Lesson Plan

Name: Anna Walle Date: April 18, 2017

Grade Level: 6 Lesson: Fanny Mendelssohn

THEME: Connecting Music to History

OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to understand why Fanny Mendelssohns work was not
discovered until much later after her death.
2. Students will be able to recognize Fanny Mendelssohns 6 Lieder, Op. 9 Movement 1:
Die Ersehnte.
3. Students will be able to understand the times of Fanny Mendelssohn by connecting it
to the event of the first picture ever taken.

NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR MUSIC (Anchor Standards):

Creating 1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
3. Refine and complete artistic work.
Presenting 4. Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
5. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
6. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Responding 7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Connecting 10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical
context to deepen understanding.
MATERIALS:
1. 6 Lieder, Op. 9 Movement 1: Die Ersehnte by Fanny Mendelssohn.
2. Lesson notes on Fanny Mendelssohn, The First Photograph, and 6 Lieder, Op. 9
Movement 1: Die Ersehnte.
3. Princess presentation.

PROCEDURES:
1. Introduce Fanny Mendelssohn as a Romantic period composer. Relate the struggle
between Fanny and Felix to the audience and their siblings (Have you ever felt you had to
compete with a sibling, whether it be in sports or academics, or maybe even music?).
2. Go through Fanny Mendelssohns life history and use lesson notes as a reference.
3. Introduce 6 Lieder, Op. 9 Movement 1: Die Ersehnte and include the stylistic features
as well as the form of the composition in accordance with the lesson notes.
4. Show the Princess story.
5. Transition into the First Photograph. Explain what this process was like during the
time. Refer to lesson notes.

ASSESSMENT:
1. What is Fannys brothers name that she had competition with all of her life?
2. What did Fannys husband do for a living?
3. Why did Fanny not publish many of her own works?
4. What institution did Fanny help to create, where she performed some of her own
music?