1. Small Town Boy
Key Stage 3 Music Lesson

2. 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

3. 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

4. Listen and watch ‘Small Town’ boy

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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