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The purpose of this lesson is for students to explore the relationship between language and music. During this lesson, students will research Leonard Bernstein and the making of "West Side Story," listen to Joshua Bell perform selections from "West Side Story Suite," and compare the "West Side Story" play to a current opera about two young people living in the Balkans.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will explore Leonard Bernstein's contributions to the world of American music.
2. Students will examine the relationship between language and music.
3. Students will gain an understanding of how music can be used to express emotions.
STANDARDS:
The Arts
Theater standards
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Standard.asp?SubjectID=12
Understands how informal and formal theater, film, television, and electronic media productions create and communicate meaning.
Understands how the context in which a dramatic performance is set can enhance or hinder its effectiveness.
Music
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Standard.asp?SubjectID=11
Understands the relationship between music and history and culture.
Knows sources of American music genres (e.g., swing, Broadway musical, blues), the evolution of these genres, and musicians associated with them.
Language Arts
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Standard.asp?SubjectID=7
Gathers and uses information for research purposes. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand.
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Benchmark.asp?SubjectID=22&StandardID=1
Contributes to the overall effort of a group.
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Benchmark.asp?SubjectID=7&StandardID=7
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts (e.g., textbooks, biographical sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines, essays, primary source historical documents, editorials, news stories, periodicals, catalogs, job-related materials, schedules, speeches, memoranda, public documents, maps).
http://www.mcrel.com/compendium/Benchmark.asp?SubjectID=11&StandardID=7
Knows sources of American music genres (e.g., swing, Broadway musical,
blues), the evolution of these genres, and musicians associated with them.
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