A Feast of Ideas Composer Study consists of 5 lessons: music, science, art, literature and history.

In the MUSIC lesson, students will study a composer from a particular time period through

· Listening to their music

· Attending and Expressing aspects of the music

· Marking the Timeline and World Map of the composer

· Connecting events related to the composer’s life

• Science discovery/invention

• Artwork

• A piece of literature published

• A historical event local to the composer

• Historical event happening in America

• Historical event happening on the World stage

· Read a Living Book related to the composer

· Eat food from the composer’s country of origin

· Engage with World Cultures through music games (from Mexico, India, Japan, and Africa)

· Play Music Games to practice tunefulness and beat-fulness

In the SCIENCE lesson, students will study a scientific development/invention/scientist that occurred during the composer’s lifetime. Students will

· Read a living book about the science topic

· Perform an “easy to do at home” science experiment

· Learn about a variety of codes and practice decoding words related to the composer’s life

In the ART lesson, students will observe a piece of art that was created during the composer’s lifetime. Students will

· Read a living book about the artwork or artist

· Paint, draw, recreate an artistic concept based on the piece of artwork

· Color in a coloring page based on the artist’s work

In the LITERATURE lesson, students will learn about a novel that was published during the composer’s lifetime. Students will

· Read a living book about the author

· Memorize a poem (an idea for their mind to feast upon)

· Work on their handwriting through a copy work worksheet containing a quote from the composer

In the HISTORY lesson, students will learn about a piece of local, American and World history that occurred during the composer’s lifetime. Students will

· Read a living book (or watch a video clip) about the historical event

· Mark a map with the location of the historical events

· Cut and paste time and place images into a book of centuries.

The packet contains the lesson plans and the student worksheets.

The music lesson will take about 30 – 40 minutes to complete, the rest of the lessons should be about 20 – 30 minutes in length; one lesson can be completed each day of the week.