Objectives of Lesson

Outcomes:

• At the end of the project: Students will have a better understanding of their country's National Anthem, and a better understanding of the history behind other Countries’ National Anthems, and will connect with at least one other school or classroom from around the world.

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• Each class will have created a video of their National Anthem to share with other classes, and will participated in a Mystery Skype with another class.

 

• Each student will have a better understanding of their country’s history and meaning behind their Anthem and learned new information about a national anthem from another country.

 

• Each instructor will have a new connection with other music educator’s globally, and have more opportunities for class connections from around the world.

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Skills encouraged: Proper tone, breath support, vowel usage, enunciations, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, map reading, world history.

Subject Area: Music

skill 1: Tone production

skill 2: breath support

skill 3: vowel usage

skill 4: enunciations

Subject Area: History

skill 1: Critical Thinking

skill 2: problem solving

skill 3: country history

skill 4: world events

Subject Area: Social Studies/Geography

skill 1: collaboration

skill 2: world map reading

 

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Resources Needed

• Telecommunications:

Required: Skype or Google HangOuts, email and internet accessibility/browsers

Optional: Facetime, or cell phone conversations

• Hardware:

Required: Laptop, Chromebook, Mac, etc

Optional: iPad or other small handheld electronic device

• Software:

Required: Audacity or Other Recording Software

Optional:

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Activities

• Observation: Viewing the videos presented by the other class at the end of the project, and observations of singers performing their National Anthem in order to help learn how to sing it using proper vocal techniques.

 

• Discussion/Analysis: Problem solve how will they share their information with the other class, so the other class is able to understand everything in their video.

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• Creation/Synthesis: Create videos explaining the history, and meaning behind their country’s National Anthem.  The class will also sing their National Anthem, adding it to their video to share with the other classes

 

• Exchange: Complete a Mystery Skype with another class, to find out what other country they will be learning from and teaching throughout the project.  If time allows at the end of the project, the students can Skype in order to teach the other class how to sing each other's National Anthem.

 

• Evaluation: Student to Student evaluation, where they will assess how well the other class understood their information and/or was able to learn from what they presented.

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Evaluating Student Outcomes

Outcomes: At the end of the project: Students will have a better understanding of their country's National Anthem, and a better understanding of the history behind other Countries’ National Anthems

 

Criteria: Students should be able to share information about another country's National Anthem- it's history, meaning, singing style, etc.  Students will receive a grade from their teacher on their ability to sing their National Anthem.  

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Project Evaluation

By whom: Each class or cooperating students

Format: Google Quiz

Timing: last week of project exchange