Lesson Plan/ Unit Studies

Our Lesson Plan/ Unit Studies this week we be studying Willie Nelson music.

Spelling Words:

Country Music, Willie Nelson, Abbott, Texas, actor, activist, outlaw country, guitar, Red Headed Stranger, Nashville, Great Depression, Texas Music Project

Discussion questions:

1. What year was Willie Nelson born?
2. Which City was Willie Nelson born in?
3. What is the category of Country Music Willie helped define?
4. Which part of the Military was Willie in? Why was he discharged?
5. Whose band did Willie join?
6. Name the member of the Highway Men.
7. How much did he own the IRS and how did he pay them?
8. How many songs had Willie Nelson written?

Reading:

Willie: An Autobiography

Willie Nelson is more than just a singer whose albums have captures this country’s imagination for more than thirty years: he is the nearest thing we have to the poet laureate of America’s heart and the heartland. Told with frankness, warmth and earthy humor, here is Willie’s story: his depression ere childhood; his stormy marriages; his experiences with drugs, booze and women; his long rise to stardom; his musical and personal experiences with Waylon Jennings, Julio Iglesias, Kris Kristopherson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt.

Art:

Put together a collage of Willie Nelsons Live using Mixed Media.

Music Class:

Choose a Willie Nelson song to sing on Friday during Free Time for David and I.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates