Classroom Resource

Music and Me: Visual Representations of Lyrics to Popular Music

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

Students will choose a song and interpret the meaning of the lyrics. They will use Windows Movie Maker to create a photomontage using images that represent the meaning of the lyrics. They will share their presentations with the class. This unit includes seven lessons.

Content Standards

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.PRO.1
Use identified creative skills to formulate multiple ideas, develop artistic goals, and problem-solve in the media arts artistic process.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Creativity

Productive thinking
Divergent thinking
Improvisation

Collaborate

Active listening
Combining ideas

Aesthetics

Appealing
Artistic taste

Design process

Prototype

Stylistic conventions

Techniques
Devices
Effects

Associated Principals

Elements of Design
Elements of Dance
Elements of Music

Essential Questions

EU: Media arts ideas, works, and processes are shaped by the imagination, creative processes, and by experiences, both within and outside of the arts.
EQ: How do media artists generate ideas? How can ideas for media arts productions be formed and developed to be effective and original?

Skills Examples

Use productive thinking and divergent thinking to list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a media arts product. Choose one idea to develop based on identified artistic goals and justify the choice. Use improvisation to develop a script/ storyboard for production.
In a group, provide constructive criticism for individual media arts products.
Collaboratively, apply agreed upon aesthetic criteria to suggest refinements for each product after active listening to each team member's inspiration, goals, and presentation context.
Using at least two art forms, outline a plan for a media arts product that serves as a PSA for a school service club, choosing stylistic conventions that support the two art forms and the product's purpose.
Exchange copies of media arts products with a classmate. In the spirit of exploration and experimentation, modify and refine a product to reflect personal goals and preferences. Meet and explain choices in modifications.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.PRO.4
Modify and refine media artworks, honing aesthetic quality and intentionally accentuating stylistic elements, to reflect an understanding of personal goals and preferences.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Creativity

Productive thinking
Divergent thinking
Improvisation

Collaborate

Active listening
Combining ideas

Aesthetics

Appealing
Artistic taste

Design process

Prototype

Stylistic conventions

Techniques
Devices
Effects

Associated Principals

Elements of Design
Elements of Dance
Elements of Music

Essential Questions

EU: The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles and processes creates purpose, meaning and artistic quality in media artwork.
EQ: What is required to produce a media artwork that conveys purpose, meaning, and artistic quality? How do media artists improve/refine their work?

Skills Examples

Use productive thinking and divergent thinking to list many, varied, and unusual ideas for a media arts product. Choose one idea to develop based on identified artistic goals and justify the choice. Use improvisation to develop a script/ storyboard for production.
In a group, provide constructive criticism for individual media arts products.
Collaboratively, apply agreed upon aesthetic criteria to suggest refinements for each product after active listening to each team member's inspiration, goals, and presentation context.
Using at least two art forms, outline a plan for a media arts product that serves as a PSA for a school service club, choosing stylistic conventions that support the two art forms and the product's purpose.
Exchange copies of media arts products with a classmate. In the spirit of exploration and experimentation, modify and refine a product to reflect personal goals and preferences. Meet and explain choices in modifications.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Media Arts

AE17.MED.PRO.5
Integrate varied art forms, media arts forms, and diverse content into unified media arts productions, considering the reaction and interaction of the audience.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Media artists integrate various forms and contents to develop complex, unified artworks.
EQ: How are complex media arts experiences constructed?

Skills Examples

Create a series of five media arts products connected by theme and style but using varied art forms and techniques to address recent events from the school calendar of events. Submit the series for teacher and peer review.
Conceptualize an original idea for a series of five media arts product and hold interviews of classmates to "hire" for needed positions. Complete the project and provide "performance reviews" to your "staff" once the series has been presented to an audience.
Create an original media arts series that use a combination of tools, styles, and techniques in a unique way that interact in a unified theme to serve a single purpose and message and meet personal expressive goals.
Select, organize, and present a collection of media artworks to educate the school's PTA about the history of media arts.
Attend and evaluate classmates' curations of a collection of media artworks. In the spirit of experimentation and growth, implement changes that improve the presentations.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/music-visual-re…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

ReadWriteThink

Accessibility

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

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Approved Date

2022-04-19

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