Video Description: Learning about diverse cultures through music, specifically drumming, is what Spectrum is all about. Spectrum is a not-for-profit organization offering free, cultural education through drumming as an enrichment to the current school curriculum – a continual study of world culture through music, year round, not just a once a year presentation in the school gymnasium. The Kranzberg Arts Foundation is supporting this endeavor by offering a space for practice and performance in the new .ZACH Performing Arts Incubator and the Kranzberg Arts Center. Could such an approach help teach cultural awareness in your school?

• Use the video as inspiration for students to research a musical instrument unique to another country and then share their findings in a report, presentation, or another format of your/their choice.
• Use the video in a cross-curricular or arts integration activity related to student study of cultures and/or geography. Have students choose a culture/country and learn the role music plays in that culture, what instruments are used most often, etc. and then share their findings in a report, presentation, or another format of your/their choice.