Video: Deerfield Students Learn About Culture Through Music
They learn about other cultures by learning to sing their songs.
Students at Deerfield Elementary School are learning about different cultures through song, and people got a taste of it Monday night.
The fifth grade chorus sang two songs they've learned through their music class—one in Latin and one in French—to show off what they've learned during the Board of Education meeting. It was part of a demonstration of how culture and language are expressed through music.
Courtney Nelson, a Deerfield teacher, showed off the songs students learn from around the globe including a song from India for fifth graders and one in Spanish in second grade, which is when students start taking Spanish. Other students learn about African instruments when they learn about songs from there.