Lesson Planning

Consolidate your understanding of Granny and Grandpa’s music by looking at some popular styles of the time and create a poster reflecting the tastes of the time.

Teaching Outcomes
To understand that older relatives may have listened to a different style of music.
To recognise the differences in the art which accompanied the music of the 19050s and 60s.
To listen attentively and express opinions about the music. To remember songs we have learned previously and sing with expression and enthusiasm.
Create interesting designs based on images from album sleeves and posters from the period being studied; use colour creatively and expressively in the style of the time.

Children will:

• Know that their grandparents listened to a different style of music.
• Know that the art and images related to music had a different style from today.
• Create interesting designs based on images from album sleeves and pictures from the time.
• Use colour and lettering creatively and expressively in the style of that period.