Moving

Along

Mon

Tues

Weds

Thur

Fri

9:00

-

9:45

Prelude/ Musical Auto-

biographies (4)

Field Trip:  Rivers of Steel Tour

Lunch and afternoon at

Bulgarian-Macedonian Club

Prelude/ Musical Auto-

biographies (4)

Prelude/ Musical Auto-

biographies (4)

Prelude/ Musical Auto-

biographies (5)

9:45

-

10:30

Introductions

John Koegel:

German and Latin American Immigration

Alan Jabbour

“Homemade American Music”

Teaching Strategies

Activity:

Soundtracks of Our Lives

Deane Root:

Overview of “Voices Across Time”

10:30

–

10:45

Break

Break

Break 

Break

10:45

–

11:30

Introduction and explanation of
Final Project

Koegel (continued)

Jabbour (continued)

Teaching Strategies (continued)

Mark Albright Song activity

11:30

–

12:30

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

12:30

-

1:10

Demo of VAT website

Koegel (continued)

Jabbour (continued)

Song Style Grid: The Message in Musical Style

1:10

-

2:30

Guided Tour of University Campus/ Tour of Music Library

Musical Auto-

biographies (4)

Musical Auto-

biographies (4)

2:30

–

2:45

Break

Break

Break

2:45

–

3:15

Coda

Coda

Musical Autogbiographies (5)

3:15

-

4:30

Research/

Library

Research/

Library

Research/

Library

Work

Mon

Tues

Weds

Thur

Fri

9:00

-

9:45

Holiday

Prelude

(Song

Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

9:45

-

10:30

Timothy Lynch:

Strike Songs of the Depression

Scott Sandage:

American Industrialization

Norm Cohen:

Songs of the Railroad

Group discussion: teaching about current and local work/labor issues

10:30

–

10:45

Break

Break

Break

10:45

–

11:30

Lynch (continued)

Sandage (continued)

Cohen (continued)

11:30

–

12:30

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

12:30

-

2:00

Teaching Strategies: I Can Hear It Now, with "Which Side Are You On?"

Song Analysis: Introducing Graphic Organizers

I've Been Working on the Railroad: John Henry, Casey Jones, and others

2:00

–

2:15

Break

Break

Break

2:15

–

3:15

 (Song Activities)

"Song of the Shirt"  

Railroad songs (contnued)

3:15

–

3:30

Coda

Coda

Coda

3:30

-

5:00

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

War & Peace

Mon

Tues

Weds

Thurs

Fri

9:00

-

9:45

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

9:45

- 10:30

Field Trip: Fort Pitt Museum

The French & Indian War

David & Ginger Hildebrand: songs of the War of 1812

Alexander Bloom: The Cultural Impact of the Vietnam Experience

Teaching Strategies: The Story Behind

the Song

10:30 – 10:45

Break

Break

Break

Break

10:45 – 11:30

Revolutionary War

Bloom (continued)

Teaching Strategies (continued)

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

12:30

-

2:00

Song Activity: “Free Amerikay”

Song Activity

Song Analysis:  “Fixin’ to Die Rag”

Root:

Music and Patriotism: What is a national anthem?

2:00

-

2:15

Break

Break

 Break

Break

2:15

-

3:15

Institute Project Meetings

Song Activity

“Alice’s Restaurant”

 Research/ Library

3:15

–

3:30

Coda

Coda

Coda

Coda

3:30

-

5:00

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Group Lesson Plan Meeting (4:00)

United/

Divided

Mon

Tues

Weds

Thurs

Fri

Lesson Plan Draft Due

9:00

-

9:45

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

9:45

-

10:30

John Howland:

The Harlem Renaissance

Music in the Home: Music Dissemination from Wax Cylinders to the iPod

Susan Cook: Ballads as Social Documentaries

Field Trip:

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Teaching Strategies

10:30

–

10:45

Break

Break

Break

Break

10:45

-

11:30

Howland (continued)

Dissemination (continued)

Cook (continued)

Strategies (continued)

11:30

–

12:30

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

12:30

-

2:00

Song Activity: “What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?”

Garrett Haines:

Recent Music Dissemination

s

Group Activity: Cook

Song Analysis

2:00

–

2:15

Break

Break

Break

Break

2:15

–

3:15

“Strange Fruit”

 Institute Project Meetings

Institute Project Presentations

Institute Project Presentations  

3:15

–

3:30

Coda

 Coda

Coda

Coda

3:30

-

5:00

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Home

Mon

Tues

Weds

Thurs

Fri

9:00

-

9:45

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

(Song Activities)

Prelude

9:45

-

10:30

Ken Emerson: The Music of the Brill Building  

Barbara Tischler:

Music and Civil Rights

Dale Cockrell:

Little House Music

Hip Hop: Distance Learning (Rock Hall)

 Institute Project Presentations

10:30

–

10:45

Break

Break

Break

Break

10:45

–

11:30

Emerson(continued)

Tischler (continued)

Cockrell (continued)

Hip Hop (continued)

Evaluations

11:30

–

12:30

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

12:30

-

2:00

Song Analysis

Song Analysis

Song Analysis:

“Home on the Range”

Song Analysis

Final Song Activity

2:00

–

2:15

Break

Break

Break

Break

2:15

-

3:45

Institute Project Presentations

Institute Project Presentations

Institute Project Presentations

Institute Project Presentations

3:45

-

4:00

Coda

Coda

Coda

Coda

Departure

4:00

-

5:00

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Research/ Library

Closing Dinner

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