There follows the basic framework which we will follow for this class. Some changes and adjustments will be made as necessary. Required reading assignments or appropriate Handouts and other resource materials which may be found in this web - are notated when pertinent. Also noted are when projects are due and when class will not meet. The quizzes will be scheduled about every three-four weeks, and will be announced a week in advance.

Week 1: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 8/24 & 8/26
orientation - Pre-Class Quiz - Scholar Personnel Inventory
explanation of the class and the web-site
the role of music in the classroom - Begin Elements of Music
Educational Factoids [Literature-Based, Pacing, Sequencing, Spiral Curriculum, Ordinary versus Aesthetic Experiences, De Jure versus De Facto, Mother-Tongue Concept]
Recorder introduction; Burnsed; pp 1-11 and H01

Due: EA1 - 8/25
Due: EA2 - 8/30

Week 2: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 8/31 & 9/2
The role of music in the classroom - continued
Educational Factoids - continued
Recorder - continued
Musical Terminology - reading treble and bass clef, web resources

Labor Day - No Class - 9/7

Due: EA3 - 9/8

Week 3: Class Session - Wednesday - 9/9
Elements of music - musical factoids - key and time signatures
Major and minor keys, solfege, chords

Week 4: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 9/14 & 9/16
Elements of music - musical factoids - continued - key and time signatures
Major and minor keys, solfege, chords
reading melody and harmony/recorder skills/activities
Burnsed; pp 25-38 and web-resources
reading rhythm/"rote" or "folk" songs/activities
Patschen and recorder skills
Burnsed; pp 13-24 web resources

Due: MP1 - 9/14
Due: EA4 - 9/20

Week 5: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 9/21 & 9/23
instrumental families of the orchestra
woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings  
dotted rhythms - rhythm review
educational factoids
Burnsed; pp 46-49 and web resources  

Due: Q1 - 9/23
Due: EA5 - 9/27

Week 6: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 9/28 & 9/30
instrumental families - continued
Elements of music - Review key and time sig. Major/minor,
form, review of melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre
dotted rhythms - rhythm review
educational factoids
Burnsed; pp 46-49 and web resources  

Due: EA6 - 10/6 [after Fall Break]

Fall Break - No Classes - 10/5 & 10/6

Week 7: Class Session - Wednesday - 10/7
connections - civilization timeline
begin primary musical eras, artists and styles
Connected thinking and learning
Hand Singing or Hand Signing
web resources

Week 8: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 10/12 & 10/14
connections - concluded
musical eras, artists and styles - continued
Multi-Culturalism, Music from Other Lands, Diversity
Hand Singing or Hand Signing
web resources

Due: MP2 - 10/12
Due: EA7 - 10/18

Week 9: Class Sessions - Monday & Wednesday - 10/19 & 10/21
musical eras, artists and styles - concluded
Cultural diversity/global awareness concluded
Songs from other lands and their uses in the classroom
Acceptance, understanding, classroom experiences.  

Due: Q2 - 10/21
Due: EA8 - 10/25