Civil War Music

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Music Education (2001)

Grade 8

• Goal 1: The learner will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
  • Objective 1.01: Sing consistently on pitch, with accurate rhythm and proper breath control, in an appropriate range.
  • Objective 1.02: Respond to the cues of a conductor.
  • Objective 1.03: Sing music of appropriate voicing, with expression and technical accuracy.
  • Objective 1.04: Sing music representing diverse styles, genres, and cultures.
• Goal 2: The learner will play on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
  • Objective 2.01: Play at least one instrument with appropriate posture, playing position, and technique.
  • Objective 2.03: Play music representing diverse styles, genres, and cultures.
  • Objective 2.06: Play on at least one instrument, music at an appropriate and increasingly difficult level, with expressiveness and technical accuracy.
• Goal 5: The learner will read and notate music.
  • Objective 5.01: Read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted note and rest durations in 2/3, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, 2/2, and mixed meters.
  • Objective 5.02: Read melodic notation in the treble and bass clefs.
  • Objective 5.03: Identify symbols and traditional terms referring to expressive musical qualities including dynamics and tempo.
  • Objective 5.04: Use standard symbols to notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics in simple patterns.
  • Objective 5.05: Show respect for the reading and notating efforts of others.
• Goal 6: The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe music.
  • Objective 6.02: Analyze elements of music in aural examples representing diverse genres and cultures.
  • Objective 6.04: Demonstrate perceptual skills by conducting, moving, answering questions about, and describing aural examples of music.
  • Objective 6.05: Show respect while listening to and analyzing music.
• Goal 7: The learner will evaluate music and music performances.
  • Objective 7.01: Devise criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions, and apply criteria in personal listening and performing.
  • Objective 7.02: Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of compositions, arrangements, and improvisations by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and offer constructive suggestions for improvement.
  • Objective 7.04: Show respect for the musical efforts and opinions of others.
• Goal 8: The learner will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and content areas outside the arts.
  • Objective 8.01: Compare in two or more arts areas how the characteristic elements of each art form can be used to transform events, emotions, or ideas into works of art.
  • Objective 8.02: Describe ways in which the concepts and skills of other content areas taught in the school including English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies are related to those of music.
  • Objective 8.03: Demonstrate the character traits of responsibility, self-discipline, and perseverance while informally or formally participating in music.
• Goal 9: The learner will understand music in relation to history and culture.
  • Objective 9.04: Show respect for music from various cultures and historical periods.

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 8

• Goal 4: The learner will examine the causes, course, and character of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and their impact on North Carolina and the nation.
  • Objective 4.04: Evaluate the importance of the roles played by individuals at the state and national levels during the Civil War and Reconstruction Period.

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 8

• Goal 1: The learner will use language to express individual perspectives through analysis of personal, social, cultural, and historical issues.
  • Objective 1.02: Analyze expressive materials that are read, heard, and viewed by:
    • monitoring comprehension for understanding of what is read, heard, and/or viewed.
    • reviewing the characteristics of expressive works.
    • determining the importance of literary effects on the reader/viewer/listener.
    • making connections between works, self and related topics.
    • drawing inferences.
    • generating a learning log or journal.
    • maintaining an annotated list of works that are read or viewed, including personal reactions.
    • taking an active role in and/or leading formal/informal book/media talks.
  • Objective 1.03: Interact in group activities and/or seminars in which the student:
    • shares personal reactions to questions raised.
    • gives reasons and cites examples from text in support of expressed opinions.
    • clarifies, illustrates, or expands on a response when asked to do so, and asks classmates for similar expansion.
• Goal 2: The learner will use and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
  • Objective 2.01: Analyze and evaluate informational materials that are read, heard, and/or viewed by:
    • monitoring comprehension for understanding of what is read, heard and/or viewed.
    • recognizing the characteristics of informational materials.
    • summarizing information.
    • determining the importance of information.
    • making connections to related topics/information.
    • drawing inferences.
    • generating questions.
    • extending ideas.
• Goal 4: The learner will continue to refine critical thinking skills and create criteria to evaluate print and non-print materials.
  • Objective 4.01: Analyze the purpose of the author or creator and the impact of that purpose by:
    • monitoring comprehension for understanding of what is read, heard, and/or viewed.
    • evaluating any bias, apparent or hidden messages, emotional factors, and/or propaganda techniques.
    • evaluating the underlying assumptions of the author/creator.
    • evaluate the effects of the author's craft on the reader/viewer/listener.
  • Objective 4.02: Analyze and develop (with limited assistance) and apply appropriate criteria to evaluate the quality of the communication by:
    • using knowledge of language structure and literary or media techniques.
    • drawing conclusions based on evidence, reasons, or relevant information.
    • considering the implications, consequences, or impact of those conclusions.
• Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
  • Objective 5.01: Increase fluency, comprehension, and insight through a meaningful and comprehensive literacy program by:
    • using effective reading strategies to match type of text.
    • reading self-selected literature and other materials of interest to the individual.
    • reading literature and other materials selected by the teacher.
    • assuming a leadership role in student-teacher reading conferences.
    • leading small group discussions.
    • taking an active role in whole class seminars.
    • analyzing the effects of elements such as plot, theme, charaterization, style, mood, and tone.
    • discussing the effects of such literary devices as figurative language, dialogue, flashback, allusion, irony, and symbolism.
    • analyzing and evaluating themes and central ideas in literature and other texts in relation to personal and societal issues.
    • extending understanding by creating products for different purposes, different audiences, and within various contexts.
    • analyzing and evaluating the relationships between and among characters, ideas, concepts, and/or experiences.
  • Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
    • reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., young adult novels, short stories, biographies, plays, free verse, narrative poems).
    • evaluating what impact genre-specific characteristics have on the meaning of the text.
    • evaluating how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes the meaning of the literary work.
    • evaluating what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text.