Neoclassicism & Revolution

Introduction

Every composer who writes some kind new music is called revolutionary musician by many people. Neo-classicism was born at the same time as the general return to rational models in the arts in response to World War I. Major changes took place before and immediately after the war, which included the weakening of the traditional functional tonality, followed by a similar revolution in rhythm, sound and texture, in order to be "set free" from traditional. Look at images bellow, what can you tell about changes these images represents in human history?

Task: Go to Websites listed below and answer following questions:

1. Why Revolution?
2. How have revolutions effected the world?
3. How are revolutions achieved?

Website List

French revolution

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist7.html

Russian revolution

http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/rusrev.html

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/russianrevolution/

Chinese revolution

http://www.thecorner.org/hist/china/chin-revo.htm

http://chineseculture.about.com/cs/culturerevolution/

American revolution

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html

Process

1. Examine several different revolutions in the internet.
2. Come up with at least three characteristics for each of these revolutions you noticed.
3. Find how these revolutions effected the world. Was it negative way? Could be it positive?
4. Explain how your research agrees or disagree with statement: Revolution is not necessary a turn around; it can be a process of evolution that has positive outcome.
5. What kind revolutions you can see today? Is there any your part in this process?
6. Divided in several groups write reflective essay one page long about your research and your findings.

Evaluation

Task Rubric

Team work	It is evident that a mutual effort unit created the final product.	The team worked well together, but could have utilized each other's skills to a better degree.	The team had problems working together. Little collaboration occurred.	The final product is not the result of a collaborative effort. The group showed no evidence of collaboration.
Originality	The ideas expressed by the body of work demonstrate a high degree of originality	The ideas expressed by the body of work are mostly original. The group may have improved upon a previous idea.	The ideas expressed by the body of work demonstrate a low degree of originality.	There were no original ideas expressed in this project.
Grammar, format and spelling	The final body of work was free of grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.	The final body of work had 1 error related to either grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.	The final body of work had 3-5 grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.	The final body of work had major grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.
Points	4	3	2	1