Music for Learning: Unit 3 Years 1 & 2 - Music in the World

In weeks 1-10, students learn:

that every culture in the world has different celebrations and music traditions
that people around the world have different ways of celebrating birthdays with music
some birthday music traditions from Australia and around the world
that different cultures have different religious celebrations
some religious songs from different traditions and the meaning behind them
that people all around the world have weddings
that people all around the world sing and play different wedding songs
to sing and listen to some wedding songs
that people all around the world listen to songs of mourning
that people all around the world sing and play different songs of mourning
to sing and listen to some songs of mourning
that different cultures have different ways of celebrating and noting changes in the seasons
that there are songs for harvests, seasons and other cycles
to sing some songs about cycles and seasons
that different cultures have different ways of celebrating national identity or community identity through singing anthems
some national anthems from different peoples and the meaning behind them
that they were born to make music.

Explain why we use music to celebrate special occasions.
List some occasions where you use music to celebrate.
Describe different ways that people celebrate birthdays, using music and dancing.
Describe different ways that people celebrate using songs of praise and faith.
Sing, play and listen to some songs of faith.
describe different ways people celebrate weddings around the world.
Sing and listen to some wedding songs.
Explain ways that some cultures use music to cope with death and change.
Describe some features of songs of mourning and loss from different cultures.
Explain ways that some cultures use music to mark out seasons and cycles.
Sing some songs about seasons.
Explain what a national anthem is and what it is for.
Sing parts of some national anthems with confidence.
Talk about music you like and why.
Clap along to a celebratory song.

Continuous Assessments
Continuous assessments are used to ascertain if the knowledge recently taught has been understood by the student. These include oral tasks administered to individual students or written tasks administered to the whole class for an entire lesson. Written tasks are completed in the Student Workbook.

Progressive Tests
A progressive test in week five is used to assess whether the knowledge over the past half a term or five weeks has been mastered and retained by the student.

Final Assessment
Final assessment occurs at the end of the unit in week ten and consists of a series of marked questions to assess understanding of the material taught in the previous ten weeks and provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their understanding of the unit. Teachers assess students’ work using a Guide to Making Judgements (GTMJ).

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