In order to know what is NEW, we also have to know about what is OLD.

These web sites will help you to find out about music in the past and present.

Classical Music

Capistrano School - this site has LOTS of useful information on it and links to other sites as well.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra - this site has a LOT of different things you can do and find out about on it. You might find the page about the different eras of music very interesting, and there are lots of musical activities for kids to do on the KIDS ONLY page.

You might find the Hyperhistory web site useful, if you click on CULTURE and then MUSIC. When you click on a composer, and look at the right hand side of the screen, then you may find useful links to follow about that composer.

Classical Music

Folk Music

Different countries have their own music, and NEW ZEALAND is no exception. You can learn about the songs of NZ on the following sites,

Kiwifolk

New Zealand Folk Song (there's a link on this page for teachers which categorises the NZ songs into topics)

The Maritime Crew - a group singing old and new songs about the sea. (If we ask Jude to talk to Lew VERY nicely we might be able to get them to come and sing to us!)

American Folk Music

Music Webquests - suitable for groups or individuals to work on as a reading/homework activity. Quality is variable, but I've picked the best ones available.

Teen Music Webquest

The Mozart Connection

The Jazz Era

Brass Family Instruments

Styles and Genres - cooperative group activity

Musical Instruments

Trackstar - Trackstar is a site with which you can create a collection of websites for children to look at. It's a bit like the Kete function on TKI. On this site you can put in a keyword (such as Music) and find tracks that other teachers have created for their classes, or you can create a new track for your own students with your own annotations. Students could create a Track for other students to use!

If anyone knows any other good links, please them to me so I can put them on this page.

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Once we know about what is OLD, and what is NEW, then we can COMPARE and CONTRAST the music, the musicians and the reasons we play music. We could also make a TIMELINE about the development of music. Then of course, we can be CREATIVE and ORIGINAL and think about what we can create that's NEW!!!!

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizers

Write Design Online

Glencoe School - download available

Compare/Contrast Chart

Literacy Matters - has useful language for comparing and contrasting

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizers

AND Another

Timelines

Read Write Think Timeline Online

Make a Timeline Online

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Some possible Questions.....

How has the purpose of music changed?

How has the delivery/presentation of music changed?

How has the lifestyle of a musician changed? Compare same/different. Compare lives of a composer/musician of another period and a composer/musician now. ( I do know some young musicians who are trying to start music careers who may be able to answer questions either in person, phone or email. - Cara)

How has the sound of music changed from the past to now?

How has the orchestra changed over the centuries?

Music and Work - what relationship is there between music and work, and how has this changed over time?

Compare songs such as Gwen Stefani's Rich Man, and the original If I Were a Rich Man, noting differences. Why has it changed?

What does music teach us about the past? Is today's music going to do the same thing for people in the future? What do you think people in the future will think about our time based on the music?

Can music help us learn? How? Who makes use of music in learning?

Music as news - What would someone from 200 years in the future think about our lives by listening to song lyrics? What do we know about the lives of people in the past from song lyrics?

What part does music play in our lives? What part did it play in the lives of our parents? Grandparents? Great-grandparents?

Movie music - what job does this do? What sort of music is this? Who creates this music?

People who love music (whatever sort) - How does music enhance their lives? What does it mean for the way they live their lives? Compare for people who love different types of music. eg Folk Music, Opera, Show Music, Jazz, and Pop Music etc.

How does music vary from culture to culture? Do different cultures use music in the same way?

What are the roots of modern music? eg Where does rap come from? Does it have it's roots in Tribal Music?

Who's in tune? Does all music have the same tuning? Who decides if you're "in tune"?

Technology in Music. How has the technology around music changed? What differences has technology made to the sound of music? Is it an improvement?

What benefits does music give us? Is there a down side to music?

What does Music do to our emotions? Can it make you happy? Or sad? What organisations USE Music to "tweak" our emotions? (eg Supermarkets play music to make you stay in the shop longer, Farmers play music to cows to make them give more milk - any music does but Country music works best!)

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