I thought it would be fun to do a Music Study with Doctor Who.
The kids certainly agreed so we set to researching together.
50 years of great music. 11 (or 12) doctors representing decades (or millions of years) of history.
Check out this performance, complete with video clips. LOVE!
I also love this series of shorts about the original composers of sci-fi music: – The history of science fiction program music! So full of win.
List of all music featured in Doctor Who episodes=awesome.
Study with Your Doctor:
1st Doctor: The Beatles – get a CD on Amazon or download it on iTunes (seriously, everyone should have some in their collection)
2nd Doctor: Bartók – Amazon CD or iTunes album
3rd Doctor:
- King Crimson (I saw them perform at a tiny club in the ’90s! It was epic.) – get their CD on Amazon
- Emerson Lake and Palmer – download a great album on iTunes
- Berlioz – CD on Amazon or iTunes download
4th Doctor:
5th Doctor: ’20s music – Learn how to dance the Charleston!
6th Doctor: Fun ’60s music and beach tunes
7th Doctor:
- Wagner – Amazon or iTunes
- British composer Keff McCulloch – several tracks on the 50th Anniversary soundtrack on iTunes
8th Doctor: Puccini – Amazon or iTunes
9th Doctor:
- Big Band, especially Glenn Miller – and practice swing dancing! Amazon or iTunes
- David Bowie – Amazon or iTunes
- Rick Astley – Amazon or iTunes
10th Doctor: Program music by British composer Murray Gold – Amazon or iTunes
11th Doctor: Such a fun way to study the greatness of classic bands and artists:
Notebooking options – some free and some not:
- Notebooking Fairy
- SQUILT music appreciation curriculum
- Productive Homeschooling
- Harmony Fine Arts Music and Art Curriculum
- Homeschool Notebooking Composer Pages
- Practical Pages Music Appreciation Worksheets
- That Resource Site Composer Notebooking Pages
- Music Lapbooking from Homeschool Share
- 123Homeschool4Me Music Lapbook
- Orchestra lapbooking and notebooking from Homeschool Helper
- Homeschool in the Woods composers lapbook
AND…Look what I made for you!
Doctor Who Music Notebooking Pages – with a T.A.R.D.I.S.!
FREE. Click to download. You’re welcome.
So, like the good homeschool mama I am, I asked my kids the other day: what do you want to be when you grow up?
Answer?
The Doctor’s Companions.
For the win.
Check out my other cross-curricular unit study here.
It would be fun to also listen to the theme and incidental music from the show (which changes from Doctor to Doctor) with older kids and talk about how the composers use it to illicit mood and so on…I’ve actually been thinking about doing some sort of composer study with my teen linked to music from films. You have me thinkin’. ;)
great minds…love these ideas! I love how the T.A.R.D.I.S., screwdriver, intro theme and images change with each season/Doctor.
Buttercup has just become a huge Dr. Who fan this year. I’m thinking of integrating it with history studies. Introduce the time period with the episodes, and then explain the reality of the situation. She’s watching all the seasons free on Amazon Prime–even the old ones.
Fun! I have a list you can begin with here: http://royallittlelambs.com/aint-no-party-like-a-time-lord-party/
I love it! That’s a great idea for a music study :-)
Fun idea!
Great collection of resources and ideas! Thanks for sharing!
This. is. AWESOOOME!!!! I love love love everything about all of this. Such a great idea!! LOVE the pics…fantastic costumes…I could go on all day!
Thanks for linking this up at the Geeky Educational Link Up!
I would have to agree that this is a win! Thank you so much for linking up at the Geeky Educational Link Up. I may just have to have some Whovian Musical fun with the kiddos now. =)
This is epic!! Thank you so much!!!