Along with our study on each musical time period and the corresponding composers, my second graders do a unit on Carnival of the Animals. In third grade we do more exploration on how music makes us feel and what music makes us think, so Carnival of the Animals is a perfect introduction to higher level listening and musical reflection skills. I give a general background to the piece of music and then we discus whether or not each piece accomplishes the goal of sounding like a specific animal.
We listen to a majority of the movements and then we end the unit by watching the Bugs and Daffy's cartoon movie. The movie does use the alternate name for a donkey, but I ask my students if they can handle it and if there is any hesitation we skip that part. It is also an opportunity to introduce them to the idea of context and the difference between bad words and words that are not nice.
YouTube Videos
Bugs and Daffy's Movie
March of the Lion
Elephant
Kangaroo
Aquarium
Fossils
Swan
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