For a lot of families Public School will be starting in the next couple weeks and #Homeschool Classes may as well. I wanted to share a August 10 National Duran Duran Appreciation Day #DuranDuranAppreciationDay,
If your teaching your children a Music Class this year have them listen to music by Duran Duran. Even though Charlie has graduated he loves learning about new Musicians and there songs so we will be studying Duran Duran this week. I’ve created a Lesson Plan we would have used in Homeschool for you.
About Duran Duran:
Duran Duran (/djʊˌræn djʊˈræn/) are an English pop rock band. Formed in Birmingham in 1978 by keyboardist Nick Rhodes, guitarist (later bassist) John Taylor and singer/bassist Stephen Duffy, the band went through several early changes before the band’s line-up settled in May 1980 as Rhodes, Taylor, singer Simon Le Bon, guitarist Andy Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor.[nb 1]
Emerging as one of the most successful bands of the New Romantic scene in the early 1980s,[8][10] they were innovators of the music video and a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US.[11][12]
By 1984, the band had achieved levels of fame similar to Beatlemania.[13] The band’s first major hit was “Girls on Film” (1981), from their self-titled debut album, the popularity of which was enhanced by a controversial music video. The band’s breakthrough second album was Rio (1982), a worldwide hit. The songs “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Rio” featured cinematic music videos directed by Australian film maker Russell Mulcahy and became two of their biggest hits. Their third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, became their only UK number one album and featured the US and UK number one single “The Reflex“. In 1985, the band topped the US charts with the single “A View to a Kill” from the soundtrack of the James Bond film of the same title.
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Monday: Write your Spelling Words 5 times each in ABC order in your Spelling Journal.
Tuesday: Use your Spelling Words in a Story and include a illustration for the Story in your Spelling Notebook.
Wednesday: Write your spelling words inside your Spelling Journal and include a definition for each word.
Thursday: Take a Spelling Pre-Test if you make a 100 on the Test take Friday off. If not write your Spelling Words 10 times each in your Spelling Notebook.
Friday: If you made a 100 on your Spelling Test take today off and read a book, or watch a movie or show about Duran Duran. If you didn’t make a 100 on your Spelling Test re-take your Spelling Test.
Reading: Look up books on Duran Duran to read for 30 minutes a day. Write 2 facts a day inside your Reading Journal On Friday turn those facts into a report you will read out loud to your parents.
You can dress up like Duran Duran here as well.
Charlie is going to read 100 Things Duran Duran Fans Should Know & Do During This Life: a New, Quirky Guide to Nostalgia from 1978 to Danse Macabre and I want to read In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran.
Math: Look up facts on Duran Duran like how many concerts they did or how many albums they sold. Turn these facts into math problems for someone in your Home to figure out. Then have them create 5 math problems for you to do.
Write the math problems inside your Math Journal.
Art: Once you’ve finished all of your Lessons gather all the information you’ve collected and create a piece of Art showcasing what all you learned about Duran Duran using different styles of Art and supplies.
Write out a description of your Art Work in your Art Journal to be displayed at the end of the year in the Art Show you will be creating.
Drama: Watch a concerts by Duran Duran and learn there moves and perform those moves during your Music Performance.
Write the Dance Steps down in your Drama Journal and take a photo of your performance.
For more fun visit a Thrift Store or Costume Shop for a outfit like Duran Duran would have worn and dress up for your performance.
Music: Listen to music by Duran Duran and learn one song to sing to our friends and family. Charlie said he would like to learn “Hungry Like the Wolf” one of our favorite songs. But I want to learn “All She Wants Is“.
Write the words to song inside your Musical Journey and take a photo of your perfromance.
For a #Homeschool Field Trip visit someplace that host Karaoke and sing your song to the audience.
Cooking: Research and see what Duran Duran likes to eat and prepare the recipe for your friends and family.
If you couldn’t find out what they like to eat then look up the State they are from and create a recipe the State is famous for.
Write the recipe inside your Cooking Journal which will be turned into a Cookbook at the end of the year to give to your friends and family.
PE: Listen to a song of Duran Duran and make up a dance to teach your friends and family as a fun way to get Exercise in this morning. Remember the class needs to be at least 30 minutes long. So let your friends and family make up Dances as well.
Write the steps to the dances inside your PE Notebook and take photos of you and your friends Dancing for the notebook.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
