Musicians of History

Introduction

Introduction: I hope you are well and ready to enjoy our class today! Our topic is important musician figures in history.

 

Task

First, you will quickly go over the links and choose one of the musicians to work on with groups of 4. You will only use the provided links for your research!!!

Second, you will collect information about this artist and some visuals to create a poster. You can put them together by using an application such as smore, canva, powerpoint and even paint!

After you have done it, we will pick the best ones! 

You have 40 minutes.

Process

These are the websites that you are going to use and prepare a poster. Go over the links and choose one of the artists with your group.

https://www.biography.com/musician/elvis-presley

https://tr.pinterest.com/picturelist/elvis-presley/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Sebastian-Bach

https://www.google.com/search?q=bach+pictures&sxsrf=ALeKk00KABZAmlFeiWC_wEAwo2UpLiTlGg:1607627648141&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcupfXj8TtAhUulYsKHeb9BCcQ_AUoAXoECBIQAw&biw=1536&bih=722

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfl4fFKrLtw

https://tr.pinterest.com/collinartists/billie-holiday/

 

Have this questions in mind while researching:

Where and when did they born?

How their music career was started?

How was their education?

What was their contribution to music?

You can add their songs.

Feel free to add the parts that you are interested in. Try to use your own words.

 

Evaluation

  Poster Rubric  
Information Bomb!!! Has potential Average
Language Use Bomb!!! Has potential Average
Visuals Bomb!!! Has potential Average

 

Conclusion

After all of you are returned from your breakout room, raise your hand to speak up and present your poster. All of the groups are encouraged to participate!

Your friends will be giving you feedback.

Credits

Teacher Page

Age - 17

Learning Background – A high-school CLIL classroom.

Level – Intermediate

Discreet Grammar Practice – Simple Past and Irregular Verbs 

Topic – People in History.

Final Product – A poster: Musicians of All Time

Lesson Objectives:

  • will develop skimming and scanning skills.
  • will be familiar with authentic texts.
  • will practice speaking skills.
  • will improve reading and writing skills.
  • will recognize simple past tense in context.