Lion+Sleeps+Tonight

4th Grade Concepts/skills: African Music, ostinato, recorder Learning Objectives: Student will be able to play ostinato and recorder parts to accompany a song given practice and a way to remember the rhythm.
 * Sing *Play *Listen *History/Culture

Materials: Lion Sleeps Tonight pg 130, CD6-4, ostinato pg 130, recorder resource book I-12, shekere, double bells, hand drum, recorders

Sequence of Activities: Please get your books AND pass out recorders 5 min  1. Student reads background info on song 2. Student reads original lyric translation to song 3. Listen to Lion Sleeps 4. Sing Lion Sleeps 10 min  Ostinato 1. Long-Long-Short (ta tim-ka) - Knees, Knees, clap and repeat Do body percussion. Do it with the song. Groove with it. Move to the double Bells 2. Clapping - wimoweh rest rest (tim-ka ta rest rest) Do body percussion. Do it with the song. Move to Shekere 3. Hand drum, steady beat <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">4. Put all together with song 20 min <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Recorder <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">1. Write countermelody on board <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">2. Review note names and fingerings <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">3. Play countermelody <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">4. 1/2 play countermelody, 1/2 sing, switch 15 min <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Tear down: Put books and recorders away

Assessment: Informal, observe students performing ostinatos and help them if you see that they need it.

Teacher Information: <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">This is the story of an African song. Its original title was “Mbube,” (pronounced EEM-boo-beh) which means “Lion,” and it was sung with a haunting Zulu refrain that sounded, to English-speaking people, like “wimoweh.” “Mbube” was a big hit in what is now Swaziland; it sold nearly 100,000 copies in the 1940s by its originator, South African Solomon Linda. Linda had written it based on a boyhood experience chasing lions that were stalking the family's cattle, and recorded the tune in 1939 with his group the Evening Birds. It was so popular that Zulu choral music became known as “Mbube Music”. Then it passed into the broad field of “folk” music <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Original Lyrics Translation <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Every Morning You Bring Us Good Luck <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Yes! <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Good Luck <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion, Mama! <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion, Mama <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Long, Long Ago People Used To Say <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">You're A Lion, Mama <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Uyimbube = you're a lion