Word Songs

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Word Songs

• An Interdisciplinary Unit on the Trail of Tears
• By
• Pam Dumey, Laura Green, Tammy Gragg

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Word Songs
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Projects

• Trail of Tears Journal
• Diamonte Poetry
• Music Composition

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Trail Journals

• Read Soft Rain A Story of the Cherokee Trail of
  Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen.
• Fold 8 ½ by 11 paper fan style into 8 sections.
• Create 8 journal entries, one on each section.

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Diamonte Poem
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Music

• Choose 3 lines from the Diamonte Poem to treat as
  ostinato patterns line 1or7, line 2 or 6, and
  line 4.
• Derive the rhythm from the speech.
• Transfer the speech rhythms to unpitched
  percussion instruments.

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Final Form

• Choose a story teller to tell the legend.
• Act out the legend in pantomime.
• Add a stomp dance or stick game to the music.