, SG3.
Exploring Musical Opposites
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- This year, students will explore musical opposites.
- What is an opposite? Where do we find opposites?
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- Collect words and ideas that students associate with opposites, such as hot and cold, full and empty, big and small, day and night, and tall and short.
- Create a class definition for the word opposite.
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- What are some things that are different, but not exactly opposites?
- How do we know when something is an opposite and not just different?
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- This year, we will explore opposites that we hear in music. What musical opposites do you think we might hear?
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Musical Word Wall
Add the words explorer and opposite to the Musical Word Wall.
PDF Downloads
SG1 ↓ Download File
SG2 ↓ Download File
SG3 ↓ Download File