Celebrations Around the World! (Book)

Description

by Sally K. Albrecht, Lois Brownsey and Marti Lunn Lantz.

This innovative collection celebrating unique holidays in 13 countries around the world will be a wonderful addition to any music or classroom teacher’s library. The Teacher’s Handbook is filled with useful teaching tools including: Notes about each holiday (may be used as connecting dialog), Programming ideas, Reproducible Student Song Sheets, Performance and Musical Development notes, Suggested activities, PLUS tons of ideas for further interdisciplinary study.

Learn about other cultures, customs and languages through the cross-cultural study of music. Includes songs for: USA, Canada, Barbados, Brazil, United Kingdom, Italy, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Japan, Australia, South Africa and Ghana. Many are traditional folk songs. Some are contemporary composed songs about the holidays.

Recommended for grades 2-7.

Works as a songbook OR a program. Performance Time: Approximately 30 minutes.

Reproducible Student Song Sheets included.