World Music Drumming Classroom Kit

World Music Drumming
A Cross-Cultural Curriculum
By Will Schmid
Kit (Teacher guide, student enrichment book, and DVD)
Teacher guide is 96 pages; Student Enrichment book is 32 pages  
Grades 6 - 8 (with extensions for lower and upper grades)
 
World Music Drumming is a cross-cultural curriculum to learn drumming techniques, learn songs with accompaniment and movement, connect African andLatin American cultural traditions to the music performed, and discover how music can be the perfect vehicle for teaching team building, respect, focusing, listening, problem solving, and other important life skills. The curriculum is aimed at grades 6-8 but includes extensions for lower grades and high school.

The teacher guide provides 30 lesson plans with goals and objectives, step-by-step teaching process of new techniques and songs, review materials, sharing activities, cultural connections, ensemble work, Q & A section, assessment, and supplemental ideas.

Contents: About the Author; Acknowledgements.
About World Music Drumming: The Pilot Project, National Music Standards, Objectives, For Whom, What Teachers AreSaying , What Students Say.
Getting Ready to Teach- Class Setup: World Music Drumming- The Curriculum, Pacing, Oral Tradition, The World Music Drumming DVD, Non-verbal Teaching, Cross-Cultural Student Enrichment Book, Key Words,Instrument Technique, Equipment Needed, Setting Up the Room/ Equipment Needed, Playing & Singing, Assessment.
Unit 1- Beginning to Ensemble 1 (6 lessons): Open Tone on Conga Drum, Rattles Echo 1, Question & Answer, BassTone on Conga Drum, Cowbell Echo 2, Ensemble 1 (partial), Question & Answer with Echo, Double Bell (Gankogui), Ensemble 1 (full), Rhythm Complements, Movement.
Unit 2- To Ensemble 2 (3 lessons): Take Time In Life,Ensemble 2, Call & Response.
Unit 3- High Life (8 lessons): Ensemble 3 (partial), Frame Drum, Rhythm Complements- 4-Member Team Improvisation, Talking Drum, Ensemble 3- High Life, Double Bell, Banuwa, Hand Clapping, LatinAmerican Claves, Latin American Guiro, Everybody Loves Saturday Night.
Unit 4- Latin American 2-beat (5 lessons): Latin American Maracas, Water Come A Me Eye, Ensemble 4 (partial), Latin American Bongos orTimbales, Latin American Guitar, Ensemble 4, Ma Teodora, 3-against-2 Rhythms.
Unit 5- Ghana 3-beat/ 2-beat (4 lessons): Ensemble 5 (partial), Question & Answer with 3:2 Hemiola, Ensemble 5.
Unit6- Latin American 4-beat (2 lessons): Ensemble 6, Pay Me My Money Down.
Unit 7- Island of Bequia 4-beat (2 lessons): Ensemble 7, By the Waters of Babylon.
Helping Students with Special Needs; Working

The student book contains reproducible pages with maps, cultural information, vocabulary practice, assessment exercises, and songs.




The DVD shows middle school students in a classroom setting, demonstrating the drumming techniques and ensembles for the World Music Drumming curriculum.