Specific lesson plans corresponding to grade level and subject, as well as Common Core requirements.
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Patricia Finn & Dr. Susan Key
Identify the important ideas in an article and write a text that conveys them
Identify causes for homesickness in the 19th century through the songs “Old Folks at Home” and “My Old Kentucky Home.”
Teach personification through the song “Dear March, Come In!”
Teach the importance of punctuation in poetry through the song “Dear March, Come In!”
Teach symbolism through the song “Papa Above!”
Analyse the text and music of “Bunker Hill”
Analyze the text and music of the song “Shenandoah.”
Teach how to analyse text to support conclusions through the songs "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "Litany"
Teach about blues and jazz music through the song “Bound No’th Blues”
Analyse the use of the senses in “Daybreak in Alabama”
Teach the role music played to boost morale during the Civil War through the song “The Blue Juniata”
Identify and explain writing persuasive language techniques in the text of “A Life in the West”
Analyse the language in texts by Walt Whitman and the music composed for them
Analyse the text and music of “We Two”
Teach about metaphors and analogies through Walt Whitman’s “As I Watch’d the Plowman Plowing”
