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Cross curricular use of Aboriginal drums

Explore the role and significance of Aboriginal drums in Canadian history, while incorporating physics and industrial arts concepts in drum building. Enhance students' understanding of diverse Aboriginal cultures with this interdisciplinary approach.

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Cross curricular use of Aboriginal drums

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  1. Cross curricular use of Aboriginal drums Jerrod kusyk, David Gamble, Phil Dyck

  2. The Drum Building Process

  3. Grade 11 • Canadian History – role, significance and variations among the different Aboriginal groups across Canada • Physics – controlling tone and amplitude of a drum by changing the material used. • Industrial Arts – combine traditional and modern building techniques in frame drum construction

  4. Canadian History • Aboriginal culture is rich and diverse; difficult to provide a thorough understanding in 1 semester. • Grade 11 Canadian History curriculum has (finally) been updated • Thematic method (First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples) • Chronological method (First Peoples and Nouvelle-France) • Enduring Understanding 1 – First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples have a long history in North America and their diverse and complex cultures continue to adapt. • Learning Experience 1.1 - Who were the First Peoples and how did they structure their world?

  5. Canadian History cont’d • Drumbeat represents the heartbeat of Mother Earth • Drums are used in 4 main categories: • Social • Personal • Healing • Ceremonial • Types of Drums • West Coast – plank, log or box style (no animal hide) • Plains – branches formed into frames or hollowed logs; drumhead of deer, bison or moose skin. • Central – water drums; hollowed logs with skin stretched across. Water would be added or removed. • Arctic – Whale baleen or bone frames with a drumhead of deer, caribou, seal skin or walrus intestines.

  6. Physics • Grade 11 Physics has an entire cluster devoted to Sound and includes: • How its created • How it reacts with its environment • How the materials used affect it • Drums create sound by having a thin membrane being stretched over a hollow structure. • The struck membrane causes vibrations, which create pressure waves in the air (sound).

  7. Physics cont’d • Pressure (sound) wave characteristics describe the sound that is heard • Amplitude affects volume • Frequency affects the pitch • S3P-1-17 Investigate to analyze and explain how sounds are produced, transmitted, and detected, using examples from nature and technology. • S3P-1-19 Design, construct (or assemble), test, and demonstrate a technological device to produce, transmit, and/or control sound waves for a useful purpose.

  8. Design loop

  9. Industrial arts • Aboriginal frame drum construction utilizes both traditional and modern building techniques. • Modern processes and techniques allow for more efficient use of material and time. • Traditional techniques are utilized for the lacing and application of the drumhead • Incorporate the construction of these drums with a Canadian History and/or Physics unit to greatly increase the students understanding of key concepts.

  10. Industrial Arts cont’d • IA11.WW1.1 – Identify common woods, their classification as hardwood or softwood, and their properties such as type, species, grain texture… • IA11.WW5.1 – Identify several common wood joints such as butt, box, dado, dovetail, lap, mitre, mortise and tenon, rabbet, tongue and groove… • IA11.DD6.1 – Identify the common terms and practices associated with product manufacturing drafting such as detail working drawings, assembly drawings, scale models, and prototypes.

  11. resources • Manitoba Education. (2010). Senior Years Industrial Arts. Manitoba. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ k12/cur/teched/ia_framework/glo.pdf • Manitoba Education. (2011), Clusters and Learning Experiences, retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ k12/cur/socstud/history_gr11/gr11_clusters.html#cluster1 • “Modern Wood working”. By Willis H. Wagner and Clouis E. KicklighterRohahes Iain Phillips. (2010), Drum Culture, retrieved from http://www.native-drums.ca/index.php/Drumming/Culture?tp=a&bg=1&ln=e • Teachings of the Drum, (2010),, retrieved from http:// www.shannonthunderbird.com/Tribal%20Drum %20Teachings.htm • “Technology Education: Safety Resource. By Rachel Baxter and Mary Lorenz”

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