Geography and Music

1. Geography and Music Dr. S. Kay Gandy Co-Coordinator Kentucky Geographic Alliance

2. What is geography? • The Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the relationships between people and environments, and the connections between people and places • Geography Education Standards Project, 1994

3. Concept Songs (oceans, continents) • Familiar Tunes • Song Books • Mobiles, Quilts

4. We’ve Got the Whole World • We’ve got North and South America in our hands • We’ve got Europe, Asia, Africa in our hands • We’ve got Australia and Antarctica in our hands • We’ve got the continents in our hands

5. We’ve Go the Whole World cont. • We’ve got the Indian Ocean in our hands • We’ve got the Arctic Ocean in our hands • We’ve got Atlantic and Pacific in our hands • We’ve got the oceans in our hands

6. Sing a Sea Song • The earth is all covered with ocean, the earth is all covered with sea, the earth is all covered with ocean, more water than land don’t you see • Water, water, there’s water all over the world, the world; water, water, there’s water all over the world

7. Sing a Sea Song cont. • Atlantic, Pacific, the Arctic, and then there’s the Indian too. These Oceans all cover our planet, I named all of them now can you? • Water, water, there’s water all over the world, the world; water, water, there’s water all over the world

8. Na Na Hey Hey • Na na na na, Na na na na, Let’s name the seven continents • North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia • Antarctica, and Africa, we can name the seven continents • Na na na na, Na na na na, hey, hey, hey, good-bye

9. Books, Quilts and Mobiles • The River by Garth Brooks • Star Spangled Banner • Yankee Doodle • My Country Tis of Thee • This Land is Your Land

10. Cultural Geography • Cajun Music—made for dancing • Cajun Dance • Cajun Instruments • Violin/fiddle, accordion, drums, bass, guitar, triangle • Zydeco • Black version of Cajun, blues and R&B influence, added washboard instrument

11. Jambalaya (Hank Williams, 1952) Good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me-o, my-o Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, sweetest one, me-o, my-o Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya, crawfish pie and filé gumbo Cause tonight I’m gonna see my cheramie-o Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou Thibodeaux to Fontenot, the place is buzzin’ Kinfolks come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dress in style, go hog wild, me-o, my-o Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou

12. Kentucky’s Music Culture • Dwight Yoakam(Readin’, Rightin’, Rt. 23 —movement of Kentuckians to jobs in the north) • My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen Foster) • Boots Randolph (Yakety Sax) • Shaker Music (South Union, Pleasant Hill)

13. Lesson: The Dulcimer • Names • Appalachian dulcimer • Mountain dulcimer • Kentucky dulcimer • “dulcymore” • “harmonium” • “hog fiddle” Kentucky’s official state instrument Click on picture

14. Music continued… • Other Styles • Jazz, Blues, Country, Folk, Classical, Rap, Pop • What connections can be made to geography?

15. Western Songs • The Streets of Laredo • The Dying Cowboy • Home on the Range • The Land County Bachelor • I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

16. Location, Location, Location • Historical Geography • Battle of New Orleans • Locations • State capitols

17. Test on Locations: Rock and Roll Across America • With a partner, try to find the locations you hear on your U.S. map.

18. Other “Location” Songs • Hooray for Hollywood • My Old Kentucky Home • Oklahoma • Moon Over Miami • Kansas City • Georgia on my Mind • Missouri Waltz • Pennsylvania Polka • San Antonio Stroll • Only in Miami • Houston • New York, New York • Galveston • Chicago

19. Activity • Design a non-linguistic representation for the song What A Wonderful World.

20. Online Resources • Bowling Green State University: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/music/ • With almost a million recordings, the Sound Recordings Archives represents the largest collection of popular music recordings in an academic library in North America. • Festival Finder: http://www.festivalfinder.com/ • The site where you'll discover the latestdetails on more than 2,500 music festivals in North America. • Songs for Teaching: http://www.songsforteaching.com/socialstudiessongs.htm • Songs for geography, government, history, patriotism, and culture

21. Organization • The National Geographic Society (NGS) • Western Kentucky University • Co-Coordinators • Scott Dobler, Department of Geography & Geology • Kay Gandy, School of Teacher Education

22. KGA’S MISSION • To provide pathways through which teachers can be exposed to geography and geographic thinking • To maximize opportunities for students to become geographically literate and to appreciate geography as part of their everyday lives • To actively promote the value of geography and geography education at local, state and national levels

23. EVENTS

24. How Can You Be Involved? • Pre-service Teacher Conference • Teacher Summer Institute • GPS Day • Geography Awareness Week • Geographic Bee • Steering Committee • Kentucky Atlas • Strategic Planning

25. Educational Outreach • Webpage • www.kga.org • Listserv • Email • kga@wku.edu