Grade 5: Music

Overall Expectation:
C2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply te critical
analysis process !see pages 2"#2$% to
co&&unicate teir feelings, ideas, and understandings in
response to a variety of &usic and &usical
experiences'
C". Exploring (or&s and Cultural Contexts: de&onstrate an
understanding of a variety of &usical genres
and styles fro& te past and present, and teir sociocultural and
istorical contexts.
)pecific Expectation:
C2.* express detailed personal responses to
&usical perfor&ances in a variety of +ays
!e.g., +rite a critical revie+ of a live or recorded
perfor&ance' +rite analyses of +or,s tey ave
listened to in a log or -ournal' create a dra+ing
or grapic representation of teir initial reaction
to a song%
C".2 de&onstrate an a+areness of te use of &usic
and &usical instru&ents in various traditions,
fro& early ti&es to today !e.g., descri.e te use
of te dru& in various cultures, including A.o /
riginal cultures, and at various ti&es around te
+orld in cere&onial and cele.ratory &usic%
0rocess
*. )o+ students a &usic video of a popular group +ic
features a dru&&er. As, students +at are te ele&ents of te
&usic +ic stood out to te& !tin,/pair/sare%
2. 1ntroduce te i&portance of te dru& to te A.original
0eoples of Canada.
". Go to The Dreamer's Drum. Read te infor&ation on te
2rea&er3s 2ru& ten clic, on te lin,s to ear our 2ane/4aa
elder !and song,eeper%, 5o&&y Attacie, tal, a.out te
i&portance of Gaay673s dru& and to ear 2ane/4aa yout, Mar,
Apsassin, tal, a.out +at te dru& &eans to i&. 8ou can also
listen to 5o&&y Attacie singing a 2rea&er3s song.
9.Go to Gaay. Clic, on Gaay67 and one of our 2ane/4aa elders
+ill pronounce is na&e. Read a.out is life and listen to 5o&&y
Attacie and te 2oig River 2ru&&ers singing )uunec3ii
:ec3iige !5e 0lace ;ere <appiness 2+ells%=one of Gaay673s
songs.
5. 5o so+ o+ ryt&e as continued into te 2>t Century as a
part of te A.original Culture, so+ students &usic video for
?@read and Ceese? .y A 5ri.e Called Red !a conte&porary
A.original &usic group +o co&.ine ele&ents of traditional
A.original &usic +it tat of te te traditions of <ouse
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F. <ave students reflect on o+ oter ele&ents tey ave
learned a.out &usic so far ave foundations in te past. i.e.
guitar .eco&ing electric guitar, te use of classical &ove&ents in
songs, etc.
)ource: ttp:AA+++.&useevirtuel/virtual&useu&.caAsgc/
c&sAexpositions/
exi.itionsAdane+a-icAenglisAresourcesAguideDlesson2.pp !for
point " and 9%.