Learning objective
- To use musical vocabulary to identify features of different eras of music
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
- Develop an understanding of the history of music
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
Download classroom resources
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Should be placed in mixed ability groups to facilitate discussion and would benefit from teacher support in discussion groups.
Pupils working at greater depth: Can be tasked as group leader if appropriate. Should match up the more complex words on the Extension activity: song cards e.g. rubato, cantabile.