Introduction
Hello!
In this occasion we are going to talk about classical music, we'll get to know a little bit of its history, about the most representative musicians and their wonderful master pieces.
So let yourself go with the rhythm and enjoy you research!
Task
Take out your magnifying glass and start to search for information to do an illustrated presentation to your peers about the basic of classical music.
Process
To start your presentation you need to find the following information:
- When did the classical movement of music start?
To answer this question you can go to the next websites:
http://www.naxos.com/education/brief_history.asp
http://www.goethe.de/kue/mus/kla/rue/kla/en6480868.htm
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/ito/history/
- Mention the composers of classical music you know, and then search for another 3 that you don’t know.
Find Images of these people and try to organize hem in chronolgical order.
Find their nationalities, the birth dates and the important work they did in their field
you can take into account this image for you to recognize some composers
- Ask around to people for the compositions they know to know which compositions are the most know of this genre.
Choose one composition from your survey and present it briefly to your partners, take the most imprtant information from it (name, year, country, instruments)
Remember to be concise and to use lots of images to do your presentation.
Evaluation
Conclusion
Congratulations!!
Now you know a little bit more of classical music!
It's time for you to do your presentation to show it to your peers. Always keep in mind to be concise, you can use power-point or prezi to do your presentation, use many images!
Teacher Page
This Webquest was created by the teachers Ana Maria Cuervo and Natalia González.
This lesson was designed for students of an A2 english level, but it can be adapted to fit your own level or your group level.
Good Luck!