Unit of Study Title: Carnival of the Animals
Topic Area: Fine Arts
Grade Level: 3-5
Time Frame: four - 30 minute periods
Key Words: Carnival of the Animals, Listening lesson, Music, Program Music

Unit Designer: Judy Foth (JF010)
Unit Designer E-mail: Judy.Foth@k12.sd.us
School District: Sully Buttes
Date Added: 6/25/2002 11:31:23 AM
Date Last Revised: 6/25/2002 11:31:23 AM

Peer Reviewer: Cherie Hill
Peer Reviewer E-mail: cherie.hill@k12.sd.us

SD Content Standard Goals (SD Content Standards):

SD Content Standard Indicators:
Goal 1 - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.
Goal 2 - The student will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

SD Content Standard Benchmarks:
3-4 Benchmark:
Standard 4 Listening C. Identify the sounds of a variety of instruments and voices representing diverse styles, genres, and various cultures. D. Respond to related prominent music characteristics or to specific music events while listening to music.
Standard 5 B. Identify ways in which the content of other disciplines is interrelated with that of music.

Other Content Standards:

None

Brief Summary of Unit:
Students will listen to, analyze, and describe the music of the Carnival of the Animals. Students will also have a guided introduction into the composer, Camille Saint Saens. Students will learn about various mediums that produce sound for listening pleasure.

Students will Understand:
1. Will learn amazing facts about the composer Camille Saint Saens.
2. What program music is.
3. Learn about various mediums produce sound for listening pleasure.
4. They will see the relationship between instruments and the various animals that are represented.

Essential Questions to Guide this Unit and Focus Teaching and Learning:
1. What instrument plays the sound of a particular animal?
2. How does Camille Saint Saens help you understand which instrument plays the part of the various animal sound?
3. Describe the mood of the music for various animals.

Key Knowledge and Skills Students will Acquire:
1. Students will be able to name the instrument that corresponds with the animal for the major four areas.
They are elephant, bird, lion, and aquarium.
2. Students will understand what program music is.
3. Students will be able to know the various mediums for producing listening pleasure.

Assessment Plan:
1. Small Group Activity - Create lists of adjectives describing the various animals being portrayed in the listening lesson.
2. Quiz students orally by having them identify the instrument and animal sound it is portraying.
3. Ask students to write a short paragraph describing the sound of one the Carnival of Animals. Adjective lists will be provided from their previous lesson and also a list of animals and instruments will be provided.

Learning Activities:
1. Introduce students to the composer, Camille Saint Saens.
2. Listening Lesson, plus medium of performance about LP over Carnival of the Animals
3. Show students pictures of the various instruments being played as they listen.
4. Discuss how the music represents the different animals.
5. Show PowerPoint about the Carnival of the Animals.
6. Adjective small group activity - describe animals.
7. Writing assignment - Write a paragraph describing the sound of one of the Carnival of the Animals. This will be done in the computer lab utilizing a word document and insertion of a clip art picture related to the specific animal.

Notes:
There is a site on-line that allows students to take a listening test over the Carnival of Animals. You listen to small excerpts and then decide which animal it portrays. Don't let the grade 9 scare you, my 3rd grader could do this. http://www.opus911.com/grade9/Carnival/Animal.htm

Internet Resource Link:
jf010.k12.sd.us

Peer Reviewer Comments:
This sounds very interesting, Judy. I would like to try it myself. I think it will be motivational for the students, as well!

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