Lesson Four

Music of the Great Depression

(Thursday 1
st
Week)



Objectives: Students will analyze music from the G.D. They will also
critique and describe the meaning of the song, by answering questions.

Standards: Common Core Standards
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and
secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of
the information.

2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary
source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas
develop over the course of the text.

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1.Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and
develop innovative products and processes using technology.
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate and use information.
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and media.

Material needed for this lesson plan
iPads
GarageBand





Teacher preparation / assignments Students activities / assignments
Step 1: Teacher will instruct one
student from each group to get the
ipads for the groups.


Step 2: Teacher will instruct the
students to open app GarageBand.

Step 3: Teacher will instruct
groups to brainstorm on different
back ground ideas for the
background music for their song.

Step 4: Teacher will instruct
students to decide what type of
background music and song they
might want to write a sad, happy
or fast song.

Step 5: Teacher will instruct
student to start producing their
background music for their song.

a. Teacher will come around
and meet with each group.
Teacher will guide groups
who are having trouble.
b. Teacher will come around
and give each group five
points for having completed
the background song and
working together.


Step 1: Students from each group
will get the ipads for the group.


Step 2: Groups will brainstorm
and discuss different ideas for
their background music fort their
song.

Step 4: Students will discuss
what kind of background music
and song they will write sad,
happy or fast song.


Step 5: Students will start
producing their background
music for their song.






Rubric for groups working together

1 2 3 4 5
One
student
from the
group is
doing all
the work.
All other
students
are playing
with the
app.
Two
students in
the group
are doing all
the work
and
discussing
ideas. Other
students are
playing
with the
app.
Teacher has
to remind
them more
than two
times to get
back on
track.
Three
students in
the groups
are doing all
the work
and
discussing
ideas.
Teacher has
to remind
them more
than two
times to get
back on
track.
All students
are
discussing
ideas but
only four of
them are
working on
the
background
music.
Teacher did
not have to
remind them
to stay on
track.
All students
are working
on the
background
music. All
students are
discussing
different
ideas for
their song.
Teacher did
not have to
remind them
to get back
on track.