Group+C

Kim, I listened to one of the recording, "In the Little Red School House." If that one is fine with you, we can both do a worksheet and compare later. Sound Good. - NIck

//Nick- That sounds great~ I will most likely be able to work on this Friday-Sunday! Hope that is ok. - Kim//

Kim, That's fine. I'll get my sheet done today and e-mail it to you using the course e-mail. - Nick // Nick - the other group is doing the same song. Do you think that is ok? I mean I know we'll have our own interpretations, but it's kind of ironic. =) //

Kim- i think were fine with the song we picked. I did not even look to see what the other group was doing.

I picked this recording because it sounded interesting and up beat. I think it would be effective for students given the right framework and how it would play into the course of study. //Nick actually chose this song for our group, so reviewing his reasons, I would agree that the song is up beat and very comical. Students, and I can picture this with my 8th graders, would probably find it very enjoyable to listen to, even if their enjoyment is to make fun. =)//
 * Describe your reasons for selecting this particular recording. Explain why you believe this recording could be effective with students.


 * 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.

1. Music - It could be used as a compare/contrast lesson on the music of the 1920's compared to the music of today. 2. Social Studies - It could be used as a do now activity to introduce a lesson/unit on the time period 3. Social Studies - It could be used as a summary activity to conclude a unit of history on the 1920's.

4. Elementary PE- I think that this would be a "cute" song to play for students while they are stretching before class. It has a catchy tune and lyrics which could easily be memorized by the children. Then after so many weeks where students have had the opportunity to memorize the lyrics, then the teacher could discuss the students' visions of "a little red school house." It could expand into lessons about the types of games students played during the 1920's.

5. Math - America's great educator Ron Clark, shares a strategy in which students create song lyrics to the tunes of already recorded music, in order to learn math concepts. The tune with this song would lend itself nicely to learning a particular math concept, perhaps like the multiplication tables for younger students or solving linear equations for older students.