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Involve Me: Using The Orff Approach Within The Elementary Classroom, Amanda Long Oct 2012

Involve Me: Using The Orff Approach Within The Elementary Classroom, Amanda Long

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Musical independence, improvisation, and composition are important skills that teachers should include within an elementary music curriculum. The musical concepts that accompany these skills can be difficult for teachers to convey and for students to understand due to the difficulty and complexity of teaching musical independence. This study consists of a literature review pertaining to the history and development of the Orff Approach, application of Orff concepts to the creation of lesson plans and classroom activities, action research with elementary students, and conclusions. Three different lesson plans were created implementing Orff techniques specific to the following grade ranges: two-four, four-six, …


The One-Acts, Molly Manhart Jan 2012

The One-Acts, Molly Manhart

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Comics For Children: Les Enfants Dans Les Bandes Dessinées, Elizabeth Jane Surbeck Jan 2012

Comics For Children: Les Enfants Dans Les Bandes Dessinées, Elizabeth Jane Surbeck

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Found Voices, Jennifer Hindes Jan 2012

Found Voices, Jennifer Hindes

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Through The Autobiographies And Into The Art: A Deeper Look Into Women Of The 1920s, Kelsey M. Hoyt Jan 2012

Through The Autobiographies And Into The Art: A Deeper Look Into Women Of The 1920s, Kelsey M. Hoyt

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The 1920s in America reflected a time of change ranging from prohibition to the iconic Flapper girl lifestyle. Famous public figures tended to transform their ideals to the rapidly changing societal standards. Fortunately, for many artists, their lives encompassed the ideals that were established in the 1920s. Thus, the production of art simply became a reproduction of past experiences and lifetime events that the artist encountered. Seemingly obsessed with drugs, alcohol, and sex, artists fell into lives consumed with addictive and psychotic behaviors. The public eye saw these artists as victims of tragic lives and searched for any psychoanalytic meaning …


Analysis Of Tableaux De Provence And Concerto In E-Flat Major For Saxophone And String Orchestra, Jessie Svenningsen Jan 2012

Analysis Of Tableaux De Provence And Concerto In E-Flat Major For Saxophone And String Orchestra, Jessie Svenningsen

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


A Writer For A Shrinking World: Cultural Identity Formation And Globalization In The Novels Of Kopano Matlwa, Heather Gerrish Jan 2012

A Writer For A Shrinking World: Cultural Identity Formation And Globalization In The Novels Of Kopano Matlwa, Heather Gerrish

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper analyzes the novels of author Kopano Matlwa in relation to issues in cultural identity formation during the current period of rapid globalization within the author's home nation of South Africa.


The Crossover Phenomenon In Young Adult Literature, Keri Jo Carroll Jan 2012

The Crossover Phenomenon In Young Adult Literature, Keri Jo Carroll

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Athenaïse, Calixta, And Creole Constraints: An In Depth Look At Chopin's Portrayal Of Women, Nicole Reichert Jan 2012

Athenaïse, Calixta, And Creole Constraints: An In Depth Look At Chopin's Portrayal Of Women, Nicole Reichert

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Infinite Intrusions: Solipsism And David Foster Wallace's Authorial Objectivity, Jacob Daniel Smith Jan 2012

Infinite Intrusions: Solipsism And David Foster Wallace's Authorial Objectivity, Jacob Daniel Smith

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Derrida, Lacan And Deconstruction, Taylor Konieczka Jan 2012

Derrida, Lacan And Deconstruction, Taylor Konieczka

Undergraduate Honors Theses

No abstract provided.