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THAT WAS FUN
Cindy
BACKGROUND
Sex: female
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Born in:Inglewood, CA
Parents born in:US
Any Personal Characteristics or experiences that would cause you to possibly see things differently than the majority of people in the US?
Thinking back on your childhood and adolescence, can you remember a teacher teaching something that was particularly interesting and memorable to you? What was being taught? How was the teacher teaching it? Why do you think it was such an effective learning experience for you?
My 5th grade teacher had a true enthusiasm about classical music that transferred to her students in many ways. She started her classical music theme by allowing us to listen to the music of Peter and the Wolf during our reading time. She surprised us when she said that we were going to downtown San Diego's Civic Center to watch the Symphony for a fieldtrip! Yet, she encouraged us to learn about each instrument: its sound and its section in the symphony. She made a bright bulletin board with cut-outs of each instrument in its respective section in the symphony. For the next few weeks, she allowed us to listen to each instrument on a tape recorder. When we learned about the sound of a group of instruments, we got to put our names on the instrument cut-outs and display them on the bulletin board. The next week we dissected the sound of Peter and the Wolf from the tape recorder and watched Disney's movie of that symphony. finally, we got to go on our fieldtrip! I loved it then and still love to hear the thunder of the kettle drums like I did that day. The sights and sounds of the instruments are cemented in my memory because it was so fun and was presented in many ways.
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