Last updated: 3/30/2010
Niagara Falls City School District
630 66th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304


Music - Music in Our Lives - Matrix 2 - Grade - 9-12 - 10 - 40 Weeks

1. Students will develop critical listening skills






2. Students will demonstrate performance skills using keyboard, voice or instrument








3. Students will demonstrate awareness of the historical significance of music









4. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical contributions of different cultures






5. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the arts through musical theater











6. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the range of career opportunities in music






7. Students will demonstrate an understanding of issues involving music in contemporary society
Textbook, teacher-made materials






Textbook, teacher-made materials, keyboard or other instrument








Textbook, teacher-made materials, recordings










Textbook, teacher-made materials, recordings







Textbook, teacher-made materials, video resources












Textbook, teacher-made materials, guest speakers
1.1 Students will recognize and identify song form
1.2 Students will recognize timbre of instruments and ensembles

1.3 Students will recognize timbres of different vocal ranges and ensembles


2.1 Students will echo teacher-performed tonal patterns
2.2 Students will perform familiar melodies
2.3 Students will create melodies using a given pitch range
2.4 Students will participate in individual and group performances of musical material

3.1 Students will name composers from different historical periods
3.2 Students will listen to representative works by different composers
3.3 Students will define terms and names associated with historical periods in music





4.1 Students will trace and demonstrate the continuity of African heritage and American music by African-American composers
4.2: Students will listen to live and recorded musical examples representing different ethnic origins



5.1 Students will label the components of musical theater
5.2 Students will explain the responsibilities of people involved in component parts of musical theater
5.3 Students will summarize plots and uses of music to convey plots from live or recorded musical theater productions
5.4 Students will evaluate musical theater performances according to presentation of the elements


6.1 Students will classify performance related and non-performance related jobs in music
6.2 Students will list career opportunities in related music industries
6.3 Students will interview a person employed in a music-related job


7.1 Students will listen to and discuss significant music in relation to popular culture
7.2 Students will discuss issues related to the music industry and music performance



















History of Western Europe
U.S. History
Language Arts: works by
significant authors of
historical importance



U.S. History (slavery, civil
rights)
Global Studies



























Participation in
government:
Legal issues,
copyright
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