In this lesson, students examine the relationship between the physics of sound and concert hall acoustics. Students perform a lab experiment in which they determine the speed of sound, a key variable in concert hall acoustics. In this lesson, students examine the roles of film and the Academy Awards in American culture. Students identify what they consider to be the attributes of award-winning films and then apply these criteria to evaluate one of this year's contenders for Best Picture. In this lesson, students explore how Irish folk songwriters express their feelings about Ireland through song.
Students then write songs expressing their own feelings about their homeland.
In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the history, development, and social influence of various types of world music through the creation of music museum exhibits. In this lesson, students identify the ideas and themes that are most significant in a work of literature, then propose ways to visually represent these themes through art. In this lesson, students examine the language used in music reviews to describe world music and explore the relationship between music and culture. They will then write a description of a kind of American music they know well and detail its cultural roots and significance. In this lesson, students explore the popularity of independent filmmaking, focusing on the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.