Dover-Sherborn Middle School

Curriculum Road Maps

 

 

Course Title:     Music                                                               Grade:  6

 

Unit:     Composers      

Month Presented:  9th & 10th week                   Unit Length (in weeks): 2

 

 

Essential Question (s):  Why are great composers remembered?

 

Learning Objectives:

Students will experience the life and music of Mozart through film.

Students will research the life and music of a specific composer either classical, jazz or broadway through the use of the computer and library.

Students will make a presentation to the class about their composer.

 

Skills:  Listening, writing, oral presentation.

 

Instructional Strategies & Activities:  Computers, modeling, oral presentations and library research time.  A rubric will be given for the presentation.

 

Materials Utilized: Computers, video, books, handouts and graphic organizers

 

Assessment Strategies: Oral presentation by the student.