December 27, 2013

MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

2013 Middle School Curriculum
links will be added as the lessons progress

OCTOBER
Religious Music (to correspond with World Religion course)

Discussions:
What are the pros/cons of modernizing religious music for a younger audience?
What is the appropriate use of sacred music in education or schools?
How does music promote worship?
Why is sacred music vital to the worship experience?
What can you learn about a culture thru their religious music?

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Opera
  • Tristan & Isolde - Wagner
  • Madame Butterfly - Puccini
  • La Traviata - Verdi
  • Carmen - Bizet
  • Magic Flute - Mozart
  • Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
  • Rigoletto - Verdi
  • Barber of Seville - Rossini
  • Little Prince - Portman
  • Hansel and Gretal - Humperdink 
JANUARY
Rock & Roll

1940's
How to analyze a song
R&B into Rock & Roll
Technology and the electric guitar

1950's
Elvis
Do Wop
Teenage Culture

1960's
TV&Dance
Surf Music
Girl Groups

1960's
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who

FEBRUARY
1960's/70's
Bob Dylan
Folk

MARCH
1960's-1970's
Hard Rock development
Soul
Roots of Heavy Metal
Glam Rock

1970's
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Art/Progressive (Jethro Tull; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Pink Floyd; Genesis)

1970's
Rise of Disco
New York

APRIL
1980's

MAY
1990's
Grunge
Hip-Hop
Punk