Choir · Week 13 · Music, Culture, and Celebration
Songs of Remembrance
Students explore songs that cultures use to remember loved ones and share respectful reflections on a remembrance tradition.
- Students will
- Students connect to how cultures use music to remember loved ones by listening to a short recording, naming musical features such as tempo, mode, and dynamics, and sharing a respectful reflection on a tradition.
- SEL skill
- Listen for the meaning a song holds for its community before giving an opinion
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by listening for what a song of remembrance means to the people who sing it.
- Content focus
- Songs of remembrance across cultures
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding how other people think and feel, including people whose traditions differ from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- MU:Cn11.0.E.HSI: Music, Ensembles, Connecting, Anchor Standard 11 (Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Proficient
More social awareness activities for Choir
- Listening for Blend Social awarenessSections listen for blend and balance and adjust their volume so no single voice sticks out.
- Tuning to Each Other Social awarenessStudents sing chords and adjust pitch by listening to their neighbors, connecting musical tuning to tuning in to people.
- Music for Día de los Muertos Social awarenessStudents learn the context of a traditional Mexican song connected to Día de los Muertos and perform it with understanding and respect.
- Stepping Up and Stepping Back Social awarenessStudents reflect on when to lead their section and when to support it, then practice both roles in rehearsal.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.