ARCHDIOCESAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
TEACHER’S PLANNING TEMPLATE FOR UbD
Name of Teacher: School: Course: General Music Period:
Name of Unit: The Music of Our Generation Anticipated Length of Unit: 1 week
Which 21 st Century Skills are woven into this unit? Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Collaboration Creativity/Innovation Communications
What levels of rigor and relevance are found in this unit? Quadrant A Quadrant B Quadrant C Quadrant D
(Stage 1)
List all of the standards that are addressed in this unit.
(Stage 1)
What should I be able to do (in another setting- transfer goal) with what I have learned in this unit?
(Stage 1)
What questions focus and guide my thinking?
Assessment (Stage 2)
What will I be expected to do in order to demonstrate my learning?
Skills (Stage 1)
What skills do I need to have in order to address the essential questions and apply my learning?
Content (Stage 1)
What content do I need to know in order to address the essential questions and apply my learning?
Standard 3 – Improvising melodies, variations and accompaniments
Standard 6 – Listening to, analyzing and describing music
Standard 8 – Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Standard 9 – Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Students should be able to
Listen to and identify different styles of music
Connect a style of music with its country or area of a country.
Why is music important in our lives?
What role does music play in the real world?
How does music reflect, as well as shape, culture?
Why does American pop music have such a worldwide appeal?
Students will
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Know and be able to define the vocabulary connected to this lesson
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Define and gives examples and names of performers for the following styles: rhythm and blues, rock, rap, country, salsa
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Compose and perform a rap
Students will need to know
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How to analyze music videos
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How urbanization has affected the music created in our society
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How rap developed and what is its purpose
The students will
 Learn about the musical characteristics of some of today’s popular and classical styles
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Discover how the increasing visualization, urbanization and globalization of cultures affect current musical trends.
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Understand how the addition of visual elements can alter musical perceptions
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Understand how music is a reflection of its time and society
Archdiocesan Secondary Schools Planning Template School Year 2011-2012 Revised 11-11-11

Integration of Learning (Stage 3) Visual Arts – Students will be required to create a storyboard for a favorite song that would be a
How does this learning connect to my other areas model for a music video.
(subjects) of learning?
Tools for Learning (Stage 3)
Which tools will I use that will assist me in my learning?
Language Arts: Students, with a partner, will select an example of model poetry that appeals to them. They must tell which style of music is most like the poetry they have selected and explain why.
Music textbook, pencils, paper, computers, colored pencils or crayons for art project
Learning Plan (Stage 3)
What will my teacher prepare for me to do each day in this unit?
The students will
1. Engage in a discussion about the various types and styles of music that people listen to and perform
2. Learn about and list to these styles of music: rhythm and blues, rock, rap, country, salsa
3. Learn how the music we listen to is often a compilation of many styles of music borrowed from different cultures and eras.
4. Learn how classical music has become influenced by different styles of popular music.
5. Learn how popular music takes on some of the attributes of classical music.
Archdiocesan Secondary Schools Planning Template School Year 2011-2012 Revised 11-11-11