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Music and instruments

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Maya Everyday Life

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Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Undertake an in-depth study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history - The Maya civilisation.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately.
  • Select from and use a wider range of materials and components.

Music

  • Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.

Lesson Planning

Find out about the importance of music to the Maya by studying images and listening to Mayan music; make a Maya instrument from a choice of panpipes, a drum and an ocarina.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the importance of music in Maya culture & in their relationship with the gods.
  • To make a Maya instrument to play at the celebration.
  • To play a Maya instrument in a small group.

Children will:

  • Learn more about the music of the time using images of scenes drawn by the Maya.
  • Have a greater understanding of the importance of music in the Maya culture and in their relationship with the gods.
  • Make a Maya instrument to play at the celebration.

Provided Resources

  • Maya musical instruments
  • How to make a Maya musical instrument

You Will Need

  • Pieces of paper and pencils
  • Rulers
  • Knife
  • Drill bit and hand or electric drill
  • Balloons
  • Tin cans
  • Drinking straws
  • Tape

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