Weaving Music into the Social Studies Curriculum – Div. 1

Tim Paetkau, Consultant, Music

Edmonton Public Schools

Goals

Demonstrate ways to make your Social Studies lessons more engaging.

Discover music to enhance the curriculum. Demonstrate samples of musical strategies

that can be used in all subject areas. Share resources that can be used to enhance

the curriculum.

Aboriginal Music

To learn about using aboriginal music in Social Studies, check out Weaving Music into the Social Studies Curriculum – Div. 2

Kindergarten

Being Together K.1 I Am Unique K.2 I Belong

Kindergarten students will develop a strong sense of identity and self-esteem and be introduced to citizenship.

Let’s Go Walking

Let’s go walking, let’s go walking, let’s go walking far away.

Walk like a family member (mom, brother, grandfather), walk like a person in your school (principal, custodian, teacher).

Resource

Come on Everybody, Let’s Sing! by Lois Birkenshaw-Fleming

Accompanying CD’s can also be purchased. Includes songs about

Hello and Goodbye, All About Me, Where We Live, Seasons and Weather, etc.

Grade 1

Citizenship: Belonging and Connecting 1.1 My World: Home, School, and Community 1.2 Moving Forward with the Past: My Family, My

History and My Community

Grade 1 students will see themselves as part of the larger world through inquiry into their social, physical, cultural and linguistic environments. They will have opportunities to share their personal stories and explore traditions and symbols that are reflected in their groups or communities.

We’re Riding Our Bicycles

Singing Your Way Around the Neighbourhood – mapping activity

Look Who’s Here

Grade 2

Communities in Canada 2.1 Canada’s Dynamic Communities 2.2 A Community in the Past

Grade 2 expands on the concept of community through an examination of specific characteristics of communities in Canada. Building on the introduction of historical thinking in Grade 1, Grade 2 students will examine how a community changes over time.

En Montant La Rivière

Rewrite the lyrics

Refrain: In Acadia, they worked so hard, planting crops and fishing.

They built up dikes along the sea, reclaimed the land to grow some food.

Verse 1: As the boys grew they learned some skills, farming, fishing and carpentry.

Verse 2: The girls learned how to cook and weave, spin some wool and keep a home.

Acadian Lullaby

Flunky Jim

Flunky Jim (cont’d)

The Little Old Sod Shanty

The Little Old Sod Shanty (cont’d)

Inuit Lullaby

Grade 3

Connecting with the World 3.1 Communities in the World 3.2 Global Citizenship

Grade 3 continues to build on the knowledge of community and citizenship by examining diverse communities in the world. Grade 3 students will be introduced to the concepts of global citizenship and quality of life.

Highlights of Ukrainian Music

Vast majority is in minor modes or keys. Strong vocal tradition. Music is used to accompany traditional

dances. Common instruments are the bandura,

violins, sopilka (flute), and buben (drum).

Winter by the Dnieper

Highlights of Tunisian Music

Malouf is the national music form. Music has roots in Arab-Andalusian music, a

style of Arabic music with early Muslim Spanish and Portuguese influence.

Instruments include oud (lute), rabab (2 string fiddle), bandir (drum), tar (tamourine) and other drums.

Song of the Fig Vendors

Song of the Fig Vendors (cont’d)

Highlights of Indian Music

Most important element is the melody, organized within a raga.

Rhythmic patterns called talas are added. Instruments include the sitar, tamboura and

tabla.

Ninni Baba

Highlights of Peruvian Music

Peruvian music is an amalgamation of sounds and styles drawing on Peru’s Andean musical roots and Spanish musical influences.

Native Peruvian, Huayno, Chicha and Andean Music represent different areas and styles of the country musically.

Has instruments that are easier to play and are great to demonstrate grade 3 science.

Sheep Are Grazing

Listening Resources

Public Libraries – CD’s Music Teacher www.smithsonianglobalsound.org

Conclusion

Sing, move and play your way through your Social Studies

curriculum.

Enjoy!