Empathy....the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. Empathy; how can you teach another person to understand and feel? With music and pictures!
Teaching students of a technological, materialistic world to understand a time when these things did not exist is difficult. We want our children to feel safe and loved, but at the same time I believe that it is important that they learn how fortunate they are. How do we get them to understand how life was like without all of this stuff? Pictures! One picture is worth a thousand words. Students can take a "picture walk" through a specific time period. A picture walk allows students to develop an idea of when, where and what life was like. Looking at picture without a script lets the student try to put themselves there and try to imagine what it would be like.
( http://www.handsandvoices.org/articles/education/ed/V11-2_picturewalk.htm )
Adding music to specific images can enhance the students ability to actually understand and feel what is happening.
In class we created a music video with historical images, mine was about 9/11. This was a time in history that we were all in shock. For those of us who were old enough to see what was happening know that there are so many words to describe the thoughts and feelings of that day. However, the children who were not yet born or too young to understand will find it hard to feel the same way. Combining music with images of that day puts together a story line they can see and feel. Music is a way to release feelings.
( https://iu.box.com/s/z7ir4txunlc86l5gd3c5 )
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