Baroque Research Assignment

Baroque Music

Directions

Your job in this assignment is to research a musical topic from the Baroque Era. Choose one of the following topics or come up with your own and have Mr. Allder approve it.

Possible topics include: Biography of a composer (Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Pachelbel), development of Baroque instruments (violin, harpsichord), development of musical styles (opera, oratorio, concerto, concerto grosso, fugue, canon). When you have completed your research, publish a blog post which includes pictures, links, musical examples, etc. You must link to any online sources and give credit to those sources. Below is the timeline for the assignment:

Monday, 12/14/09: Choose topic and begin research.
Wednesday, 12/16/09: Complete research and begin composing blog post.
Friday, 12/18/19: Finalize blog post including multimedia content and publish.

Checklist:

_____Content - 400 words.

_____Links to sources/related articles.

_____At least 2 pictures related to your content.

_____Music playlist html embedded (if possible)

Renaissance Team Assignment

Your team's job in this assignment is to research your area (Art, Inventions, Exploration) along with music of the Renaissance Period. When you have completed your research, publish a combined blog post which includes pictures, links, musical examples, etc. Below is the timeline for the assignment:

Tuesday, 11/10/09: Select Teams, Choose Roles, Group Discussion on Project Outline.
Monday, 11/30/09: Work individually and as a group to research and compile information for your project.
Wednesday, 12/2/09: Continue compiling info. Begin writing your combined blog post.
Friday, 12/4/09: Complete assignment and publish final combined blog post.

Possible Roles for Team Members:
Photos
Music/Playlist
Content Research (Art, Inventions, Exploration)
Music Research
Article Links


ART:




INVENTIONS:


EXPLORATION:






Leave any questions you may have as comments on this post.

Good Luck!

Renaissance Teams

Here are the teams for the Renaissance research project:

EXPLORATION:
Jordan F. *
Eric
Josh
Reva
Brandon
Gabe

INVENTIONS:
Dylan C. *
Jon
Andy
Elijah
Michael P.

ART:
SarahEllen D. *
Ariel
Michael
Gavin
Bradley W.

ASSIGNMENT: Medieval Music Blog Post

Instructions:

* Research and write a blog post about ancient music prior to the Medieval Period.
* Your post should explain how music was used during this time.
* Site specific examples of instruments, events, cultures, & musicians.
* Target post length is 400 words
* You are expected to include appropriate embedded pictures.
* You are expected to link to sites that you use as sources within the text of your post.
* What is your opinion of music of ancient times. Give your commentary within the post, or at the end its own section.

This assignment is due by the end of school Friday, October 2nd.

GOOD LUCK!!!

ASSIGNMENT: Ancient Music Blog Post

Instructions:

* Research and write a blog post about ancient music prior to the Medieval Period.
* Your post should explain how music was used during this time.
* Site specific examples of instruments, events, cultures, & musicians.
* Target post length is 400 words
* You are expected to include appropriate embedded pictures.
* You are expected to link to sites that you use as sources within the text of your post.
* What is your opinion of music of ancient times. Give your commentary within the post, or at the end its own section.

This assignment is due by the end of school Friday, October 2nd.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Welcome to a new Music Appreciation Experience!

I'd like to take this opportunity to say how excited to use the blogging platform for publishing Music Appreciation research at Greenbrier East High School. I look forward to reading all of the student posts and checking them out.

To begin - Here is a new assignment:

Go into your layout tab and customize the layout by adding gadgets.

Add a Blog List Gadget. Name it something like "My class blog list"

Add my Blog to your blog list, then add everyone else's url in the class.

Now you will be able to follow everyone's blog as it is updated!