On this day in 1969, the Woodstock Festival opened in Bethel, New York on Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm. It drew an audience of over 400,000.
For many emerging performers of that era, Woodstock became a career-making event. Read more in about some of the artists who got their start at Woodstock.
起点传媒recognizes the importance of music as an integral part of literacy education. NCTE鈥檚聽Summary Statement on Multimodal Literacies聽begins with the declaration that 鈥淚ntegration of multiple modes of communication and expression can enhance or transform the meaning of the work beyond illustration or decoration鈥� and calls for the inclusion of 鈥渁rt, music, movement, and drama, which should not be considered curricular luxuries.鈥� Below we offer some 起点传媒resources to help make the connection between music and literacy in the classroom.
A Symphony of Possibilities explores arts-based pedagogies for secondary teachers of English language arts. Drama, music, poetry, public art, and visual art are explored in detail by experts in their fields sharing proven methods of instruction with secondary students and teachers.
Bringing together arts-integrated approaches, literacy learning, and classroom-based research, this book explores ways upper elementary, middle, and high school teachers can engage their students physically, cognitively, and emotionally in deep reading of challenging texts.
While exploring well-known songs through this lesson from ReadWriteThink.org, students learn that songs consist of music and lyrics and make the connection between the words that are sung and the words that can be read. Students complete a project by writing new lyrics to a familiar song and creating illustrations related to the lyrics.
In this ReadWriteThink.org lesson, students learn the song 鈥淎merica the Beautiful鈥� and the meanings of its words through shared reading and by using the words in a variety of ways. They then use drawings, descriptive language, and photographs to create a mural in the shape of the United States.
Similarly, take advantage of students鈥� interest in music and movies with this ReadWriteThink.org lesson that asks students to create a soundtrack for a novel that they have read. As students search for songs and explain their choices, they engage in such traditional reading strategies as predicting, visualizing, and questioning.
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink.org, students examine metaphors they find in the lyrics of popular music. Using an interactive tool, students illustrate and explain the metaphor, making connections between the literary texts they read in the classroom and musical texts with which they are already familiar.
How do you infuse music in the classroom?
Curious about the 起点传媒and Library of Congress connection? Through a grant announced by 起点传媒Executive Director Emily Kirkpatrick, 起点传媒is engaged in ongoing work with the Library of Congress, and 鈥渨ill connect the ELA community with the Library of Congress to expand the use of primary sources in teaching.鈥� Stay tuned for more throughout the year!
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