In our Homeschool Music Class Charlie is going to be studying the magazine Life: Van Halen. Through the magazine Charlie will get to know more about the Musicians lives and the things they enjoyed as well as there songs.
Van Halen were an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1974. Credited with “restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene”, Van Halen was known for its energetic live shows and for the virtuosic talent of its lead guitarist, Eddie Van Halen. Wikipedia
Reading Class:
Read all of Life magazines article on Van Halen. Share 5 facts you learned through the story and record your answers in your Music Journal.
Spelling Class:
Van Halen, The Life/ The Music, Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Music, Guitars, The Dave Years, The Sammy Years, All The Inside Stories, Extension, Person, Playing, Emotionally, Spiritually, Connected, Instrument
Math Class:
Look up the records and songs Van Halen has released and share the answers with someone in your home and create Math problems for them to figure out. Let them use the numbers to create Math problems for you to work out. Record the Math problems inside your Math Journal.
Drama Class:
Visit a local Thrift Store on a Homeschool Field Trip and find a outfit like one of the Musicians would wear and then act out the way that performer acted.
Music Class:
Research Van Halen songs and choose one of the Songs to perform for your parents for your Music Class. In your Music Notebook record the words to the song your going to perform then write the song in your own words and why you used the words you choose.
Cooking Class:
Research the Musicians and what they liked to eat and perform some of the dishes to serve to your parents before you perform your Song for them. Write the recipe inside your Music Notebook.
Discussion Questions for Language Arts:
Who is Van Halen named after?
What is Van Halen’s biggest song?
How many original members were there in Van Halen?
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
