Music History - Comparison and Contrast Paper

In this lesson, students will write a comparison and contrast paper of the Baroque and Classical Periods in music.

First, students need to choose a specific topic such as style of music or main characteristics in the Baroque and Classical Periods of music.

Then, they will gather information and write a comparison and contrast essay on the topic they chose.

The research and writing the essay will take longer than one hour. You can split the lesson into two class periods.

You can also have the students do their research at home and write the paper in class.

You can grade the students on their essay and the important facts about the composer they chose.

You can also grade them on the organization of their essay, sentence structure, paragraph structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.