Music Curriculum
6th Grade
Course Purpose: |
Students will compose using DAW (digital audio workstation) and investigate how their personal experiences are shaped and defined by music. |
Outcomes and Components:
FA.6M.2 | Students will analyze the music of a variety of composers, making connections between the composers’ music and the various social movements that influenced it. | ||
Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
Standard(s) |
FA.6M.2.1 | Identify the function and form of a social/cultural movement. | MU:Re.7.2.6b | |
FA.6M.2.2 | Identify and analyze pieces of music that were inspired by social/cultural movements. | MU:Pr4.2.6c, MU:Re7.2.6a, MU:CN11.0.5a | |
FA.6M.2.3 | Investigate the impact that writing music inspired by social/cultural movements had on the composers and/or their community. | MU:Pr4.2.6c, MU:Re8.1.6a, MU:CN11.0.5a | |
FA.6M.2.4 | Choose a piece of current music that has been inspired/impacted by a social/cultural movement and present it. | MU:Pr4.1.6a, MU:Re.7.1.6a. MU:CN11.0.5a |
Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Investigate, Choose |
Content Vocabulary: Social Movements, Cultural Music |