Music

=Understanding through music! =

As a class, you will learn, practice, and perform two popular songs from Mexico, //Cielito Lindo// and //De Colores.// Your teacher will lead you through these songs and you can see multiple versions of them by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page.

media type="file" key="Cielito Lindo.mp3" width="240" height="20" media type="file" key="De colores.mp3" width="240" height="20" We will also pick two songs from the United States that our class believes are important to us as Americans and that we would like to share with students from Mexico (the same students with which we have been communicating through ePals). Parent input is welcome and appreciated! We will have a discussion on which songs to choose and why. Then we will vote to decide which two songs we are going to share with our "Mexican classmates". The class will learn, practice, and perform these two American songs as well.

You will write to your ePal explaining the reasons why the class chose the two American songs to share. They will write to us about why they chose the two Mexican songs that they decided to share with us.

When we are ready, we will video record the class performing the two Mexican songs and our two chosen American songs. We will send these 4 videos to our "amigos mexicanos".

In turn, we will receive 4 videos from our "amigos" in Mexico - their performances of 2 popular Mexican songs they have chosen to share and the 2 popular American songs they have learned.

The class will watch the videos sent by our "compañeros mexicanos" and learn the songs they performed, practice them, and perform them.

Our classes will contact each other through Skype and perform all 8 songs together.

Reflect on what you have discovered about the people of Mexico through your experiences.

Here are some different versions of //Cielito Lindo// and //De Colores//. What do you see in the videos that give you an idea of what is important to the people of Mexico?

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De Colores: []

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