|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute||Home| The diverse population
of students will benefit form such an experience. Each festivity
celebrated in the country of Brazil will be introduced during
one marking period. Role playing and tactile hands-on activities
will culminate each lesson. Cooperative groups will be
responsible for each cultural event. Through this unit the
students will learn the importance of music in culture. We will
investigate the history of music in Brazil and discover what the
different sounds or types of music mean for each cultural event.
With the assistance of our magnet school resource teacher, we
will investigate a variety of experiments to incorporate the
science of sound for a science fair project. We will also
utilize our music teacher to make musical instruments and learn
how to play them. (Recommended for Social Studies, Music, and
Science, grades 4-5.)