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As a result of personal teaching methods and preference of activities, the New York State Learning Standards applied below may change, and are only a suggested approach toward organizing your lessons.
High School: Mexican Connection
After a memorable trip to Mexico, Aaron Copland was inspired to compose El Salón México (1932-1936). Copland said, "Europe now seems conventional to me by comparison. Mexico offers something fresh and pure and wholesome -a quality which is deeply unconventionalized." Have students cover a unit of study on Mexico, and in oral and/or written form develop a connection to the Mexico that inspired Copland to create this wonderful piece of music.
NYS Learning Standards: Arts
Standard 3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Contributions of the Arts
Cross-Discipline - NYS Learning Standards: Social Studies
Standard 2: World History
Cross-Discipline - NYS Learning Standards: English
Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression
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