Hex+Classes

** 2015-2016 **   Teachers: Bob Long and Brianne Schildberg Contact email: bob.long@vmbulldogs.com and brianne.schildberg@vmbulldogs.com
 * __ Junior High Hex Classes __**


 * Classroom Rules **
 * 1) 1. Be Respectful
 * 2) 2. Be Responsible
 * 3) 3. Be Safe


 * General Music Standards **
 * 1) 1. Read, notate and perform music
 * 2) 2. Create an original composition/arrangement
 * 3) 3. Listen, analyze, evaluate and describe music and music performances
 * 4) 4. Understand relationships between music, the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.
 * 5) 5. Understand music in relationship to history and culture
 * 6) 6. Identify key composers and works from the various musical periods.

6th Grade Hex Class Options: Beginning Guitar Basic Theory/Music Technology

7th Grade Hex Class Options: Beginning Piano Music Research Projects

8th Grade Hex Class: Each student will design a project answering the question - How was music impacted by culture and environment? Standards covered - General Music Standards 3, 4 and 5 Other possible standards covered: Physical Science - Acoustics, Digital vs. Analog Engineering - Design Solutions, Natural Environment Social Studies - European Expansion, Slave Culture, French Culture of the South vs. British Culture of the North Language Arts - Reading and Writing Standards