I like to add something to the summer months to keep my students guessing...Last year I had to recycle my ideas.
One year I researched some famous composers and found a picture, some interesting facts and a song of theirs. That Christmas I made CD's with all the songs they heard over the summer. I learned some things I didn't think was appropriate to share, but it sure was great. I would like to put it all together and offer it as a kit for those that would like to use it for their students. February was the time that I started researching for the summer.
Another year I did a unit on American music styles. Blues, Jazz, Country, Tejana, Folk, etc. And I found a lot of the very first recorded songs on playlist.com! It was really cool! I wanted to have the students get a feel for the style of music that they loved and find out how it started. I don't know if they thought it was as cool as I did, but it was fun for them to listen to the songs. I found most of the information from this unit out of one book from the library. I'll have to look it up!
If you have any ideas for some fun supplemental units, please share!!
