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Using the State Curriculum: Music, Grade PK

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Historical, Cultural, and Social Context:

Music:

Historical, Cultural, and Social Context

Standard 2.0 Historical, Cultural, and Social Context

Students will demonstrate an understanding of music as an essential aspect of history and human experience.

Indicator

  • 1. Develop the ability to recognize music as a form of individual and cultural expression through experiencing music as both personal and societal expression
Objectives
  1. Explore music used in daily living
  2. Sing songs representative of different activities, holidays, and seasons in a variety of world cultures

Indicator

  • 2. Become acquainted with the roles of music in the lives of people
Objective
  1. Explore a rich repertoire of music representing its roles in the lives of people, such as lullabies

Indicator

  • 3. Explore the relationship of music to dance, theatre, the visual arts and other disciplines
Objectives
  1. Explore creative expression through music as it relates to dance, creative dramatics, and the visual arts
  2. Participate in music activities that emphasize alphabet recognition, spatial relationships, and counting

Indicator

  • 4. Develop knowledge of a wide variety of styles and genres through the study of music history
Objective
  1. Listen to two versions of the same piece and identify them as same or different, such as a vocal version and a strictly instrumental version

August 6, 2008