by Christine Sipes
Have you wanted to try drumming in your middle school classroom but weren't sure how to go about it? That's why this book was written--to present an easy, up-to-date way to incorporate drumming into what you teach already.
The first nine lessons have 8 segments each for you to choose among: Essential Question, Say & Play, Create, Perform, History, Respond/Listening, Closure, and Teacher Reflection. Lesson 10 features a performance or final review. Included are intros to cultural drumming, world grooves, maps, instrument intros, flashcards, assessment sheets, quizzes, all reproducible. The groove rhythms are player simply and then in extended versions on the CD.
This is a straightforward, unintimidating approach to including drumming in your music class, and would also be great for team teaching in cross-curricular topics.
Paperback & CD
Track Listing:
1. Introduction
2-6 Heartbeat Rhythm 1-5
7. Heartbeat Rhythm Extended Version
8-12 West African Rhythm 1-5
13.West African Rhythm Extended Version
14-18 Latin Rhythm 1-5
19. Latin Rhythm Extended Version
20-24 Taiko Rhythm 1-5
25. Taiko Rhythm Extended Version
26-30 Groove Rhythm 1-5
31. Groove Rhythm Extended Version
32-36 Go Go Rock Groove Rhythm 1-5
37. Go Go Rock Groove Rhythm Extended Version
Listen to Samples:
NOTE: This is NOT the full track listing.
