FADO
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Duration
Target Group
Expected Learning Outcomes
Students should:
- understand what fado is and its importance in Portuguese culture;
- recognize the Portuguese guitar as a musical instrument associated with fado;
- develop active listening and musical sensitivity;
- show interest, curiosity and value cultural diversity.
Student knowledge
Students should:
- recognize Fado as traditional Portuguese music, sung by fado singers and accompanied by guitar (Portuguese guitar and classical guitar).
- know that it is a song sung with a lot of emotion and usually speaks of longing and sadness. Fado shows the soul of the Portuguese people.
- recognize Fado as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, recognized by UNESCO in 2011.
Classroom Organisation
Classroom, students organised in small groups.
Software & Hardware
Computer with internet connection+ projector;
Or interactive whiteboard;
VR glasses.
Description
Lesson 1
Introduction - 10 min
The teacher plays fado music in the background, e.g. ‘O Fado mora em Lisboa’ (Fado lives in Lisbon) by Toni de Matos, or other music, or just Portuguese guitar instrumentals, while the lesson begins;
The teacher begins by asking ‘Have you ever heard of fado?’, ‘What kind of music do you like to listen to?’;
Development - 30 mins;
The teacher projects images of fado singers (Amália Rodrigues; Carlos do Carmo; Camané, Mariza), the Portuguese guitar and the atmosphere in fado houses;
While showing the images, the teacher explains in simple terms that fado is a type of traditional Portuguese music that speaks of feelings such as longing melancholy or sadness;
The teacher discusses the theme of saudade and invites the students to express their own feelings while listening to the music;
The students draw on a white sheet of paper what the music makes them feel or imagine;
Conclusion - 10 min;
Students are invited to show their work and say what they felt.
Lesson 2
Research work on Fado. Each group investigates a topic: fado and the Portuguese soul; getting to know Fado singers; fado houses; the Portuguese Guitar;
The students create a final product based on their research to be disseminated to the community;
On 10 June - Portugal Day - there will be presentation sessions and an exhibition to show the final product to the school community (other classes, parents).
Additional Information
https://youtu.be/_X_wyq6wwcQ?feature=shared
Worksheets Description
Assessment is formative and continuous, through participation and interest in the various moments of the lesson, but there will also be room for worksheets on the theme being worked on.
