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- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share it with the class. They use the internet to research what it was like to grow up in Cuba during the 1970s. To end the lesson, they view examples of artwork and reflect on them in their journals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students create a KWL chart on Native Americans and listen to a speaker from a local Indian Reservation. As a class, they are read part of a Native American story in which they pick their own Native American name and identify their own special talent. In groups, they discuss the importance of the horse to the Native American community and what their clothes symbolize. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students examine the experiences of four immigrant groups. In groups, they brainstorm a list of misconceptions of those groups and discuss if they are still present today. Using maps, they locate the countries of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba and research why they left their home country. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the music of the four countries. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students analyze the drum patterns and changing styles of the music and dance for the Native American song and dance "Owl Dance." They listen to a recording of "Owl Dance," discuss the cultural context of the song, and perform the song. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study the role of the flute in Native American music while determining what an exemplary example of flute music sounds like. They develop a method of assessing a Native American flute performance. They perform a Native American flute piece before assessing it, and the performances of others. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students explore Indian ragas and learn the differences between an Indian raga and the Western scale. They sing the familiar song "America," first in the Western major scale and then in two Indian ragas (bhairavi and purvi) on a neutral syllable, in order to identify differences in whole- and half-step patterns between an Indian raga and the Western scale. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
- Rating
Students engage in a study of how cultural indian tribal groups cooperated or had conflicts amongst themselves. The research is conducted using a variety of resources and students make connections to their own culture. The skills of resolving a conflict are emphasized for personal application. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students identify and interpret the life of the Indians on the Plains during the 1800's through artworks of George Catlin and others during this time period. Students examine life of the Pawnee Indians and interpret conditions that affect that way of life. Students connect the life of the Pawnee through the 1800s. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students explore and assess the importance of music to the economy of Louisiana. They review and analyze the jobs, skills and careers found and needed in the state's music industry as well as how to meet and make personal contact with people in the music industry. Each student also evaluates musical performances and recordings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students hear a Native American Indian point of view of Europeans' arrival in Louisiana told in Koasati. They assess how cultural perspectives (especially an insiders) and native language can shape a story. Each student identity's the characteristics and traditions of the Koasati tribe. Full Review »
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