08/27/2024
Canyon Records is proud to announce to release of a curriculum book titled, "Native American Music for Grades K-6: Connections for Cultural Awareness." This book and multi-media package provides 28 detailed lesson plans—14 each for Grades K-2 (plus 20 supplemental lessons) and Grades 3-6 (plus 28 supplemental lessons)—with a variety of learning supports for music specialists and classroom teachers wanting to incorporate Native American music in their curriculum. Available through West Music, Amazon, and Canyon Records.
Lesson plans are designed for active engagement through singing, dancing/movement, creating, and instrumental performance, in consultation with Canyon artists. Based on the National Standards in music and social studies, this collection embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, culturally responsive pedagogy, and social-emotional learning, with Native American social music that illuminates lifeways and values. Hands-on, developmentally appropriate experiences facilitate K-6 students’ musical and cultural understanding through music from many tribal cultures and genres such as Native American flute, pow-wow, round dance, rock, folk, country, waila (chicken scratch), electronica, and more. Songs are available on the included CDs or via mp3 downloads or streaming from the book website. Assessments, discussion questions, reflective journaling, and extensions are provided for each lesson. Lessons reference the "Framework for Essential Understandings about American Indians" from the National Museum of the American Indian. Teaching resources such as photographs, scores, charts, forms and links to videos and websites can be accessed through the book website with many materials downloadable as pdfs for printing. A full-color 20x24 wall map is included with the book.
420 pages, 8.5x11, soft-cover, 2 CDs & map
Book Website: https://NAMK6.com/
Canyon Records: 800-268-1141
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ISBN 978-0-9647886-1-9
Kay Edwards
