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Using TimeRime andGoogle Maps for

InterdisciplinaryLessons

By Dr. Brandon L. Haskett

SAGINAW VALLEY STATE

UNIVERSITY

[email protected]


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Why interdisciplinary?

These types of lessons are not intended to

turn music classes into math, reading, history,

or visual arts classes. They are intended to make connections that

are natural and help provide context to the

musical knowledge they are learning.


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EXAMPLE #1

Students commonly learn major events

in U.S. and world history in school.

National music Standard #9 charges uswith teaching the relationship between

music and history/culture.


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EXAMPLE #1 (cont.)

Many of us learned that the American

Revolutionary War occurred from 1775-1783.

Many of us also learned that Mozart andBeethoven lived during this same time period.

Did you make that connection when you

learned these facts? I didnt.


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EXAMPLE #2

Many of us learn basic geographic facts

while in school (continents, countries,

and their relationships) along withinformation like historical trade routes.


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EXAMPLE #2 (cont.)

When teaching music of other cultures

(whether in general music or in an

ensemble) students frequently have ahard time making connections between

the area the music is from and its

musical characteristics.


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PREMISE

Students synthesize information better

with more contextual information to

inform their new knowledge if the newconcept is related to previous

knowledge (known to unknown)


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Timerime

Allows you to create timelines with

multiple threads, Pictures, and

embedded youtubes. In other words,you can show chronology with

examples and the relationship between

multiple timelines.


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TIMERIME SCREENSHOT


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TIMERIME SHARING

Each timerime can be linked to and can

be embedded in a webpage, therefore,

your students could access these itemsfrom your webpage instead of having to

learn another site.


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TIMERIME IDEA #1

Using timelines to understand rapid

changes in music (EX. Making

connections between non-westernmusical influences and the history of

technology and/or the history of travel.


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TIMERIME IDEA #2

Using timeline to understand cultural

influences in music (Ex. Making

connections between colonial history inafrica and cultural influences in african

music)


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Google Maps

Allows you to show geographic

relationships.

Can associate each pin on the map withtext, a picture, or embeddable video.


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GM SCREENSHOT

Music from Around the world

GM/YOUTUBE MASHUP


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GM SHARING

GoogleMaps allows for collaboration on

maps (group projects).

GMs can be embedded in a website orlinked to.


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GM IDEA #1

Using a map to show geographic

influences on musical characteristics

(EX. Map that show that african musicin northeast africa exhibits arab musical

influences)


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GM IDEA #2

Using a map to illustrate a musical

diaspora (EX. Map that shows the

spread of a musical tradition Withsupporting video, such as the spread of

steelpan from the Caribbean to the

U.S.)


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Sounds Great, BUT . . .

Interdisciplinary lessons take time to

construct.

Consider a divide and conquerapproach. Have each teacher construct

one or two of these lessons a year with

a promise to create unique exampleseach year.


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Then . . .

Save them in a mutually accessible webpage.

I suggest using a posterous website where

multiple contributors can post. Consider asking your administrators to allow

you to spend a professional development day

with all district music teachers working in a

lab on this Process.


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Contact Info and Links

[email protected] (Subject MMC)

http://www.timerime.com

http://maps.google.com http://www.posterous.com

http://blhaskett.posterous.com ; Click MMC

tab for screencasts and these slides.
mailto:[email protected]://www.timerime.com/http://maps.google.com/http://www.posterous.com/http://blhaskett.posterous.com/http://blhaskett.posterous.com/http://www.posterous.com/http://maps.google.com/http://www.timerime.com/mailto:[email protected]


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Questions?

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Thank you for attending! Enjoy the

conference!

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