Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 11/30

In class today . . .

1. Go to this web page:

http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/bar/

2. read through it, and click on the links for:

“Zefiro turna”

“Lauda Jerusalem”

“Concerto in F 'Autumn'”

“The mysterious barricades” (for this one, just be able to identify the dominant instrument)

3. TAKE NOTES! LABEL THOSE NOTES "BAROQUE MUSIC NOTES." THEY WILL BE #22 IN YOUR INDEX. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO RECOGNIZE AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EACH OF THESE PIECES OF MUSIC FOR YOUR BAROQUE QUIZ

For the first three, you will need to know:

THE NAME OF THE PIECE, and

THE COMPOSER

And . . .

4. Write 5 quiz questions based on the reading!

HW for Tuesday, 11/30

Review the following handouts for tomorrow's quiz:

Packet 9 (#15)

Packet 10 (#16)

Baroque Art and Music Notes (#17)

Packet 11 (#19)

Packet 12 (#20)

Rembrant's J'accuse Notes (#21)

and the music from today's warm up - your notes (#22).

The quiz will be open notebook and we will spend time in class, before the quiz, reviewing the material.

HW for Monday, 11/29

Read packet 12 and write 5 quiz questions.

Daily Warm up for Monday, 11/29

Explore this website. See if you can find references to his painting "Night Watch".

http://www.rembrandthuis.nl/cms_pages/index_main.html

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 11/24

Go to this website and create your own still life!

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/stilllife.htm

HW for Wednesday, 11/24 and the long weekend

Read packet 11 and write 5 quiz questions.

HW for Wednesday, 11/23

Read packet 9 and write 5 quiz questions.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 11/23

Go to this website and explore!

http://www.baroquemusic.org/

In the comment section below, write 10 facts about Baroque music.

HW for Monday, 11/22

Baroque!

Read packet 9 and write 5 quiz questions.

HW for Friday, 11/19

For Monday's quiz, please review . . .

Packet 7 (Da Vinci and Michelangelo)

Packet 8 (Bruegel and Anguissola)

Renaissance Art Notes (#11)

Medici Notes (#12)

Renaissance Music (see blog post from 11/18)

Be able to recognize the following pieces of art:

HW for Thursday, 11/18

Read packet 8 and write 5 quiz questions.

Warm Up and Class Activity for Thursday, 11/18: Renaissance Music

In class today . . .

1. Go to this web page:

http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/ren/index.htm

2. read through it, and click on the links for:

“La Spagna”

“Missa l’homme arme”

“Pope Marcellus Mass”

“Come, Let’s Begin to Revel’t Out”

3. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO RECOGNIZE AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EACH OF THESE PIECES OF MUSIC FOR YOUR RENAISSANCE QUIZ

You will need to know:

THE NAME OF THE PIECE,

THE COMPOSER (if noted),

and THE TYPE OF MUSIC IT IS.

And . . .

4. Write 5 quiz questions based on the reading!

HW for Wednesday, 11/17

Think about the Arcimboldo paintings we saw today, and then look at this website:

http://www.sandlotscience.com/EyeonIllusions/Arcimboldo.htm

Write (typed, double-spaced) at least 10 sentences (on a separate sheet of paper!) reacting to Arcimboldo's art. Do you like it? Why or why not? Do you think he fits the ideals of the Renaissance? Explain.

HW for Tuesday, 11/16

Read packet 7 and write 5 quiz questions.

HW for Monday, 11/15

The Renaissance!

Read packet 6 and write 5 quiz questions.

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 11/15 and Tuesday, 11/16

Go to this website, and explore!

Take notes in the comment section below -- list at least 5 compelling things you learned.

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/16-history/278-renaissance.html

HW for Thursday, 11/11 and the weekend

Write 3 quiz questions based on what we learned on our tour of the National Cathedral, and 3 quiz questions based on "The Secret of Kells."

AND, prepare for Monday's quiz on Medieval art and music. You will be able to use your notes and readings, but should be familiar enough with the material that you won't need to spend much time looking through the packets during the quiz.

HW for Wednesday, 11/10

Finish the Gregorian Chant Research Packet.

Here are some helpful links:

http://www.stanford.edu/~jrdx/medieval.html

http://www.all-art.org/history700_classical_music_2renaissanse.html

http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/medieval/medieval.htm

HW for Tuesday, 11/9

Read packet 5 and write 5 quiz questions (and answers!).

HW for Monday, 11/8

Read packet 4 and write 5 quiz questions (including answers!).

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 11/8 & Tuesday, 11/9

Please go to the site below.

In your blog post below, write down at least 1 interesting fact from each of the areas listed to the right, once you enter. Feel free to explore the site. This will be our warm-up for at least 2 days.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/

HW for Friday, 11/5

We're moving on to medieval times!

Read packet 3, and write 5 quiz questions (think about the types of questions on Friday's quiz to help guide you in choosing what sort of questions to write).

Your Power Point about ancient music should include . . .

(from our class notes)

Pictures

if possible, music

how the instrument originated, materials it's made of

where, specifically?

Who is associated with the development of the music?

Is it linked to any legends or stories?

When was it developed?

What instruments?

This should be AT LEAST 6 slides!

HW for Thursday, 11/4

Go to the following website and watch the 2 videos -- Ancient Melodies and Influence of Greece.

Write 5 quiz questions -- include answers -- based on the 2 videos.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/AudioStories/music-of-greece.aspx

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 11/4

Go to this website. Read what it says, then watch the video.

http://museodealtamira.mcu.es/ingles/cueva_altamira.html

Then go to this site and take the virtual tour.

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml

Now, write blog post below describing your thoughts about what you saw. How do the drawings in these caves fit in with what we saw yesterday at the Natural History Museum? Why are these drawings so important?

HW for Wednesday, 11/3

Read packet 2 and write 5 quiz questions (with answers).

HW for Tuesday, 11/2 -- A2

Read packet 1.
After you've read the packet, come up with 5 quiz questions that are based on the reading. Write good questions -- not too easy, but not ridiculously hard (and they must be related to the content!). INCLUDE THE ANSWERS! If I use your question on our quiz this week (Friday), you will get extra credit points (also, you'll know the answer!).

Daily Warm Up, 11/2

If you did not finish yesterday's warm up, please do so now. If you did finish yesterday's warm-up, please pick another artist/theme/artwork and follow the same instructions.