Students use appropriate technology to enrich understanding of music, musicians and composers of music literature being studied. Students can create a research product such as write program notes or create a podcast.

Students will compare music from current repertoire to an arrangement or piece of a similar historical genre. Students will view music through a historical lens by understanding the cultural influences of the original piece.

Students will learn about history and music history through listening, analyzing, and performing works in their instrumental class. Students will gain insight into history through a Fine Arts lens, enabling them to make connections with contemporaries and world events. 

Virginia Roots is a series produced by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with the VDOE and is designed to help music teachers incorporate Appalachian traditional music into the music curruiculum.

Becky Hill is a percussive dancer with extensive training and teaching experience, and she anchors this program while sharing the ways that Appalachian dancers are participants in the music and not just the audience.