Small Town Boy Key Stage 3 Music Lesson

Learning Objectives To understand the definitions of: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans To learn the parts to ‘Small Town boy’ by Bronski beat To play together as a whole class and contribute to a group performance

Why Celebrate LGBT History Month? LGBT History Month is an opportunity for all of us to learn more about the histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people It also gives us all a chance to: Acknowledge, Respect and Remember the contributions of LGBT people to everyday society and world history http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk

Listen and watch ‘Small Town’ boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuz94ZIPfJk

Read through the lyrics and discuss You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case Pushed around and kicked around always a lonely boy you were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down and as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry but you'd never cry to them just to your soul no you'd never cry to them just to your soul Alone on a platform the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face Mother will never understand why you had to leave for the love that you need will never be found at home and the answer you seek will never be found at home Cry boy, cry boy cry Runaway, turn away

Hand out worksheet 1 Listen to the song again and identify the following: Chord sequence To be played on keyboards or guitar Riff To be played on keyboard or xylophone Bassline To be played on bass guitar, keyboard or xylophone Vocals

15 minutes group rehearsal 15 minutes practice time Individual practice at your workstation rehearsing either the chords, riff, bassline, rhythm or vocals. Use your worksheet as reference. 15 minutes group rehearsal

Celebrate your learning Video your group performance using the flip camera Play back on the IWB Verbally assess your achievements: - what did we do well as a group? - who played well and why? - How can we improve our performance? Rehearse your part for homework