Interdisciplinary Learning
Students develop awareness and understanding connecting a theme and digging deeper into an area of learning across the disciplines of music, literature, culture, history, language, art, and technology, culminating in a public performance and presentation to families in the spring.
Kindergarten
HOME CONCERT
In Kindergarten, students engage in art, music, library, world language, and technology learning as they understand more about where they live and their roles at home, in the classroom, at school and in larger communities. This experience centers around their Habitat for Humanity service learning project, and culminates with home-related songs and themes at their spring music concert.
Grades 1 & 2
ROOTS AND STREAMS OF JAZZ
In Grades 1 and 2, students explore jazz music, impactful artists, and the power of inspiring positive influence in conjunction with the National Museum of African American Music and Nashville’s music community. Students experience workshops, field trips, and teacher-designed collaborative lessons (literature, technology, music, art) highlighting the role that jazz music played in history and in the community.
Grade 3
MOSAIC
In Grade 3, students develop an understanding of Chinese and Hispanic cultures and traditions through an interdisciplinary lens connecting learning experiences in music, art, technology, and literature. Students examine multicultural fairy tales for understanding emotional connections across cultures. Students create stop-motion animation video’s artwork, Chinese and Spanish language narration, and underscore using traditional music pieces.
Grade 4
FROM HUMBLE ROOTS TO SEQUINED SUITS
In Grade 4, a longstanding language arts project exploring songwriting and the pioneers of country western music now includes interdisciplinary collaboration across music, art, library, and physical education classes. This unit revolves extensively around the songwriting process as each student designs an original song, and the curriculum connections across disciplines deepen students’ understanding of country western music history, traditions, and Nashville’s critical role.
Grade 5
AMERICAN STORIES & STEAM FAIR
In Grade 5, students experience American history and geography through many lenses. They explore the foundations of our nation, the experiences and perspectives that have contributed to the American tapestry, and how American history is reflected in literature and the arts. This interdisciplinary unit incorporates field trips and explorations into community resources. The students present and share their knowledge and work product with the community during an evening Grade 5 Arts Night. For the STEAM Fair, students design and conduct their own experiments and produce measurable results on a topic of their choice across the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. Students engage in extensive work in the areas of research, writing, prototyping and testing, problem-solving, and communicating findings at the culminating STEAM Fair Open House.