Teaching East Asian Music in the Elementary Classroom

Lesson Plans from 2005 Workshop

“Doong Gul Ge"
(‘Round and Around We Go)
(First Grade, 2-25 minute periods)

Teacher: Lisa Voss

Korea

Materials:

Drums / Woodblocks
World map

Resources:

The Music Connection: Bridges to Asia (Book and CD)/ Primary Level, Silver Burdett Ginn
“ Korea ” by Karen Jacobsen.
Count your way through Korea / by Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Dennis Hockerman.

Objective:

Sing the song using the Korean text.
Learn about phrases.
ABA form

Procedure:

Listen to the song. Determine where there is clapping during the song.
Read “Korea,” by Karen Jacobsen. This will familiarize the children with Korea. It is a look at the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyles, religion, language, and culture of the world's most populous nation.
A SECTION: Have the children count the following to know when to clap:
1 – 2 – 3 Clap
1 – 2 – 3 Clap
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 Clap
Have the children replace each number with a patsch.
B SECTION: Have the children put their left hand on their hip and trace a rainbow in the sky for 8 counts with their right hand. For the next 8 counts, have them put their right hand on their hip and trace a rainbow with their left hand.
Listen to the song again. Put the A and B movements together.
After dancing, talk about the form of the song. (There are three sections, which section gets repeated? When? )
Talk about phrases. Discuss how the clap signaled an end to each phrase in Section A. There are short phrases and long phrases. Discuss the lengths of the 3 phrases found in Section A. Have the children discover that the rainbow movements in Section B helped to draw the phrases in that section.
Get out drums and woodblocks. Have the drums keep the beat on Section A and the woodblocks keep the beat on Section B.
Pronounce the words to the song, and have the children learn the text. Sing the words with the CD.
Have the students make up a dance. Break them into smaller groups. The only rule is that there has to be a distinct difference between the movement performed in Section A and the movements performed in Section B.
Have each group perform their dance for the class.
For an extension:

Count your way through Korea / by Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Dennis Hockerman. ( Presents the numbers one to ten in Korean, using each number to introduce concepts about Korea and its culture.)

Have the Korean numbers written on a page. Then have the children draw a picture to match the number that is written. For example, for #1, they should draw one picture, for #2, they should draw two pictures. Keep the pictures simple.

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