The Voice of American Song

Becky NarofskyPrairie Central High School/Chatsworth ElementarySummer 2006

1898 Edition Stars and Stripes Sheet Music.

Students will study the background of popular patriotic songs and their connection to American history and culture.

Overview/ Materials/LOC Resources/Standards/ Procedures/Evaluation/Rubric/Handouts/Extension

Overview Back to Navigation BarObjectives Students will:

sing patriotic songs with technical skill and expression.

identify expressive elements of music. compare and Contrast elements and principals in

patriotic songs. identify the role of patriotic songs in American

history and culture Recommended time frame 5 weeks, 9 30-minute class periodsGrade level 4-6Curriculum fit General Music Materials Sheet Music for songs, if desired

Computer Lab, or computer with projector Copies of Worksheets and handouts for each student

Illinois State Learning Standards Back to Navigation BarFine Arts: Goal 25: Know the Language of the Arts 25A: Understand the sensory elements,

organizational principles and expressive qualities of the arts.

25B: Understand the similarities, distinctions and connections in and among the arts.

Goal 26: Through creating and performing, understand how works of art are produced. 26B: Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create

and perform in one or more arts. Goal 27: Understand the role of the arts in civilization, past and present. 27A: Analyze how the arts function in history,

society and everyday life. 27B: Understand how the arts shape and reflect

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history, society and everyday life.

Procedures Back to Navigation BarDay 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6Day 7Day 8Day 9

Day One:1. Teach students the song, America the Beautiful. (first verse only) 2. Using the Library of Congress Website, have students read the information about America the Beautiful. 3. Listen to a recording of the song featuring the Navy Band and Sea Chanters4. Complete the information about America the Beautiful on Song Information Sheet. Guide students to resources needed to find the information.

Day Two:1. Sing America the Beautiful2. Have students watch Slide Show of Pike’s Peak independently and complete Pike’s Peak Work Sheet3. Look at Sheet music for America the Beautiful and Materna with the class. Find musical symbols and make observations that tie in with student’s knowledge about written notation.

Sing excerpts of both songs for the students. See if students can remember the relationship between the two songs or discover it through listening. (They share the same melody.)

Day Three: 1. Listen to a recording of America the Beautiful by the U.S. Marine Band. After listening ask students if they can name the song, composer, and poet. 2. Sing America the Beautiful. 3. Listen to another song played by the U.S. Marine Band. (Stars and Stripes Forever) Listen to a brief segment.

Optional Activities: Conduct the meter while listening, march in tempo, keep beat by patting, clapping, or playing rhythm instruments. Aurally identify featured instruments, reinforce identification with pictures of instruments.

4. Ask if students have heard the song? See if anyone can name the title or composer?5. Use the Classics for Kids Website to introduce students to John Phillip Sousa

Listen to Show About John Phillip Sousa (6:03) Listen to Show About The Stars and Stripes

Forever

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Hand out Activity Sheet from Classics for Kids Website. Review information on sheet. Try to answer questions as a class.

Listen to the Stars and Stripes Forever again while using the Listening Chart. After listening, finish answering the questions on the activity sheet together.

Day Four:1. Learn the words to the chorus of The Stars and Stripes Forever. 2. Learn about Military Bands and John Phillip Sousa by searching the American Memory Collection. (Search by typing in Sousa.) Allow students to work in groups. They should search to find a photograph, sound recoding, sheet music, and a manuscript or text. All groups will share 1-4 items with the class at the conclusion of their search as time allows.

Day Five:1. Sing the chorus to The Stars and Stripes Forever. Fill out the part of the Song Information Sheet about this song. 2. Sing America the Beautiful. Try singing the second verse of America the Beautiful as well. 3. Play Yankee Doodle Dandy for the students. Give them a few hints: It is one of America’s oldest songs, it is very well known, and it does have words even though you won’t hear them. Allow students to respond to question once they listen to the song. 4. Have students use Yankee Doodle Dandy Worksheet to get information about the meaning of the text. 5. Teach Yankee Doodle Dandy. Fill out the part of the Song Information Sheet about this song.

Day Six: 1. Sing Yankee Doodle Dandy.2. Read about the writing of Yankee Doodle Dandy using the LOC This Day in History3. Listen to recordings of Yankee Doodle Dandy

Thomas Clark Fill out Sound Recording Analysis

George Gaskin Circle answers to What do you think?

Vess Ossman U.S. Navy Band

Start illustrating Song Sheet while listening to the last two recordings.

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Day Seven:1. Using their completed Song Information Sheet, students should complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the three patriotic songs they have studied. 2. View PowerPoint Presentation on the Role of Music in American History, From Sea to Shining Sea.3. Have students reflect on the PowerPoint presentation and the role of American Patriotic Music with the reflection sheet.

Day Eight:1. Students should begin work writing a paragraph detailing how one of the patriotic songs studied is meaningful to American History, their personal life, or the life of their family. 2. Allow students to choose their favorite song to perform with a group, and form groups. While students are working on paragraphs independently, rehearse songs with each group.

Day Nine:1. Have students perform their song for the class.2. Have students share their paragraphs.3. Sing America the Beautiful, Stars and Stripes Chorus, and Yankee Doodle.

Evaluation Back to Navigation BarStudents will complete several activities and worksheets. Song Information Worksheet Pike’s Peak Worksheet Searching the American Memory Collection Sound Recording Analysis Song Sheet Venn Diagram Reflection Sheet Paragraph on the influence of Patriotic Music Students will also perform one of the songs with a

group.

Extension Back to Navigation Bar1. Have students set America the Beautiful to their own tune. Students could also write their own patriotic poetry.2. Listen to more of America’s Music using the Library of Congress Jukebox. 3. Study more patriotic music using the Library of

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Congress. 4. View the Webcast Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Watch all of the webcast or part.

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Primary Resources from the Library of CongressBack to Navigation Bar

Image/Resource Description Citation URLStars and Stripes Forever Sheet Music, Issued 1898

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010482/default.html

America the Beautiful Sound Recording, Marine Band 1953

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010365/default.html

America the Beautiful Sound Recording, Featuring the Navy Band and Sea Chanters

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010412/default.html

America the Beautiful, Sound Recording, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010409/default.html

Yankee Doodle, Sound Recording, US Navy Band

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010448/default.html

Yankee Doodle, Sound Recording, Thomas Clark

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100000091/default.html

Yankee Doodle, Sound Recording, Vess Ossman

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100000089/default.html

Yankee Doodle, Sound Recording,

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/

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George Gaskin loc.natlib.ihas.100000090/default.html

America the Beautiful Sound Recording, Marine Band 1953

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010365/default.html

America the Beautiful Sound Recording, Featuring the Navy Band and Sea Chanters

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010412/default.html

America the Beautiful Sound Recording, 2ns Marine Aircraft Wing Band

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010409/default.html

Stars and stripes forever [sound recording] United States Marine Band

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010504/default.html

America the Beautiful (sheet music) 1917 Edition

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010520/full.html

Materna (O Mother Dear, Jerusalem) / Samuel Augustus Ward 

Library of Congress, Music Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010615/default.html

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RubricBack to Navigation Bar

Rubric for Song Information Sheet, Pike’s Peak, and Sound Recording Analysis, Reflection Sheet, Student Paragraph

4 Superior work,Above Grade Level

Work is completed, organized, and neatly done. Written work is detailed and descriptive, and shows insight and observation. Students use music terminology when appropriate.

3 Excellent Work,At Grade Level

Work is completed, organized, and neatly done. Written work is detailed and shows effort and observation.Students use some music terminology.

2 Good Work,At Grade Level

Work is mostly complete, lacking some organization and neatness. Written work is somewhat detailed, shows average effort. Students use minimal music terminology.

1 Working below grade level, lack of effort

Work is incomplete, unorganized, or sloppy.Written work lacks detail and depth.Students use no music terminology.

Rubric for Song Sheet Illustration

4 Superior work,Above Grade Level

Work is completed, organized, and neatly done. Illustrations are very detailed, shows careful planning and creativity. Contains descriptive images that illustrate the story or emotional content.

3 Excellent Work,At Grade Level

Work is completed, organized, and neatly done. Illustrations are detailed, shows planning and creativity.Contains some descriptive images that illustrate the story or emotional content.

2 Good Work,At Grade Level

Work is mostly complete, lacking some organization and neatness. Illustrations somewhat detailed, shows average effort, minimal creativity. Contains few descriptive images that illustrate the story or emotional content.

1 Working below grade level, lack of effort

Work is incomplete, unorganized, or sloppy.Illustrations lack detail and depth. Lacks creativity. Images do not illustrate the story or describe emotional content.

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Rubric for Group Singing

4 Superior work,Above Grade Level

Student sings confidently, with expression.Student sings with accurate rhythms and pitch.

3 Excellent Work,At Grade Level

Student sings confidently, with some expression.Student sings with few rhythm and pitch inaccuracies.

2 Good Work,At Grade Level

Student sings audibly, with little expression.Student sings with some rhythm and pitch inaccuracies.

1 Working below grade level, lack of effort

Sings inaudibly or does not participateStudent sings with many rhythm and pitch inaccuracies.

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HandoutsBack to Navigation Bar

Song Information Name______________________Complete parts of this worksheet after learning about each song.

America the Beautiful

Stars and Stripes Forever

This Land is Your Land

Poet

Composer

Year Written

Why was it written?

Who was it written for?

What are the words about?What is the mood?

How does it make you feel?

Is it…Circle One

Slow Medium Fast Slow Medium Fast Slow Medium Fast

Is it…Circle One

Soft Medium Loud Soft Medium Loud Soft Medium Loud

How many beats per measure?Other comments

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Pike’s Peak Name______________________

Complete this worksheet after viewing the Power Point slide show about Pike’s Peak

Katherine Lee Bates, the author of America the Beautiful was inspired by Pike’s Peak to write the famous poem.

List ten observations about the photographs and maps you viewed.

What do you see? How would you describe the setting?What is similar and different?

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

List three things you see that could be inspiring1.

2.

3.

List three questions you have about Pike’s Peak1.

2.

3.

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What place would inspire you to write a poem or song about America?

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Listening Guide for Stars and Stripes Forever

Introduction- sets tempoCoda- All three themes are heard at once

Reprise of the Trio- the piccolos join in! The piccolo is the South

First Strain- (Strain is the march word for theme or melody.) Usually full of energy, repeated

“The Battle” between the trombones and the trumpetsThe Rowdy Trombones are the Wild West.

Second Strain- same tempo, new melody

The Trio-In the Stars and Stripes Forever, the most popular melody is in the Trio

START!

0:33

0:04

1:30

2:43

First Strain is repeated 0:18

1:01

1:52

We hear a little more battle 2:20

“The trio stands for the Northern part of the State”

NAME__________________________Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet-Thomas Clark

Step 1. Pre-listening

A. Whose voices will you hear on this recording?

B. What is the date of the recording?

C. Where was this recording made?

Step 2. Listening

A. Describe what is different about this recording?

B. Do you hear mostly instruments or voices?

C. Is it a soloist or a group?

D. Do you hear any background sounds? If yes, describe them.

E. What is the tone or mood of this recording?

A. Step 3. Post-listening (or repeated listening)

B. List three things in this sound recording that you think are important:1.

2.

3.

C. Why do you think this recording was made? Who would have listened to it?

D. Write a question you have about this recording.

What do you think? George GaskinTake your best guess at each question! Make an educated guess.

This was recorded in 1703 1897 1952 1979

The instrument you hear is a organ fiddle piano

George Gaskin was born in U.S.A. England Ireland

This was recorded onto a CD Tape Record Other

Yankee Doodle DandyYankee Dood le went to town

A- r i d ing on a ponyStuck a fea ther in h i s ha t

And ca l led i t macaron i .Yankee Dood le , keep i t up

Yankee Dood le dandyMind the mus ic and the s tepAnd w i th the g i r l s be handy .

Fa ther and I went down to campAlong w i th Capta in Good ing

And there we saw the men and boysAs th i ck as has ty pudd ing .Yankee Dood le , keep i t up

Yankee Dood le dandyMind the mus ic and the s tepAnd w i th the g i r l s be handy

There was Capta in Wash ing tonUpon a s l app ing s ta l l i on

A-g iv ing o rders to h i s menI guess the re was a mi l l i on .Yankee Dood le , keep i t up

Yankee Dood le dandyMind the mus ic and the s tepAnd w i th the g i r l s be handy

Click on each underlined word to find out the true meaning!

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle went to townA-riding on a ponyStuck a feather in his hatAnd called it macaroni.Yankee Doodle, keep it upYankee Doodle dandyMind the music and the stepAnd with the girls be handy.

Father and I went down to campAlong with Captain GoodingAnd there we saw the men and boysAs thick as hasty pudding.

Yankee Doodle, keep it upYankee Doodle dandyMind the music and the stepAnd with the girls be handy

There was Captain WashingtonUpon a slapping stallionA-giving orders to his menI guess there was a million.Yankee Doodle, keep it upYankee Doodle dandyMind the music and the stepAnd with the girls be handy

Did you know?

Yankee Doodle was first sung by the British to insult the Yankees!

Yankee Doodle is the Connecticut State Song.

Yankee Doodle has been used in stage plays, classical music, and opera. One play joked about the song having 199 verses. While there probably aren’t that many, the tune makes it easy to make up your own verses!

Return to LyricsYankee- a name for America’s English Colonies

Doodle –a name for a fool, or silly personwent to town-When you lived in the country, going to town was a big deal, even if there were only a few stores!dandy- a name for someone who dressed, looked, and acted strangely

Stuck a feather in his ha t - it was a joke, meaning that Yankees would stick a feather in his hat and think he was dressed up, just like the fancy British

Macaroni- a name for the Young British Men who dressed so fancy they looked foolish. Return to Lyrics

Father and I went down to camp- The Continental Army needed entire families, including young boys

Captain Gooding-No one really knows who this was, the name was probably made up.

Hasty pudding- a hot dessert made with pastry, bread, or rice with fruit

Captain Washington-Who later became President Washington

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America the Yankee Doodle DandyBeautiful

Stars and Stripes Forever

Reflection SheetName_____________

Think of a song that makes you…Happy

Sad

Proud to be an American

Angry

Think of your family

Think of your last birthday

Laugh

Think of Baseball or your favorite sport