Drumming Up Character: Teacher's Guide
Teach character education through an innovative, cross-curricular musical program. "Drumming Up Character" combines reading, writing, and visual art activities with upbeat hip-hop music, drumming, Character Rap songs, and dances highlighting 10 good character themes. Topics covered include Fairness, Caring, Responsibility, Respect, Self-Control, Citizenship, Courage, Trustworthiness, Perseverance, and Integrity. Use this innovative program to stage a "Drumming Up Character" student performance and enhance your school's character education program with exciting content sure to reach even the most challenging students, grades K-8. Now in full color, this 3rd Edition set includes a 152 page Teacher's Guide book, 21 track CD, and comprehensive instructional DVD. It works seamlessly with our web-based resource at https://www.drummingupcharacter.com. The Drumming Up Character Teacher's Guide features: A TEACHER'S "HOW TO" with 50+ pages on: • Dancing Drum's Rhythm Phonics method • Leading drumming activities in the classroom • Leading dancing and singing activities • Implementing a performance-based program CHARACTER CURRICULUM: • 10 Character Chapters • 10 Profiles in Character (historical biographies) • 10 Character in Action activities • 10 Character Raps • 10 Character Rhythms, in Rhythm Phonics & standard notation • 100+ Photos & Illustrations • Vocabulary Synonyms & Antonyms • Reading Comprehension questions • Performance Invitation & Certificate of Achievement • Teacher's Key & Bibliography MULTI-MEDIA: • CD with 21 music tracks, with and without lyrics • DVD with full instructions for all rhythms and dances This curriculum set covers national educational standards for Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Science, Social Sciences, Language Arts, Physical Education & Health. 152 pages, full color, illustrated3rd Edition, made in the USAISBN# 9780981672465 NEW! Now available online!www.DrummingUpCharacter.com