Intro to Songs of Unity

Today we started by writing a reflection about both of our performances, saying our comments and critiques, which one we thought was better and why, the pros and cons, etc. Then, Mr. Karena told us about our new unit: Songs of Unity. We talked about how there are different types of songs that unite people, like religious music or negro spirituals and many more. Then Mr. Karena told us our assignment was to create a performance of a song of unity and add our own twist to it. He showed us an example of a group from the first year in Hangzhou (fun fact: one member was my sister). Our class has 8 people, so we can randomly got sorted into two groups of 4. My group includes me, Hannah, Celine, and Arnold. We then brainstormed about possible songs and came up with this list:

Man in the Mirror

We are the World

Imagine

Try

Stronger

True Colors

I Won't Give up

Just the Way You Are

What a Wonderful World

All of the Stars

Come Together