OPIE D713 - English through Music

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of historic and cultural trends in U.S. history by reading authentic texts as well as newspaper and journal articles and by analyzing / interpreting song lyrics form four genres of American music.
• Students will develop vocabulary that will enable them to communicate orally and in writing about American historical and cultural trends and how such phenomena impacted American music.
• Students will engage in a variety of speaking activities to improve their pronunciation as well as listening comprehension, to develop effective group discussion and team-work skills, and to practice and deliver presentations in front of an audience.
• Students will improve their academic reading skills using target skills such as SQ3R, using context clues, prediction, making inferences, paraphrasing, and summarizing texts about American music and culture.
• Students will listen to and take notes from lectures and interviews related to the history of American music and will demonstrate comprehension by participating in group discussions, making oral presentations, and responding to exam questions.
• Students will provide oral and written summaries of reading assignments as well as extended oral discourse in the form of lectures, interviews, reports, and songs.