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Hi Colleen, I was looking through our options of what to choose and there are so many! Originally I was drawn to Stars and Stripes in honor of the Fourth of July. However, it may be difficult to analyze with no words. One of the songs that I thought might be able to be tied into different areas was the Little Red School House. Let me know what looks interesting to you. I did not listen to a lot of them just a few I thought seemed interesting. It is my son's first birthday on Friday and my family parents are getting back from vacation tomorrow so I will be checking in whenever I have a free moment. Thanks for letting me know what looks good to you:) Jaime

Jaime, I am open to anything. The Little Red School House is cute, but so is the Ahba Dabha Honeymoon. I think it is a song you and all students would recognize. I like the idea of Stars and Stripes because I do a mini-patriotic unit after finals each year and the recording would go with that. That said, I am open to anything, but Stars and Stripes or Ahba Dabha Honeymoon are my favorite choices. Colleen

Hi Colleen, Since we both thought Stars and Stripes, I tried to fill out the form on it. Let me know your thoughts and we can see how we can combine your ideas as well. I just wanted to give us something to look at so that we could look at the next part of this assignment:) Thanks, Jaime

//Jamie,// //I've added my two cents worth to the recording and added my answers to the worksheet which I've reposted above. The next step is as follows:// On a separate wiki page, as a group: //Please add your thoughts to those above and we can condense it to our seperate wiki page with the compiled information.// //PS - Happy 1st birthday to your son.// //﻿// I think that worksheet should be fine now:) For ways to use in the classroom, I might also say third grade and up in a language arts class could write a few lines that match a the music in a part of their choosing sticking with patriotism. I think it might also be fun to use music during an art session for any grade and have them draw a mental image of what they envision during the song. It would be interesting if they get the feel that the song is intended to represent the flag and America. I'm not sure if I would introduce the title right away. Perhaps they could do two different pictures. One after a first listening and then a second after knowing the title and listening to it again. One other idea I have would be to compare and contrast a song representative of another country to Stars and Stripes to see if students can find any similarities in the beat, rhytms, or even the words(if we shared that part). We could have them use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two songs.
 * Describe your reasons for selecting this particular recording.( I think we covered this in our original discussion - Fourth of July and patriotic mini-unit) Explain why you believe this recording could be effective with students. (It shows a time period they are unfamiliar with - they could examine the time period and why this piece was moving to the people for whom it was recorded.)
 * Describe at least 5 ways the recording you selected could be used in the classroom. Try to expand ideas for different subject areas and/or grade levels. For each lesson idea, include a brief description of how this activity could help promote critical thinking skills in students. (I think this would be good to use in comparison with other patriotic songs recorded in different eras and students could see how patriotism has changed yet stayed the same over the years. They could also examine why patriotism has waxed and waned - what causes patriotism to flare up or burn down.)

Hi Colleen, Feel free to add anything else to this section. I thought it would be helpful to use a couple of different colors. Have a great Fourth:) Jaime //﻿// 1. I think this would be good to use in comparison with other patriotic songs recorded in different eras and students could see how patriotism has changed yet stayed the same over the years. Using knowledge of different eras would promote critical thinking as they could not compare without this knowledge. 2. Students could also examine why patriotism has waxed and waned - what causes patriotism to flare up or burn down as part of a history/ social studies class. Students would need to think deeply into the causes of the highs and lows of patriotism throughout our history. 3. A third grade or higher language arts class could write a few lines that match the music in a part of their choosing sticking with the theme of patriotism. Students would be using critical thinking as they wrote words to convey a message of patriotism that followed the beat provided from the song. 4. It might also be fun to use music during an art session for any grade and have them draw a mental image of what they envision during the song. It would be interesting if they get the feel that the song is intended to represent the flag and America. I'm not sure if I would introduce the title right away. Perhaps they could do two different pictures. One after a first listening and then a second after knowing the title and listening to it again. Students would be able to think about the picture that they originally make versus the new picture and analyze its appropriateness to the song. 5. One other idea would be to compare and contrast a song representative of another country to Stars and Stripes to see if students can find any similarities in the beat, rhythms, or even the words (if we shared that part). We could have them use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two songs. Students would be thinking about what they know of another nation as well as ours to help them complete this activity.
 * Describe your reasons for selecting this particular recording: We chose Stars and Stripes in honor of the Fourth of July as well as the mini-patriotic units we use in our classrooms.
 * Explain why you believe this recording could be effective with students. It shows a time period the students are unfamiliar with - they could examine the time period and why this piece was moving to the people for whom it was recorded.
 * Describe at least 5 ways the recording you selected could be used in the classroom. Try to expand ideas for different subject areas and/or grade levels. For each lesson idea, include a brief description of how this activity could help promote critical thinking skills in students.