Unit Plan Canvas

I had a fun time making this canvas using PLAY!. Through expanding the ideas of the lesson plan used in previous posts, I created a unit plan that furthers students understanding of music and emotion. The ultimate goal of the unit is for students to compose thoughtful pieces that display some sort of emotion. Thoughtful in the sense that whatever the students create will have to be supported by their ideas. I wanted to create opportunities for students to think critically about music and how it makes them feel, de-stigmatize the somewhat stately persona composing has, and for students to use instruments in a non-typical way (e.g. not in a band/orchestra setting).
I started the canvas with only a vague idea of how the site worked and what I wanted to do. As I worked through each element of the canvas (picture gallery, videos, external sources, etc.) the whole unit became a clear picture in my mind. I wanted this assignment to be as if I was really doing this unit so I looked hard for accurate videos and images that captured what I might try to teach. Each step was taken carefully, like a little side-project within the master plan. At the end, everything came together with each section supporting each other. No section stands alone but together they are a successful foundation for the unit.

Take a look at my canvas here!