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Geography and Music. Dr. S. Kay Gandy Co-Coordinator Kentucky Geographic Alliance. What is geography?. The Earth ’s surface and the processes that shape it, the relationships between people and environments , and the connections between people and places - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Geography and Music
Dr. S. Kay GandyCo-CoordinatorKentucky Geographic Alliance
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What is geography?
The Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the relationships between people and environments, and the connections between people and places
– Geography Education Standards Project, 1994
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Concept Songs (oceans, continents)
Familiar TunesSong BooksMobiles, Quilts
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We’ve Got the Whole World
We’ve got North and South America in our handsWe’ve got Europe, Asia, Africa in our handsWe’ve got Australia and Antarctica in our handsWe’ve got the continents in our hands
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We’ve Go the Whole World cont.
We’ve got the Indian Ocean in our handsWe’ve got the Arctic Ocean in our handsWe’ve got Atlantic and Pacific in our handsWe’ve got the oceans in our hands
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Sing a Sea Song
The earth is all covered with ocean, the earth is all covered with sea, the earth is all covered with ocean, more water than land don’t you seeWater, water, there’s water all over the world, the world; water, water, there’s water all over the world
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Sing a Sea Song cont.
Atlantic, Pacific, the Arctic, and then there’s the Indian too. These Oceans all cover our planet, I named all of them now can you?Water, water, there’s water all over the world, the world; water, water, there’s water all over the world
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Na Na Hey Hey
Na na na na, Na na na na, Let’s name the seven continentsNorth America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia Antarctica, and Africa, we can name the seven continentsNa na na na, Na na na na, hey, hey, hey, good-bye
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Books, Quilts and Mobiles
The River by Garth BrooksStar Spangled BannerYankee DoodleMy Country Tis of TheeThis Land is Your Land
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Cultural Geography
Cajun Music—made for dancingCajun DanceCajun Instruments
Violin/fiddle, accordion, drums, bass, guitar, triangle
ZydecoBlack version of Cajun, blues and R&B influence, added washboard instrument
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Jambalaya (Hank Williams, 1952)
Good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me-o, my-oMe gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayouMy Yvonne, sweetest one, me-o, my-oSon of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, crawfish pie and filé gumboCause tonight I’m gonna see my cheramie-oPick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oSon of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou
Thibodeaux to Fontenot, the place is buzzin’Kinfolks come to see Yvonne by the dozenDress in style, go hog wild, me-o, my-oSon of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou
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Kentucky’s Music CultureDwight Yoakam (Readin’, Rightin’, Rt. 23 —movement of Kentuckians to jobs in the north)My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen Foster)Boots Randolph (Yakety Sax)Shaker Music (South Union, Pleasant Hill)
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Lesson: The Dulcimer
NamesAppalachian dulcimerMountain dulcimerKentucky dulcimer“dulcymore”“harmonium”“hog fiddle”
Kentucky’s official state instrument
Click on picture
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Music continued…
Other Styles Jazz, Blues, Country, Folk, Classical, Rap, Pop
What connections can be made to geography?
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Western Songs
The Streets of LaredoThe Dying CowboyHome on the RangeThe Land County BachelorI’ve Been Working on the Railroad
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Location, Location, Location
Historical GeographyBattle of New Orleans
LocationsState capitols
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Test on Locations: Rock and Roll Across America
With a partner, try to find the locations you hear on your U.S. map.
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Other “Location” Songs
Hooray for HollywoodMy Old Kentucky HomeOklahomaMoon Over MiamiKansas CityGeorgia on my Mind
Missouri WaltzPennsylvania PolkaSan Antonio StrollOnly in MiamiHoustonNew York, New YorkGalvestonChicago
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Activity
Design a non-linguistic representation for the song
What A Wonderful World.
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Online ResourcesBowling Green State University: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/music/
With almost a million recordings, the Sound Recordings Archives represents the largest collection of popular music recordings in an academic library in North America.
Festival Finder: http://www.festivalfinder.com/The site where you'll discover the latestdetails on more than 2,500 music festivals in North America.
Songs for Teaching: http://www.songsforteaching.com/socialstudiessongs.htm
Songs for geography, government, history, patriotism, and culture
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Organization
The National Geographic Society (NGS)Western Kentucky UniversityCo-Coordinators
Scott Dobler, Department of Geography & GeologyKay Gandy, School of Teacher Education
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KGA’S MISSION To provide pathways through which teachers can be exposed to geography and geographic thinkingTo maximize opportunities for students to become geographically literate and to appreciate geography as part of their everyday livesTo actively promote the value of geography and geography education at local, state and national levels
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EVENTS
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How Can You Be Involved?
Pre-service Teacher ConferenceTeacher Summer InstituteGPS DayGeography Awareness WeekGeographic BeeSteering CommitteeKentucky AtlasStrategic Planning
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Educational OutreachWebpage
www.kga.org
Listserv
Email [email protected]