Music: Change Through Time Video
World Book Online Classical Music
Music: Change Through Time
Overview
In this lesson students will learn about music history. This lesson will go over the four main periods of music, the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary Periods. Provided is a video presentation and a reading to help students complete the assignment given. The lesson material should be viewed before the writing assignment is completed, but students are expected to take notes from the lesson materials on their assignment in the notes section.
Video
As a whole, This is a long lesson with a lot to do, so space it out over the course of a couple days. Done that way it should be more fun and less stressful.
In this lesson students will learn about music history. This lesson will go over the four main periods of music, the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary Periods. Provided is a video presentation and a reading to help students complete the assignment given. The lesson material should be viewed before the assignment is completed, but students are expected to take notes from the lesson materials on their assignment.
This video presentation, titled Music: Change Through Time includes general information about each period. This information will include approximate dates, Defining characteristics of music from that period, and significant composers/ important works from the period.
Reading
The provided article requires an account at World Book Online. If your school is in Utah and has access to Utah's Online Library have your student log in there and then follow the reading link. If not, either have the student create an account with World Book Online or skip the reading.
This reading, from World Book Encyclopedia, expands on the information provided in the video, also including some historical context. The article is very long, so there is a specific section to read. Instructions:
Log into Utah’s Online Library and open up World Book Online.
Then click on the link provided.
Click the “History” hyperlink on the left side, and scroll down until the heading “The Baroque Period.” Read until “Classical Music Today.”
Assignment
Again, This lesson with all of its parts is long, so space all of its elements out over a couple of days. Maybe have students Watch the video one day, then read the article, then complete the assignment over a course of 2 more days (4 days total).
This assignment is a written assignment, designed to be completed on Google Docs. To complete the assignment students will need to create copy the assignment doc and complete it on their own Google Drive. Students should take notes, there is a minimum of 3 notes for each period but more is encouraged. Based on what you learn, you are expected to pick an era of the music to study a composer from. You are encouraged to do outside research into what the music from different periods and composers actually sound like so you can pick something that you enjoy. You will need to pick a period to highlight, a composer from that period, and a piece written by that composer. You will then be asked to complete a write up on their findings, more detailed instructions for that write up can be found in the assignment document.
Have fun!