Inspiration for teachers
The following collection of links offers further impulses to address global development topics in music lessons or youth culture projects. Among other things, these websites contain information on global musical trends, good practice examples from intercultural music projects and suitable material for the subjects music and German as a foreign language. This list is only intended as an inspiration and does not claim to be complete.
There are also many suggestions on the various topics of global development in the Material collection of the School Competition.
- Oxfam: Global Music Lessons for ages 14-16
Oxfam also offers Global Music Lessons for ages 5-7, 7-11 and 11-14 that are accessible via the link above. - Kennedy Center: Discovering Rhythm, Improv, Jazz, and Poetry, Grade 9 - 12
- Kennedy Center: Guantanamera: A Poem and a Song, Grade 9 - 12
- Education.com: History of Jazz and History of Hip Hop Music
- The New York Times: Nine Teaching Ideas for Using Music to Inspire Student Writing
- Goethe-Institut: Materialsammlung mit monatlich neuen Songs und Beschreibungen anhand der aktuellen Charts (Musikvideos, Songtexte, Übungsblätter auf Deutsch/Informationen auf Englisch)
- Goethe-Institut: Unterrichtsmaterial Meine Lieblingsmusik mit Arbeitsblättern, Niveau A2/B1 (PDF, 0,1 – 0,2 MB)
- Deutsche Welle: Video Deutschlandlabor – Folge 8: Musik für Deutschlernende (5:26 Min.)
Available for download (MP4, 26 MB) with subtitles at: http://www.dw.com/overlay/media/de/deutschlandlabor-folge-8-musik/18780580/18787426 - Deutsche Welle: Audio und Unterrichtsmaterial Punk – 40 Jahre Erfolgsgeschichte (2:32 Min.)
- Deutsche Welle: Video 20 Jahre Sportfreunde Stiller mit Unterrichtsmaterial (3:43 Min, mit Untertiteln)
Do you have something you would like to add to our list? Then drop us an email at songcontest(at)engagement-global.de. We are always happy to receive more inspirational sources.