Music Education, BS. Senior thesis presentation. Advisor: Dr. Joseph Abramo.

1. An Investigation of the Development of Curriculum and Instruction: Framing Musical Experiences within the Elementary Beginners Band Holly Angela Smith May 19, 2010 Senior Thesis Presentation Dr. Joseph Abramo, Advisor

3. A different approach WHERE? What is my role as the teacher? HOW? How do I teach this? WHAT? How do I decide what to teach? WHO & WHEN? How do children learn music? Curriculum

6. Written planned curriculum My Playlist Patriotic Music Children’s Songs Work Songs Holiday Music Classical Tunes What is American music? MENC’s National Anthem Project Role of music in American history What are your earliest musical memories? Storybook Literacy What are work songs? School clean-up project Music in our lives What do you hear during the winter holidays? Caroling Chamber music What would you find at Carnegie Hall? Field trip to Carnegie Hall Concert etiquette

8. Portfolio assessment