Lesson Plan

Name: Grifin DiNardo Date: 12/09/21

Grade: 11th Grade Class Type: General Music – Unit – History of
Black/American Music

Measurable Objective(s):
Students will explain the instrumentation of funk music in the 1960s and 1970s
Students will analyze lyrics of funk music in the 1960s and 1970s
Students will identify popular funk groups of the 1970s by group name and song title

Assessment:
Kahoot Quiz

National Standards:
MU:Re7.1.8a, MU:Re7.2.8a, MU:Re7.2.8b, MU:Cn10.0.8a

State Standards:
AG.M.R.08, AG.M.Co.10, AG.M.Co.11

Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:

Students will need to know what different types of instruments are.

Material, Repertoire, Equipment needed:

Smartboard/Projector, White board, speaker, pieces of paper
Lyrics to ‘Home is Where the Hatred is’ and ‘Lady Day and John Coltrane’

Review Needed:
Students will need to review what was happening in the 60s, as funk was very political music.

Accommodations:
If a student cannot see the slides, I can describe them and read aloud the contents of the slide.

ELL:
If a student cannot read the slides or has a hard time understanding what I am saying, I can go slower
or send them a slides in a way they can understand it.

Agenda:
Check In
Listen
Review History
Discuss
Kahoot

Lesson Sequence Pacing

A. Brief Opening: 1. 3-5 min
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 1. Listen to the ‘Give Up the Funk’ by Parliament as the we enter
the class and sit down. 2. 2 min
2. Turn down the music and bring up a mood chart
3. Respond to ‘Has anyone heard this type of music before?’ 3. 2 min

B. Learning Activities:
4. Listen to the teacher describe origins of funk music. 4. 4min
5. Listen to ‘You Got to Get Funkifize’ by Tower of Power and ‘Get up
Offa That Thing’ by James Brown 5. 5 min
6. Write down what instruments they are hearing in the song.
7. Discuss with the class on what was going on in US history during the 6. 1 min
late 60s early 70s.
8. Which brings us into ‘Lady Day and John Coltrane’ and ‘Home is 7. 3 min
Where the Hatred’ by Gil Scott-Heron
9. Write down some lyrics that spoke to us, while listening to these 8. 4 min
songs
10. What could Gil Scott could be talking about? 9. 2 min
11. Have a dialogue about what he could be talking about
10. 5 min

11. 7 min

C. Closing/Wrap-up: 13. 7 min

12. Play a Kahoot quiz revolving around funk music

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 D. Assignment: D.
Find a modern song that uses syncopated drums, bass, or funky
guitar and bring to class next time.

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IemougBZbgWn3ToMRTjrDmi2xwPs-
PAhjXCWb2APkqk/edit?usp=sharing

Reflection Prompt: What do you think went particularly well? How did this strength impact your students’
learning?

Reflection Prompt: If you could teach this lesson again, is there anything you would do differently? How would
this have impacted your students’ learning?