Learning Experience: Renaissance Feast & Fancy,Author(s):Randy Sassaman, Grade Level: 9 , Subject Area: Music, The teacher and students discuss the beginning of the Renaissance period and the issues that face the people of the time. Such issues as the beginning of a secular world, the end of the crusades, and the reformation.

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L. Experience Title:Renaissance Feast & Fancy	Author(s):Randy Sassaman
Grade Level: 9	School Address:2 Notre Dame Ln
Subject Area: Music	School Phone/Fax:724-5118/7249460

LEARNING CONTEXT

Arts Education Standard 4

Understanding the Cultural dimensions and contribution of the arts

Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present societies.

Technology standard 2

Information Systems

Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies .

PROCEDURE

INITIATING ACTIVITY

The teacher and students discuss the beginning of the Renaissance period and the issues that face the people of the time. Such issues as the beginning of a secular world, the end of the crusades, and the reformation.

The students are to imagine it is the turning point into the Renaissance period. They are to pretend they are a person living in Europe and are well aware of all the events taking place in society. Students are to discuss their feelings on the issues of the day. Each student is to write a short essay describing how the issues will effect them and their lives.

LEARNING EXPERIENCE

The students are to be divided into three groups. Each group will be assigned a topic, either Recreation in the Renaissance, Music in the Renaissance, or Clothing and Food in the Renaissance. Each group is to do electronic research to find information on their topic.

After the students collect information, the students are to work in their group and use their information to plan activities, music, food, and costumes to be used in a Renaissance Feast and Fancy to be celebrated in class when all groups are ready.

CULMINATING ACTIVITY

The Feast and Fancy is to be celebrated during the class period. Each group is to provide a list of needed materials so that the class can provide what is needed to experience life and Fancy as a person of the Renaissance period.

CLASSROOM MODIFICATIONS

For the group work the students will need to move their desks into circles in order to share and compare ideas.

For the Feast and Fancy the room will need to be cleared in order for the students to set up for their planned activities.

TIME PERIOD

Initiating activity- 40 minutes plus some homework time

Learning experience- 120 minutes

Culminating activity- 40 minutes

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

Materials will vary with plans made by students.

ASSESSMENT

The essay uses the following rubric for guideline and assessment.
A checklist follows which can be used as a guide for grading by observation.

Rubric

Outstanding work, extraordinary effort and accomplishment. Reserved for the perfect work containing no errors in details or mechanics.

The essay is very appropriate for topic and communicates superior knowledge and investigation into the topic. The report is very clearly presented with high quality and shows much creativity. There were one or two mistakes in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

The essay is appropriate for topic and communicates knowledge and investigation into the topic. The report is presented with good quality and shows some creativity.

There were very few mistakes in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

The report is not appropriate for topic and may be incomplete. It communicates little knowledge of topic. Unclear or poor quality; shows little creativity.

There were several mistakes in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

The report is too short or not completed and is not appropriate for topic. Shows no knowledge of topic and no creativity. Quality is very poor and reflects little or no effort.

Checklist for observation

The student participated in the following:

Electronic research

Classroom discussion

Planning Feast and Fancy

Brining assigned supplies

The Feast and Fancy

REFLECTION

THIS EXPERIENCE IS IN GOOD ORDER. THE OBJECTIVES ARE WELL MET. ONE WAY IN WHICH I PLAN TO EXPAND UPON THIS IS TO HAVE THE STUDENTS PLAN AND EXECUTE A RENAISSANCE FEAST AND FANCY FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL AS A FUND RAISER.