How is Music History Important and How Can Music History be Included into Our Regular Music Curriculum?

Author(s)

Abby MichalakFollow

Abstract

From a music education major's perspective, music history is rarely taught in high school and middle schools today. Music history can teach so much to students, including context, style, and even why pieces were written. Through this paper, we explore why music history is an important topic to be taught in schools and how music programs across the country can include it into their curriculums through smaller sized lesson plans. This paper includes a sample curriculum that goes through the different period of music and a unit for "spotlights" for countries that are rarely represented in high school and middle school programs today. The curriculum itself includes a curriculum calendar, unit plans, lesson plans, and scholarly resources for teachers to use and reference.

Department

Honors Program

Major

Music Education

First Advisor

Prof. Kevin Schempf

First Advisor Department

Music Performance Studies

Second Advisor

Dr. Megan Rancier

Second Advisor Department

Musicology/Composition/Theory

Third Advisor

Dr. Jodi Devine

Third Advisor Department

Honors Program

Publication Date

Fall 12-7-2024

Repository Citation

Michalak, Abby, "How is Music History Important and How Can Music History be Included into Our Regular Music Curriculum?" (2024). Honors Projects. 1017.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/1017