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Standards Adapted for Cognitively Disabled (Severe/Profound and Autistic)
- Response: Analysis (Rationale)
- Response: Evaluation (Rationale)
- Connections: The Arts (Rationale)
- Connections: History and Culture (Rationale)
Rationale: Students learn to appreciate music when they understand the elements of music and the way those elements are organized to create a music composition. Performance with understanding requires this same analysis and discussion. The ability to analyze music is the foundation for meaningful learning and participation in most other aspects of music experience.
| by grade 12 |
| Students in general music classes will hum, sing, or move in response to musical stimuli. |
Rationale: In today’s society, music is all around us. As producers and consumers of music, all people benefit from applying their understanding of the structure and elements of musical expression to evaluating music and music performances. This ability enables students to make informed decisions and develop a greater appreciation of the music they hear or perform.
| by grade 12 |
| Students in general music classes will choose which instruments they want to play. |
Rationale: There are numerous connections and commonalties that exist among the arts, other disciplines, and issues within our global society. Relating music to the other arts as well as disciplines outside the arts enhances student understanding in each discipline. Building connections gives students the chance to understand culture as a whole and the relationships between its parts.
| by grade 12 |
| Students in general music classes will respond to multisensory stimulation environments (ex: Schnoozelen room) |
Connections: History and Culture
Rationale: Accepting the growing diversity of culture and understanding one another can often be accomplished through music. Music reflects significant historical events and cultural relationships. By relating music to personal history and culture as well as the history and cultures of others, students will understand and connect historical events of the world, as well as music’s functions within various cultures.
| by grade 12 |
| Students in general music classes will make differentiated responses to music which is familiar to them. |
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