KWL In The Music Classroom

KWL charts are not something I utilize often in my music classroom.  However, music history and composer units lend themselves well toward this learning strategy.  It would be beneficial to survey students before we begin a unit to pre-assess their knowledge and allow them an opportunity to articulate the things they want to learn about. Then I can modify the content of the unit to address some of their interests.  By catering to their natural curiosity, students are more likely to remain engaged in their learning.  It will be interesting to see how this method impacts my classes during our second semester music history unit.