ERIC Number: EJ977464
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1048-3713
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Lessons that Bear Repeating and Repeating that Bears Lessons: An Interdisciplinary Unit on Principles of Minimalism in Modern Music, Art, and Poetry (Grades 4-8)
Smigel, Eric; McDonald, Nan L.
General Music Today, v26 n1 p5-10 Oct 2012
This theory-to-practice article focuses on interdisciplinary classroom activities based on principles of minimalism in modern music, art, and poetry. A lesson sequence was designed for an inner-city Grades 4 and 5 general classroom of English language learners, where the unit was taught, assessed, and documented by the authors. Included in the article is a detailed teaching script for use by classroom teachers, music teachers, and related arts specialists for Grades 4-8. Readers are guided through lesson materials, instructions, interactive hands-on activities, and assessments for young students with little or no background in music or other arts. (Contains 6 online resources and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Music, Learning Activities, Second Language Learning, Music Teachers, English (Second Language), Poetry, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Art, English Language Learners, Music Education, Artists, Art Education
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Audience: Teachers
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