Religion and Music

Music 1Play video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJH7Y56c7Y

Children listen to musicKey questions: what did you think of the music? How did it make you feel? What do you think this music is used for? When? Does it remind you of anything?

Music 1

Give the (translated) lyrics to childrenIn mixed ability pairs, children discuss and annotate lyrics – what certain words/lines mean, what they are singing about, the meaning behind the words

Example of lyrics annotation

LET US REJOICE Let us rejoice, let us rejoiceLet us rejoice and be gladRepeat Let us sing, let us singLet us sing and be glad Awaken, awaken brethrenAwaken brethren with a cheerful heart. 

Original:

HAVA NAGILA Hava nagila, hava nagilaHava nagila ve-nis'mechaRepeat Hava neranena, hava neranenaHava neranena venis'mecha Uru, uru achimUru achim belev same'ach

 

Song of celebration

Sing and be happy

Wake up brothers with a happy heart

Music 1

Class share annotations and discuss what this music may be used forThey are singing about being happy, asking people to awake and sing with them – what reason?

Tell class song is usually sang at celebrations – weddings, Bar Mitzvahs etc.

Music 2Give children title of song – does it sound familiar? What is it about? What do you think it will be about from the title?

Opportunity for AfLScribe chn’s thoughts on whiteboard

Music 2Play song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvmIDdCyFTc

Children write down in mixed ability pairs what they think the song is about – key words/phrases & possible meaningsKey questions: what is the song used for? How does it make you feel and why? What do you head? How is it similar/different to a song we’ve already heard?After, children given lyrics and in pairs annotate what is happening in the song

Example of lyric annotationI danced in the morning when the world was begunI danced in the Moon & the Stars & the SunI came down from Heaven & I danced on EarthAt Bethlehem I had my birth:

Dance then, wherever you may beI am the Lord of the Dance, said He!And I'll lead you all, wherever you may beAnd I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!(...lead you all in the Dance, said He!)

I danced for the scribe & the phariseeBut they would not dance & they wouldn't follow meI danced for fishermen, for James & JohnThey came with me & the Dance went on:

Dance then, wherever you may beI am the Lord of the Dance, said He!And I'll lead you all, wherever you may beAnd I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!(...lead you all in the Dance, said He!)

I danced on the Sabbath & I cured the lameThe holy people said it was a shame!They whipped & they stripped & they hung me highAnd they left me there on a cross to die!

Dance then, wherever you may beI am the Lord of the Dance, said He!And I'll lead you all, wherever you may beAnd I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!(...lead you all in the Dance, said He!)

I danced on a Friday when the sky turned blackIt's hard to dance with the devil on your backThey buried my body & they thought I'd goneBut I am the Dance & I still go on!

Dance then, wherever you may beI am the Lord of the Dance, said He!And I'll lead you all, wherever you may beAnd I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!(...lead you all in the Dance, said He!)

They cut me down and I leapt up highI am the Life that'll never, never die!I'll live in you if you'll live in Me -I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!

Dance then, wherever you may beI am the Lord of the Dance, said He!And I'll lead you all, wherever you may beAnd I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!

When the Earth

was

created

Scribes and Pharisees

would not follow Jesus

Leading to Jesus’s

crucifixion

Offers a different

perspective of Christian

experience – ‘had to

dance with the devil on

your back

Jesus’s crucifixion and

resurrectionResurrection is the end

of the dance