What’s Your Soundtrack?Room 207 Sets Music To Our Lives

by

Mrs. Ilko

Every Leader Needs a

Theme Song!

Inspired by men like…

our Classroom Champion

Josh Sweeney

We are creating a Leadership

soundtrack! Music makes us

awesome!

Kid President inspires us all to

dance, but we need a

soundtrack!

Select a Soundtrack

Have you ever noticed in movies

or TV shows there is rarely

silence? There are usually sound

effects, or songs playing in the

background. Music helps to tell

the story.

In this project, you are going to

create a soundtrack of 5 songs

that define different events from

your life. One of which will

become your theme song!

Tell Your Story

We will begin by thinking about

our favorite songs.

Make a list of the top three

songs you are listening to at the

moment.

Why do you like them?

What speaks to you?

What do the lyrics really mean?

When an artist puts out a song, they are telling a story. They have a message

they want to convey to their audience.

But as with every story, people take away different messages from the same

song. We have events in our own lives that we bring to the table when we

listen to songs.

Here are three versions of the first song in my own soundtrack.

Let’s check it out.

Songs Have Meaning

Here is Sara’s

original video.

After you watch it,

what message is

she trying to share?

Brave by Sara Bareilles The Artist Version

Here is the lyric version

created by some young ladies

to tell a different story

using the same lyrics.

What is this message?

Brave by Sara Bareilles: A Youth Lyric Mix

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Brave at University of Minnesota

Masonic Children's Hospital

This mix of music and images

tells a different story.

What is this message?

Brave by Sara Bareilles: Another Mix

Brave by Sara Bareilles

Mrs. Ilko’s version I picked this song and lyrics

because I want to inspire my

students to be BRAVE.

“Say what you want to say, and

let the words FALL OUT!

Honestly, I want to see you be

brave!”

If you leave my classroom

knowing that written and spoken

words have power, and you can

use them with confidence, then

my work is done.

Next to each event, write a short

description about what happened

and why it was important to

you.

Then, think about songs that

connect you to that event.

For example, a special song that

you played at a birthday party

Bring it to class tomorrow.

Your Turn!

Make a list of 8-10 important

events in your life.

● First day of school (e.g., preschool, kindergarten,

first grade, middle school, high school)

● A special family trip or vacation

● A family event or milestone

● A personal achievement (e.g., first place in a

competition)

● A personal loss

Choose 5 songs that define

major events in your life.

Listen to each of these songs and

study the lyrics. What is the

message? How does it speak to

you? Why is it important?

Write a description about each

song in your journal.

This is your soundtrack!

Choose The Top 5

We are going to create a class

soundtrack.

After reviewing your song lists,

choose one you want to share with

our class. (Your theme song)

Download the lyrics, a video or

mp3 and two images that enhance

the song.

Write a letter to the class telling

what the song means and why it is

important to you.

Choose Your Theme

Song!

Create a slide that includes:

Your song title and artist

Two images

Quote part of the lyrics and why

they are important to you.

Provide a link to the song on

your page (school appropriate)

I will put the slideshow and

create a room 207 playlist.

Final Project

Credits/Sources: Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTr_CRw3GY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xnLkyKgsE

Lesson Plan Ideas

http://www.corndancer.com/tunes/tunes_lp019/lp01_s

oundtrack.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-

resources/activities-projects/soundtrack-life-

30313.html?main-tab=2

Lyric Site

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sarabareilles/brave.htm

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