Evaluation Ask students to tell a story about what they heard in the music. Check students' responses for the extent to which they are able to match instruments, themes, and pictorial representations. Check students' use of musical vocabulary in the matching task. Background for Teachers Read the poem Danse Macabre. Listen for how the composer created musical images that represent the poem.
Extensions Extend children's imagery by using creative movement.
Divide the class into groups according to each theme. You should have four groups of children. Have each group create a movement that illustrates an assigned theme. Play the music while each group demonstrates movements. To extend children's creative movement and demonstrate their understanding of the themes further, have each group teach the other groups their movements.