Having been introduced to Native instruments, melodies, and rhythms, students are prepared to begin to develop an understanding of the role that music holds in Native Cultures.

1. Web Site: Cape Dorset Inuit Art & Inuit Cultural Perspectives
2. Photographs of music performances in various situations
3. All available percussion instruments
4. All non musically related tools, and objects
5. Peer Evaluation Forms

1. Put one photograph of a Native musical presentation or activity on the overhead projector and ask students to describe what they see.
2. List observations on the board. This step models their next task!
3. Photos should be set up throughout the class. Students should be directed to each station, recording what they see in each photograph.
4. Lead a discussion, recording observations on the board, concerning what students saw. Probe responses to get the students to decide what their perceptions might mean in the larger picture (this should lead to the realization that music is prevalent in all aspects of Native life).
5. Inform students that often music is created from readily available tools and objects. Tell the students that everyone is going to create a composition and perform it in a similar style to some Native groups.
6. Have students move into groups of 4.
7. Tell them to use one tool or object each, plus their voices, feet, and hands to compose a composition that relates to any aspect of their daily lives or that pays respect to a powerful influence in their lives.
8. Students must reach a consensus on every element, bringing together a rhythmic and melodic line, supported with each instrument.
9. Students must then notate their composition, including a legend for non-conventional terms.
10. Each group will present their compositions for the class. Each student will submit the notated version with a one paragraph explanatory piece of writing.

1. Photographic Interpretation Pages.
2. Composition: Notation, Written Explanation, Presentation.
3. Peer Evaluation.

1. Photo and Discussion.
2. Group Compositions.
3. Presentations.