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**Music History: Civil War to Current Era**

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Click on the link below to fire up the time machine to send you to your first stop. ** Module 1 ** Based on Georgia Performance Standards for Fifth Grade General Music M5GM.9 – Understanding music in relation to history and culture
 * a. Perform, listen, move and/or distinguish between music from various historical periods and cultures from the Civil War to present (e.g., jazz, musical theater, rock-n-roll, country, gospel, new age, rap, heavy metal, pop).
 * b. Describe the role of music and musicians in various historical time periods.

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
 * Listen to and distinguish between music from the following historical periods and cultures: Civil War; Jazz Era; 50's, 60's and 70's; current musical trends, including rap, heavy metal, and pop, as well as musical theater for these eras.
 * Describe the role of music and musicians for these historical time periods.