Instruction
Select a song from the following list:
Shenandoah
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Old Dan Tucker
The Wayfaring Stranger
We Shall Overcome
This Land is Your Land
This Train
Aura Lee
John Brown’s Body
Red River Valley
Clementine
Camptown Races
Sourwood Mountain
The Erie Canal
I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad
The Paw Paw Patch
Use the song as a starting point for developing a THEME – name the theme
Research and collect a list of resources that would be the basis for a unit developed upon the theme.
Place the theme within context historically, politically, and socially, as appropriate.
The resources should be comprehensive and include representations from all the art forms and applicable academic areas.
Include at least three (3) of the following:
Poets/poetry, Dancers/dances, Choreographers, Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Photographers, Writers, Musicians
Additional resources: Recordings, videos, maps, paintings, photographs, transparencies, PowerPoints, etc.