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Antonio Stradivari and his violins - a Research Assignment
How
a Violin Bow is made!
Critical Thinking Spot: Sherlock Holmes and
the case of the forged Stradivari: did we miss a vital clue for 130 years?
Primary
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
Cooperative
Learning Activity
Teacher
Lesson focuses on the engineering behind the design of musical instruments. Teams of students explore the engineering behind recorder manufacturing, and then design, construct, test, and evaluate a working musical instrument using easily found materials.
Local Copy: Lesson Plan [PDF]
Local Copy: Student Worksheets [Word]
Antonio Stradivari
and his violins - a Research Assignment
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
1. Individually, you are to complete a research assignment on Antonio Stradivari and his violins.
You are to make sure you provide:
a. a Biography
b. Why his violins are great
c. What he did to change the way bows are made
d. The current cost of buying one of his violins
e. How many of his violins still exist
2. You are to display this information as a
Presentation - either a Prezi or a Voki.
3. To do this you are to use the following resources:
a. Spotlight on Historic Violin Maker Antonio Stradivari (1644 - 1737)
b. Italian ways
f. Does this article make any difference to your assessment?
The Conversation 20 December 2016
Middle
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
Australian
Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability
Priority
1. Using the following video, create a timeline of how a violin bow is made.
YouTube: How It's Made Violin Bows
2. Add any other detail using
the following video
Bowmaker J-J Augagneur
explains everything about making a bow! [in French]
3. Add more details to your
timeline using the following video (in French but with translations)
Jean-François Daber - French bow makers
4. Check with a partner and add any detail you might have missed.
How does a researcher examine the evidence presented?
Write up this evidence.
What is the conclusion?
Only
on YouTube
https://youtu.be/hl7yqNmvySs
Middle
Secondary
