Genre Lesson Plan
Mike Biancaniello
Lesson/Activity Topic: The Rock Genre Grade Level: Kindergarten
Thoughts in planning:
- Allows students to freely express themselves and their feelings.
- The students are able to hear short clips of different styles of rock music.
- If students cannot physically move, they can bob their head to the beat or tap their hands.
- It will allow students to understand and move to the rhythm of a song, while clapping their hands and stomping their feet.
Goals for the learner: Students will be able to create music using body movement and relate the movements to the rhythm of a song.
Assessment: Teachers will assess the students visually. The teachers will walk around throughout the room and make sure students are stomping their feet and clapping their hands at proper times to the rhythm of a song.
Materials/Media:
- “We Will Rock You” song by Queen
- a variety of different punk, soft, alternative, and classic rock songs
- paper (construction, or plain white)
- pencils, markers, crayons
Instruction: First, begin reviewing the other genres of music the students have learned. Review the names and what types of songs they include. Then, introduce the genre Rock. Give students a brief history. Name some different styles of rock music such as alternative, classic, soft, and punk rock. The teacher could present information in a PowerPoint for visual learners.
Procedure:
- First, teach children to stay in their own space. Their space is one step in front, behind, and to both sides of them.
- Play a variety of different styles of rock music and have students dance freely, as well as hum or sing along to the music they hear.
- Teach students what the rhythm of a song is. Rhythm is the movement or procedure with uniform or the pattern reoccurrence of a beat.
- Play the song “We Will Rock You” by queen. First, have students listen to the music.
- Then, show students how and when to clap and stomp to the beat of the song. Teach them that they are to stomp and clap according to the rhythm of the song.
- Play the song another time, so they have the chance to clap their hands and stomp their feet to the rhythm of the song.
- After students are done dancing, they can go back to their desks and reflect on the music they just heard. The students will each be given a piece of paper to draw what they think of when they hear rock music. While students are drawing, the teacher can play rock music in the background.
