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Assignment: Students will work individually and select a well-known
music composer to
learn more about. They will use print
and online resources to complete a research data sheet. Students will
then visit the computer lab to use PowerPoint to make a slide show
demonstrating what they learned. They will present their slide show to
the class.
Click here for
data sheet.
Click here for
composer chart.
Click here for
PowerPoint template.
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| Print Resources:
Books located in the biography
section. Use the RTE Online Catalog to search by your
composer's
name.
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Online Resources:
EBSCOHost
From the Online Resources page, select "Searchasaurus" then EBSCOhost.
Click on "Primary Search" to begin.
Search terms: type in
the name of your composer. Be sure to spell it correctly!
World Book Online
From the Online Resources page, select "World Book Online."
Search terms: use the name of your composer.
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Websites for Biographies
Biography.com
Search by typing your composer's name.
Infoplease - Biography
Search by typing your composer's name.
Spectrum Biographies
Scroll down to locate your composer.
Is your sound on?
Essentials of
Music
Click on "composers" and search
alphabetically.
Classical Net - Composer Master Index
Scroll down to find your
composer's name.
The Classical Station.org
Scroll down to find a brief biography
Thinkquest: Composers Biographies
Information on Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Gershwin, Mozart, and
Schubert
Websites for Music
*Directions
for downloading music*
Laura's Midi Heaven
Click on the drop down window to search for your composer.
MFiles
- Classical Midi Files
Scroll down to search for your composer.
Classical Music Symposium
Scroll down to search for your composer.
Classic Cat - The Free Classical Music Directory
"Classic Cat is a directory with links to over 1500 free to
download classical performances on the internet, sorted by composer and
work."
**Be sure to cite your sources!
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TEKS:
Language Arts
6.13C Use glossary, copyright, index, table of contents, and title
page to gather information. List possible sources for information.
6.13C Select and use appropriate print and electronic resources.
6.13D Interpret graphical information including pictures, charts and
diagrams.
6.10F Summarize and organize information from multiple sources by
taking notes, outlining ideas.
6.20D Synthesize information from a variety of sources into a final
product.
6.20G Follow accepted format for documenting sources.
Social Studies
6.21B Analyze information to determine usefulness to problem solution
and currency of information.
6.22D Follow accepted format for documenting
sources.
6.23 Summarize and organize information from
multiple sources by taking notes, outlining ideas.
Technology
125.12(4)(B) Understand and use appropriate electronic search
strategies (keyword and subject).
126.12(11) Use available technology to create research product.
Library Skills
Information Acquisition: E, F
Information Literacy: A, C, D, E, F, H, J
Technology Applications: A, B, C, D
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