Music Curriculum
6th Grade
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			 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.8 | Students will use a digital audio workstation (DAW) to create a musical work that follows a self-created narrative. | ||
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| FA.6M.8.1 | Identify and demonstrate the steps necessary to create a composition with DAW (e.g. Bandlab, GarageBand, Soundtrap). | MU:Cr1.1.6a | |
| FA.6M.8.2 | Identify and analyze the structure of various pieces of program music. | MU:Pr4.2.6a, MU:Pr4.2.6c | |
| FA.6M.8.3 | Create a short narrative to serve as the framework for a musical composition. | MU:Cn10.0.6a | |
| FA.6M.8.4 | Create a composition outline, either physically or digitally, to plan a musical work. | MU:Re7.2.5a | |
| FA.6M.8.5 | Compose a musical work based on a short narrative, using DAW software. | MU:Cr2.1.6a | |
| FA.6M.8.6 | Evaluate own work and selected peers’ work, using a teacher and student-developed rubric. | 
			 MU:Cr3.1.6a, MU:Cr3.1.6b, MU:Re9.1.6a  | 
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			 Academic Vocabulary: Evaluate, Compose, Create, Identify, Demonstrate, Analyze  | 
		
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			 Content Vocabulary: DAW Software, Composition, Narrative  |