Subject: Music	Grade: 3	Teacher Name: Cinnamon Rowland
Lesson Title: Christmas Around the World

Overview: Lesson Plan for Christmas Around the World Sing-a-long. I did this lesson with the third grade teachers in December. They studied the countries, and then we got together and had a sing-a-long.

Curriculum Connections: 1.1c, 1.2b, 2.1b: Listen to and perform folk and composed music that is used to celebrate holidays in various cultures

Technology Standards: I. Access, evaluate, process and apply information efficiently and effectively. (1, 2, 3 and 4) V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction.

Daily Posted Objective(s):

TSW listen and sing Christmas songs from Around the World.

TSW identify themes used in the music and find similarities and differences.

TSW describe music that illustrates fast/slow, loud/soft (quiet), long/short, high/ low.

 

Materials:

• sing-a-long handout
• laptop
• LCD projector
• CD's with recordings

Assessment/Evaluation: Students participation in sing-a-long. Classroom teacher usually follows up with the evaluation.

Time Frame: One or two 50 minute sessions.

 

Activities or Procedure:

1. Discuss Holidays Around the World and have students tell you what they know about various holidays and what songs they already know.

2. Start with Germany. (sing O Tannenbaum and Stille Nacht)

3. Spain (sing Feliz Navidad and Fum Fum Fum, Boar's Head Carol)

4. England (sing Twelve Days of Christmas, Christmas is Coming, Cornish Wassail)

5. France (sing Pat-a-Pan)

6. Sweden (Christmas is Here Again)