1. WELCOME! 10/28/09 ANNOUNCEMENTS! Get out last night’s HW!
Today’s Pre-class:
Answer the following in your notes:
What is the purpose of music?
What can you learn from listening to music?
Today’s Agenda:
Pre-Class & Roll
Share Out
Music Lesson
Wrap-up
Final Thoughts & HW

2. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MUSIC? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM MUSIC?
TURN AND TALK WITH YOUR PARTNER
-SHARE WHAT YOU WROTE!
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MUSIC? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM MUSIC?

3. MUSIC LESSON – IRON MAIDEN
Who has heard of or listened to Iron Maiden before?
Metal/Hard Rock Band
1980s-2000s
Songs were often about pop culture, historical references

4. MUSIC LESSON – ALEXANDER THE GREAT
This song discusses the life of Alexander the Great
Iron Maiden was basically creating a musical biography
As we listen do the following:
Circle words or phrases that describe Alexander the Great
In the middle box, “Learn from lyrics”, summarize the stanza

5. TURN AND TALK: SHARE WITH YOUR PARTNER WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE SONG, AND WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM THE SONG

6. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Boxes 1 and 2
From a kingdom just North of Ancient Greece came Macedonia.
The Macedonians conquered Ancient Greece
Alexander the Great became King of Macedonia at the age of 19.

7. ALEXANDER CONQUERS PERSIA BOXES 3 AND 4

8. DEFEAT OF PERSIA AFTERMATH
Boxes 5,6 and 7
Alexander campaigns to conquer all of Asia
He marches across the middle east to the edge of India
Alexander’s victories spread Western Culture
By defeating Persia, Alexander paved the way for new forms of interaction between cultures
New advances in thought, technology, golden age at Alexandria
When Alexander his Army refused to continue fighting. They had been fighting for 11 years.
They convinced Alexander to go home, but he died of a fever on the way back.

9. FINAL THOUGHTS! Tonight’s HW: Wrap Up: SECTION #3 OF THE STUDY GUIDE!
What made Alexander “The Great?”
3 examples please!
What did you think of the music lesson?
Be honest!