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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about Persian culture and music from Iran. The lesson introduces students to traditional Iranian instruments like the dombek and daf and the style of Iranian folk music. Students will listen to and learn to sing and play along with a folk song call "Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill." They will also discuss Iranian poetry, language, and Sufism through related readings and a documentary film. The goal is for students to understand key aspects of Iranian cultural and musical traditions.

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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about Persian culture and music from Iran. The lesson introduces students to traditional Iranian instruments like the dombek and daf and the style of Iranian folk music. Students will listen to and learn to sing and play along with a folk song call "Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill." They will also discuss Iranian poetry, language, and Sufism through related readings and a documentary film. The goal is for students to understand key aspects of Iranian cultural and musical traditions.

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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about Persian culture and music from Iran. The lesson introduces students to traditional Iranian instruments like the dombek and daf and the style of Iranian folk music. Students will listen to and learn to sing and play along with a folk song call "Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill." They will also discuss Iranian poetry, language, and Sufism through related readings and a documentary film. The goal is for students to understand key aspects of Iranian cultural and musical traditions.

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    Persian Groove

    A Smithsonian Folkways Lesson


    Designed by: Sarra Sharif
    Summary:
    Listen to various instruments from Iran across different Iranian genres such as classical
    or pop. Determine the meaning of the lyrics in reference to the culture.
    Suggested Grade Levels: 9-12
    Country: Iran
    Region: Middle East
    Culture Group: Iranian
    Genre: World
    Instruments: voices, dombek, daf, and violins (to imitate the kamanche)
    Language: Iranian, English
    Co-Curricular Areas: Social Studies, English, Dance
    National Standards: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9
    Prerequisites: None
    Objectives:
    Listening (to instruments, singing style, beats)
    Singing (partial and full melodies)
    Playing (melodies, occasional harmonies, rhythms)
    Location of Iran and learning about its culture (language, poetry, mysticism,
    people)
    Materials:
    Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill / Massom, Massom Im Drunk With Love by
    unknown Iranian folk musicians, from Folk Songs and Dances of Iran
    (FW08856)
    http://www.folkways.si.edu/ay-sar-kotal-at-the-top-of-the-hill/central-asiaislamica-world/music/track/smithsonian
    Liner notes from Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill/Massom, Massom Im
    Drunk With Love
    http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/folkways/FW08856.pdf
    Map of Asia, Iran
    Pictures of the people, musical instruments, country
    o Esfandiary, Dr. Hossein-Ali Nouri. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
    Japan: Shumposa Photo Printing Co., Ltd., 1977.

    o Waite, James and Jamileh Heydari. Persia. Islamic Republic of Iran:


    Yassavoli Publications, 1998.
    VHS: Mystic Iran - the Unseen World
    o A film by Aryana Farshad in association with Cinema Development Center
    ; produced and directed by Aryana Farshad; written by Aryana Farshad
    and Janelle Balnicke. New York : Wellspring Media, (2003).

    Lesson Segments:
    1. Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill / Massom, Massom I'm Drunk
    With Love by Unknown Iranian Folk Musicians, from Folk Songs
    and Dances of Iran.(National Standards 1, 2, 3, 6, 8)
    2. Literature and Music; Understanding Iranian Culture (National
    Standards 8, 9)
    1. Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill / Massom, Massom I'm Drunk
    With Love by Unknown Iranian Folk Musicians, from Folk Songs
    and Dances of Iran.
    a. Listen to recording.
    b. Learn to sing the melody by rote.
    c. Sing along with recording when it gets to 00:31.
    d. Continue to listen: how are the kamanches (bowed lutes) altering the
    melody?
    e. Add a few violins to the sung melody to imitate the kamanches.
    f. Add the drums to the melody .
    g. Between the verse and chorus, add improvised sections on the voice,
    violin, or dombek, keeping within the mode of the piece.
    Assessment: How do the students perform? Do they grasp all the components of
    performance?
    2. Literature & Music: Understanding Iranian Culture
    a. Persians have an ancient tradition of writing poetry and using this poetry
    in religious, mystic, and musical settings; show clips from Mystic Iran:
    The Unseen World, to illustrate this.
    b. The language of Iran is Farsi; Better illustrate Iranian language, musical
    instruments, artwork, people, and landscape (see below for sources).
    Assessment: Can the students answer historical, cultural, and literary questions
    accurately?
    Extension:
    Incorporate dance into the folk song Ay Sar Kotal At the Top of the Hill
    Find a Persian dancer in the community

    To inquire, email the Seattle Iranian community mailing list

    References:
    Esfandiary, Dr. Hossein-Ali Nouri. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Japan:
    Shumposa Photo Printing Co., Ltd., 1977. (For Iranian illustrations and
    calligraphy)
    Fadiman, James and Robert Frager. Essential Sufism. New Jersey: Castle Book,
    1998.
    Ladinsky, Daniel. The Gift, Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master. New York:
    Compass, 1999.
    Waite, James and Jamileh Heydari. Persia. Islamic Republic of Iran: Yassavoli
    Publications, 1998. (For photographs of Iran.)

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