Lesson 4: Music and Personal Connection
Duration of Days: 180
Lesson Objective
Students will connect choral music to their own experiences, emotions, and interests.
Why is music meaningful to people?
How do personal experiences influence the way we connect to music?
Reflection
Interpretation
Emotion
Meaning
Audience
MU:Cn10.0.6 – Relate music ideas and works with personal meaning and external context.
Students reflect on music that is meaningful to them and discuss how personal experiences influence how people connect to music. They apply this understanding to class repertoire.
Provide sentence starters for reflection writing.
Allow students to share verbally instead of writing.
Use small-group discussions for students who are hesitant to speak in front of the class.
Offer examples of personal music connections.
Students complete a short written or verbal reflection explaining a personal connection to a song.