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TEACHER MATERIALS
Unit 8
The Show
Activity 1 - Discussion
Retrospective
Reflect on the journey making music with your band.

STUDENT/PLAYER GUIDE

You and your band have come a long way since deciding on a name! Now it's time to look back on your experiences together and share what you learned about yourself and others as musicians and collaborators. 

Step 1: Think about your experiences as you learned how to create in the studio. Think about the rhythms, chords, bass lines, and melodies the band made, and think about how you composed a song together - and a video to match.

Step 2: Answer any three of the following five questions:

  1. What are two things you liked the most about the experience of being in your band? Why?
  2. What are two things that could have been better about the experience of being in your band? Why?
  3. Which music activity was your favorite? Why?
  4. Which music activity was your least favorite? Why?
  5. Fast forward one year into the future. What are you and your band doing with music? 

Type 2-3 sentence responses for each of the three questions you chose.

Step 3: Each player can choose a question and response to share with the group, then nominate another player until everyone has a chance to share. Do at least one round and two or three rounds if time permits.  

Step 4: When it’s your turn to listen, be an attentive, respectful audience member, and share some KSHH feedback with a bandmate about their story. Do you share anything in common with what they learned or experienced? 

TEACHER/PRODUCER GUIDE

  1. The goal of this exercise is for players to reflect objectively about their experiences making music together over the course of many days completing activities.
  2. Set a timer for 3-5 minutes to allow students time to type an answer to any question of their choice. Reset the timer for each round. Students can select any combination of three questions to answer. 
  3. Invite a few students to share their responses with the group. Encourage them to be specific with their descriptions. 
  4. Invite at least one other player to respond with KSHH feedback. Repeat as time allows.
  5. Invite everyone to share their written responses with the group. Consider a Google doc or perhaps a discussion thread in your LMS.

RUBRIC

Exemplary (5)

  1. Answers at least 3 of the 5 questions presented
  2. Writes at least 2 sentences for each answer
  3. Answers are shared with the band for discussion/feedback
  4. Shares KSHH feedback with another student

Proficient (4): 3 of 4 complete

Progressing (3): 2 of 4 complete

Emerging (2): 1 of 4 complete

Beginning (1): 0 complete

TEACHER RESOURCES

Video: The Mad Scientist of Music, by Mark Applebaum, TED, May 2012.

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‍Video: Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. Google Talks. YouTube.com, December 2016.

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