Ideas for the classroom
Pre-Teaching
The Andean Instruments
Zampoñas: also known as pan pipes or sikus. They are made traditionally from bamboo or carrizo but now can be found made from other materials.
Four sizes (smallest to largest):
chili
malta
bastos
toyos
Quenas: also known as Andean flute. They are commonly made from hardwoods but can be made from plastic, clay or bamboo as well. A chromatic instrument, they have six holes along the front and one on the back. Ancient quenas have been found made from animal bone (and even human femurs).
Four sizes (largest to smallest):
quenacho
quena normal
quenilla
Tarkas: another style of Andean flute.
Charango: a ten-stringed Andean instrument believed to be derived from the Spanish 'vihuela'.
Three sizes (smallest to largest):
chillador
charango normal
ronroco
Bombo: Andean drum made from bent wood and hide. The hide may be from goat, sheep, alpaca, cow or llama.
Chacchas: a percussion instrument made from sheep or goat hooves.
Palo de lluvia: rain stick.
Pututo: a horn used to communicate long distances or to announce events traditionally made from conch shells but made now from sheep or cow horn.
I have created a guided note sheet useful for students during the presentations. Please email a request to Julie at: julie@duokantu.com or jalozada@msn.com and I will send an electronic copy to you ahead of time so that you can have it ready for the kids on the day of the presentations.
A few follow up activities:
1. The day after the presentation, distribute PlayDoh to the kids. Then ask them to reconstruct instruments from the clay, one by one, using the target language. This is a great hands-on check for understanding as the students demonstrate their comprehension and retention of the information. Contributed by T. Volberding @ Silver Stage High School
2. Copy the lyrics of one of Duo Kantu's songs, Delete key vocabulary words from the songs leaving a line where the words were. Distribute the 'cloze' lyrics to students. Play the song from the CD. Students complete the lyrics as they listen to the music. Contributed by J. Lozada Ocampo @ Dayton High School
3. AP Spanish Literature....read and discuss Alturas de Machu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. Contributed by J. Lozada Ocampo @ Dayton High School
4. Map work. Explore the limits of the Tahuantinsuyo. Map Inca trails. Get the kids on Google Earth to check out some of the places mentioned during the shows: Machu Picchu, Cusco, Lake Titicaca, Nazca, Lima, Amazon. Contributed by J. Lozada Ocampo @ Dayton High School
5. Review the instruments musically. Play a CD of Andean music and identify by ear the various instruments heard. Contributed by J. Lozada Ocampo @ Dayton High School