The Music Box An Integrated Educational Podcast by Classical 90.5 WUOL Episode 1 - The Golden Record Teacher Guide: Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade The Music Box Episode 1: The Golden Record 1 | P a g e Table of Contents Page Content 3 Message to Educators 4 Standards | Episode Background 5 Discussion Sheet 6 Unit 1 8 Unit 2 10 Unit 3 12 Music Class Extension 13 Final Project 14 Glossary Appendix: 15 Episode Notes Guide 17 Cultural Notes 18 My Artifacts 19 Alien Culture 20 Chart Your Moves 21 Classical Music on the Golden Record 22 Your Golden Record 23 Jimmy Carter Message 25 Observable Properties 26 Research Organizer 27 Star Travel 28 Tone Color Activity 29 Alien Reactions 30 The Planets 31 Music Dynamics 32 Music Tempo 34 Space Melody 35 Ostinato The Music Box Episode 1: The Golden Record 2 | P a g e Message to Educators Fellow Educators, Welcome to The Music Box, where we combine listening and learning. We invite and inspire kids to listen to and create classical music, making it relevant to their everyday lives. This podcast features voices and input from teachers and students in our community. Please share photos by clicking behind the scenes tabs under each Episode at wuol.org/musicbox so that young listeners can see as well as hear kids like them. Classical music can connect us with history as well as the world around us. Developing listening skills at a young age is important for learning but also for improving daily interactions. This podcast along with our curriculum can be used in the classroom or by parents at home. Kids already involved in classical music will see things with a new perspective and kids with no previous experience will feel invited into a new world of listening. Each episode of The Music Box includes an integrated, ready-to-use curriculum aligned to grade-level standards and designed for multiple learning styles and ultimate flexibility. From a variety of listening options, to selectable lessons and extensions that incorporate technology and collaboration, to an array of assessments, you choose what’s best for your child or classroom. And with an episode glossary and national standards1 listed by episode, lesson, and activity, you’ll always know what you’re covering. Here are a few possible ways to use the curriculum... Listen to Learn: Play the entire episode from start to finish while students complete either the activities from the discussion sheet (page 5), or the episode Notes Guide (appendix 15). Then, have a discussion using questions from the discussion sheet and review any activities or responses on the episode notes guide. Pause to Learn: Use the timestamps on the discussion sheet to pause for discussion throughout using the discussion sheet. Activities are included on the discussion sheet for students to complete while listening or during pauses. Students may also complete the episode notes guide while listening. Learn by Doing: Peruse the lessons to choose the activities that best suit your needs. Lesson timestamps suggest possible episode pausing places for the activities, while lesson materials are found in the appendix. We urge you to share the music class extension activities with your school’s music teacher and hope you will consider sharing your students’ work on our episode I final group project webpage. Finally, we’d just like to say thank you for listening and sharing. We hope to hear from you and your students soon! Musically, Paul Robinson, Curriculum Designer Sara Soltau, Producer and Host: [email protected] 1 Standards sources: National Core Arts Standards, National Council for the Social Studies, Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards The Music Box Episode 1: The Golden Record 3 | P a g e Concepts/Standards *Note: Highlighting here indicates which standards are touched on through the “Listen to Learn” and “Pause to Learn” curriculum options. The “Learn by Doing” curriculum option covers them all. (see page 3) ❖ Social Studies ➢ Elements of Culture & Artifacts/Countries/President/Global Connections: I.a-e, VI.a , IX.a ❖ Science ➢ Space/Properties/Structures/Energy in Organisms/Environmental Impact: ESS1-1, ESS3-1, PS1-1, PS3-1, LS1-1, LS2-1 ❖ Music ➢ Tone Color/Music Analysis/World Music/Expression/Dynamics/Tempo/Pitch Exploration/Steady Beat/Ostinato/Composition: Cr1.1, Cr2.1, Cr3.1, Cr3.2, Pr4.3, Pr5.1, Pr6.1, Re7.1, Re7.2, Re8.1, Re9.1, Re9.2, Cn10.0, Cn11.0 ❖ ELA ➢ Writing Information: W._.2 ➢ Grammar/Writing Conventions/Vocabulary/Figurative/Acquire: L._.1, L._.2, L._.4, L._.5, L._.6 ➢ Reading Information (Quoting/Relationships/POV/Efficient Problem Solving): RI._.1, RI._.3, RI._.6, RI._.7 ➢ Discuss/Summarize/Report/Visuals/Adapt: SL._.1, SL._.3, SL._.4, SL._.5, SL._.6 Episode Background Earth is the only planet known to have life. What if there is life somewhere else? The Voyagers I and II are twin spacecraft sent together from Earth to explore where nothing from Earth has flown before and share music, greetings, sounds, and images from Earth with whomever may find them. Explore for yourself using the links below: ❖ Learn about the Voyager mission: click here ❖ Learn about the golden record: click here ❖ Hear the music on the golden record: click here ❖ Hear the greetings on the golden record: click here ❖ Hear the sounds on the golden record: click here ❖ View the scenes (images) on the golden record: click here ❖ View an image of the golden record: click here ❖ View the code on the golden record: click here The Music Box Episode 1: The Golden Record 4 | P a g e Discussion Sheet *Note: Before listening to the episode, familiarize your students with the episode background. Intro: We’re using our ears to learn today! It’s important not to talk so everyone can hear and have space to use their imaginations. 1:46 Have you ever used a vinyl record? How does it work? How is the Golden Record different? Golden Record Activity (appendix page 22) 2:35 How many former USA presidents can you name? Share a world problem you would like to have solved if you were president. 3:19 Can you greet someone in another language? Share what you know. What greeting would you send into outer space? 3:58 Share your favorite and least favorite sound you notice at home, outside, or at school. 4:03 Display maps for class: Azerbaijan Peru USA Most classical music is from Europe World Map 5:05 Share what you notice about the music from around the world. Share a place far away that you would like to visit. 5:14 See seven classical pieces on the golden record and follow the links to listen periodically as you see fit. ➢ Classical Music on the Golden Record (appendix page 21) 7:48 Share what you notice about the music of Beethoven. Share how you might feel if an alien sent you a message of peace and friendship. Share what you would teach an alien. Share what you think an alien would teach you. 10:16 Share what you notice about the Queen of the Night music. ➢ Alien Reactions Handout (appendix page 28) 11:51 Share what you know about different kinds of metal. Share what you know about the sun. 12:08 Share what you know about meteors. 13:10 Share what you know about space travel. 14:30 Share whether or not you think there are aliens in outer space and why. Share something about aliens that might be very similar or totally different. Share one way you could make an alien who is totally different feel welcome. 15:30 Aliens would have to be intelligent enough to travel between stars to find the Golden Record. ➢ Star Travel Activity (appendix page 34) 15:47 Share what you think alien music might sound like. 16:25 Share what you think an alien’s planet might be like. Share what you notice about The Planets music. ➢ The Planets Activity (appendix 29) The Music Box Episode 1: The Golden Record 5 | P a g e Unit 1 Timestamp: 0:00-7:48 Concepts/Standards ▪ Elements of Culture & Artifacts/Global Connections: I.a-e, IX.a ▪ World Music: Cr1.1, Cr2.1, Cr3.1, Cr3.2, Cn10.0, Cn11.0 ▪ Discuss/Summarize/Report/Visuals/Adapt: SL._.1, SL._.3, SL._.4, SL._.5, SL._.6 ▪ Grammar/Vocabulary/Figurative/Acquire: L._.1, L._.4, L._.5, L._.6 Materials computer, internet, projector, screen, speakers, chart paper, markers, photocopies Activities 1) A group of alien tourists is interested in the different cultures on Earth. Individually, in groups or as a class, research some cultures from around the world using internet search and the links below to complete the Cultural Notes (appendix 17). After students share their work, collect the cultural information sheets to read as prompts and pass out cultural elements bingo cards (spaces include: language, music, literature, etc.) created using the link below (select human bingo). To play, you must choose a pattern for students to complete, then call out examples from students’ cultural information sheets at random while students work individually or in groups to write the example under the corresponding cultural element on the bingo card. For hints, you may also call out artifacts and their descriptions. ❖ country and culture guides country reports world culture encyclopedia bingo card generator 2) Write down some artifacts from your life someone might uncover in 500 years and what the artifacts say about your culture.