THE ROAD TO THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, Music, Social Studies 6th-8th Grade by Jessica E. Pugliano, New Cumberland Middle School This is a Google Earth Tour of the events leading up to Francis Scott Key’s writing of the Star-Spangled Banner. Goals and Objectives Describe the learning outcomes and/or goals. Students will be able to understand…
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The Music of Poetry: Decoded
Unit Overview:Three lessons using poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), Francis Scott Key (1779 – 1843), and Emma Lazarus (1849 – 1887) to explore the theme of Liberty.These lessons may be used with the week-long celebration called Freedom Week. Standards, Goals and Objectives:Language Arts–1. 5.RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem…
The Anthem at War
The Anthem at War Language Arts, Music, Theater, and Art (Optional) 5th Grade Paul Herrera, American Union Elementary This lesson is for the classroom teacher who wants to incorporate music into their curriculum. This four lesson unit (that can be expanded or shortened) features a game of Charades to learn the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” an acting…
The Civil War Through Its Music
The Civil War Through Its Music United States History Grade Levels 6-8 Students will examine songs of the Civil War as a framework around which to acquire content knowledge Goals and Objectives 1. Students will understand how music can be reflective of the events of a time period or a major event. 2. Students…
Federal City Brass Band Visits Banner Moments Institute
The Federal City Brass Band presented a lecture recital to the participants in our Banner Moments K-12 teacher institute on July 9, 2014, presenting a program built around the music of the U.S. Civil War and the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.Of course, early in the program director Jari Villanueva led a performance of a Civil…
Thomas Hampson Visits Teachers at Banner Moments Institute
Just before his Library of Congress recital, internationally renowned American baritone Thomas Hampson visited with 29 K-12 teachers from across the nation who are participating in the NEH-sponsored Banner Moments Teacher Institute. He was particularly keen to share his own educational effort — the Song of America website. Targeting users from K-12 students to fellow…
What Was that Tune on CNN?—The Hewitt Spangled Banner (1817)
CNN introduced its interview with baritone Thomas Hampson (click here to view) with a recording from our Poets & Patriots project. It is indeed an early setting of Key’s famous text, but is certainly not the melody the lyricist had imagined. Nevertheless, it was a relatively well known version in the 1820s, especially in the…
Guest Post—Wayne Baker on Symbolic Patriotism
Originally published on OurValues.OrgWHENEVER the president delivers his State of the Union address, one thing we’re sure to see is a display of American symbols—the flag aplenty, the elaborate protocol of the president’s invitation and entry into the House of Representatives, and more.How do you feel when you see these American symbols and rituals? Does…
Banner Moments NEH K-12 Teacher Institute—Off & Running!
COLLEGE PARK, MD: Supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Michigan’s American Music Institute in cooperation with the Star Spangled Music Foundation, the University of Maryland School of Music, and the Hampsong Foundation has begun a national K-12 summer teacher institute with 29 teachers from across the…
Arturo Toscanini's Star Spangled Banner Resurrected
The New York Philharmonic will perform Arturo Toscanini’s World War II orchestral arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner” for its Star Spangled Celebration concerts on July 4, 5, & 6 (conducted by Bramwell Tovey) and July 14 in Central Park & July 18 in Vail, Colorado (conducted by music director Alan Gilbert). (See press release.)The new…