Title – Stretching Silent Night

By – Fran Christopher

Subject – Music, Christmas, Others

Grade Level – 3-6

Use the internet to “S-t-r-e-t-c-h Silent Night”

This site has the story of when, where and how this Christmas music was written:

http://www.talkcity.com/santasworkshop/library/silent.html

Read the story to the children.

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Learn the lyrics to the song:

Silent Night (English)

Silent night Holy night

All is calm all is bright

‘Round yon virgin Mother and Child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night,

Shepherds quake at the sight.

Glories stream from heaven afar,

Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia;

Christ the Savior is born;

Christ the Savior is born.

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Find Austria on the map here:

Where to find a map of Austria

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/europe/austri.html

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Investigate pipe organs and the science behind the sounds they make:

What does a pipe organ look like?

http://orgel.com/

http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~bodinew/

Exhibit a guitar if possible

http://www.howstuffworks.com/guitar.htm

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compare the two instruments

fold a paper in half and write ways the instruments are the same on one side and differences on the other

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A great field trip would be to the closest pipe organ available-in Dallas this is the “Myerson”

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Fran

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