Example Assignment: 300-level Interdisciplinary Music Course

Course: “Music and Crisis,” a 300-level course exploring music created in response to crisis

Terra Nostra was incorporated into a two-week unit exploring music from a variety of genres written to raise awareness about climate change. We watched the 2022 version of the film, including the poetry, together as a class.

The students then engaged in a Canvas discussion board with the following prompt:

After experiencing the music in class, address the following in your discussion post:

• Did Terra Nostra make you think differently about climate change? Why or why not?
• What did you find most and least effective in the experience (music, images, poetry)?
• Did you find that the visual presentation enhanced or detracted from the music?
• Were there images that were especially effective? Surprising? Disturbing? Confusing? All of the above?