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Education: Grade(s) 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult LearnersPublic Library: Library Patrons
Social Studies/History, Performing Arts Music Performance
Music of the Cold War
At a time when two nations competed on all fronts to assert their superiority, music was on the front line. Teaching artist Taisiya Pushkar explores the ways in which music defined the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, from government propaganda to dissenting critiques of the times - with live performance, rare news footage and engaging discussion. A fascinating look into history through music!
1. The teacher begins with a brief introduction, establishing terms and backgrounds relevant to the Cold War-Soviet Union and U.S.
2. The teacher then presents several musical compositions in Russian history through live performance, audio clips and historical images, to demonstrate the changing national and social landscapes in the U.S.S.R.
3. The teacher and class examine ways in which music contributed to nationalistic forces in both countries, using more live music, slides, videos, and critical questions to enhance presentation and discussion.
Participants will:
- Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, and developments in national and world history, through the lens of music and musicians
- Listen to, view, analyze, and describe live musical performances and recorded archives
- Understand how music helped express or shape social and cultural values of the time.
Common Core Standards - English Language Arts
K-12 Anchor Standards - College and Career Readiness for Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 - Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3 - Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Grades 9-10 - Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 – Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Grades 9-10 - History/Social Studies
Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2 – Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
Grades 11-12 - Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 – Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Grades 11-12 - History/Social Studies
Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 – Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
National Standards for Music< Education/b>
6. Listening to, Analyzing, and Describing Music
Grades 9-12 - Advanced
- Compare ways in which musical materials are used in a given example relative to ways in which they are used in other works of the same genre or style.
- Analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive.
8. Understanding Relationships Between Music, the Other Arts, and Disciplines Outside the Arts
Grades 9-12 - Advanced
- Compare the uses of characteristics elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles among the arts in different historical periods and different cultures.
9. Understanding Music in Relation to History and Culture
Grades 9-12 - Proficient
- Identify various roles that musicians perform, cite representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements.
Grades 9-12 - Advanced
- Identify and explain the stylistic features of a given musical work that serve to define its aesthetic tradition and its historical or cultural context.
New York State Learning Standards for Social Studies
See above - National/Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
New York State Learning Standards for the Arts
Standard 3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
Key idea: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music’s content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.
Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.
Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts
Key idea: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.
45 minutes or one class period
Point to Point: $200.00
By Request: $200.00
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