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Did you do this on the phone again? **:) ~ Jana** No, we used the messaging on the course site to get started. Are we a pain or what? ; ) Jana - black shows summary of our combined thoughts. Blue is me and pink is Lindsey.

No - definitely not a pain! Messaging - that's great. Do me a favor. When you message each other, even though our "groups" are just 2 people, if you will Message to your Group (ie Group C), then I will receive the communications as well. I included myself in all Groups so that I could be aware of your discussions through Messaging. I cannot see your private messages between the two of you. I should have made that more clear up front. Sorry! Thanks for the blue, pink, and black! :) ~ Jana

No problem Jana -- didn't think about that you wouldn't see our messaging. In my other courses, the groups were usually 3 so we did just use the group tag rather than names. ==Group Discussion== 1. Reasons selected and why this could be effective with students. Using the message area in the course, we discussed selecting a piece of music. Since Sharron did not have a preference, Lindsey suggested "The U.S. Field Artillery March" since it is familiar. We did not see any pieces that were directly applicable to our projects, so settled on this recording. We selected this piece because it was familiar, and the recognizable melody should interest the students. The Carlisle U.S. Army War College is about 20 minutes from our school, so the students are familiar with the Army and may have heard the tune. The tune would be appropriate for the students who are studying the time period during and following WWI.

2. 5 ways this could be used in the classroom (grade levels and/or subject areas) and how could promote critical thinking skills.
 * 1) This selection could be used with a U.S. history unit on the 1920s, where students could research the original melody that Sousa incorporated within the march. They could further research the lyrics of the melody, understand its origins,and discover what a caisson is. The students could use critical thinking skills to relate the piece to the activities within that historical period. They would analyze the piece and its context.
 * 2) The selection could be part of a unit on the study of the historical role of the county residents in the Army. Using the music and the memorials on the high school grounds, students could research the impact of WWI on the county. The study could continue to the Veteran's Memorial that is in the town square. This could be a local history project for junior or senior high students. Doing research would be critical thinking.
 * 3) The selection could be used as a joint project within the music department for students to analyze the music in greater detail. They could also identify other military songs composed by Sousa and compare and contrast them. They could use a venn diagram to compare.
 * 4) The selection could be used as part of a history unit on military music and how it has changed throughout history and how it has contributed to military life, battle, celebration, etc. The students would analyze the various uses for military music and what role the music played.
 * 5) The selection could also be used to analyze the historical aspects of the US Military branches in more detail. We could choose songs from each of the branches of service and use them as a leadin to analyzing other aspects of the branches. The would use critical thinking skills to research and compare the branches.
 * 6) Another thought with using this piece could be with language arts, interviewing Veterans. Specifically, anyone who was in artillery. A friend of ours is a retired General with the US Army, PA Guards. He served in Vietnam in the artillery, so would have a good perspective, and he studied at the War College so would probably be able to explain the historical perspective of the song. Interviewing and then writing a summary would be a good writing assignment.

Lindsey - I think I put Edison's location as "where" (guess you should not work when tired) rather than thinking where the band recorded this. You are correct that we do not know where they were performing when recorded. That may be something for a research project. I think we agree that the military band addressed the patriotism and musical tastes of the time. I like how you described it as "military big band". We also agree that the scratching and imperfections authenticate the recording as a primary source. Even though I can somewhat read music, it is not the same as actually hearing the music played. Good job on your analysis! I like your ideas for lessons as well. Since this piece is rather specific and does not have lyrics it is a bit more limited I think. Sharron PS Hope you do not mind that I switched your text color to pink, as I think Jana asked us to do that in a prior wiki, where you used pink.