Teaching through the Tube
Ok, I'll admit - I sometimes show cartoons in music class...but not just any cartoons, the classic Looney Tunes that use Classical and Romantic era music to narrate the story line. Surely we've all seen Looney Tunes, or Tom and Jerry - but do the children know that cartoons used to have very little talking? The music was the majority of the audio and the cartoon artists would make the story fit the music. Here's some Tom and Jerry - Marriage of Figaro. It's not always easy to