Music Curriculum

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will investigate the history of music in American protest movements and examine the intersection of music and drama in musical theater.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.7M.1

Students differentiate between the structure and makeup of musical theater throughout  history and analyze musical theater’s role in influencing and reflecting various historical and social movements.

Pacing  

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Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  FA.7M.1.1 Identify and define musical theater as a musical genre. MU:Re7.2.7a
  FA.7M.1.2 Compare and contrast different elements of musical theater throughout history. MU:Pr4.2.7a, MU:Pr4.3.7a, MU:Re7.2.7a, MU:Cn.11.0.6a
  FA.7M.1.3 Choose a musical theater to research and present.

MU:Pr4.2.7a,

Mu:Pr4.2.7b,

MU:Re7.2.7b

  FA.7M.1.4 Analyze a video of a live musical theater, focusing on how the experience of watching the musical differs from listening and how the performers engage with the material and tell the story. MU:Pr4.2.7c, MU:Cn.11.0.6a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Analyze, Choose, Compare, Contrast, Define

Content Vocabulary: Musical Theater, Analysis, Genre