ARTSEDGE: From the New World

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Targeted Standards:

The National Standards For Arts Education:

Music (9-12)
Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

Music (9-12)
Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture

Other National Standards:

Language Arts IV (9-12) Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

Language Arts IV (9-12) Standard 5: Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process

Language Arts IV (9-12) Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

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From the New World

Unit Overview:

Both Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Antonin Dvorak spent time in the New World. They were anxious to tell other people of their experiences and what they thought about America. Through online research, as well as reading, writing, and poetry activities, higher-level beginning ESOL students at the high school level—who also are living in a new world—will share in and compare those experiences with their own.

Lesson Overviews:

Tchaikovsky in America

Students learn about the Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his visit to the United States.

Dvorak in America

Students study Antonin Dvorak and his extended stay in America.