Lyndsey Oberosler

ET 347-970
14 April 2016

Soundscape Assignment
Directions:
Fill in the required portions of this document. Be sure to save it. You will submit this
file with a link to your soundscape.
1. The introduction include just a few of the many ideas for soundscapes to get
you thinking creatively. Now it is your turn. Brainstorm a minimum of three
soundscape ideas in different content areas. You should treat this activity as if
you are the teacher. You are creating a project you would have your students
do. The soundscape you create will be an example which you can use in your
future pedagogy.
Content Area:
Science: Earth Systems
Science
Mathematics: Data,
Analysis, Statistics, and
Probability
Social Studies: History

Reading, Writing, and

Communicating: Writing
and Composition

Soundscape Idea:
Create a soundscape of a tornado, what it would sound like,
weather alerts that would go out, news broadcasts of the
aftermath, etc.
Create a soundscape of students learning about probability by
rolling dice, flipping coins, pushing keys on a calculator, asking
questions, writing down answers, etc.
Create a soundscape of a historical event that was impactful on
United States history with sound effects of people speaking,
background noises of a noisy city or sirens, etc.
Create a soundscape of someone using an old-timey feather and
ink to write on paper and tapping the excess ink off on the side of
the jar, and in the background have a reading of some sort poetry
reading of what he/she is writing.

2. Choose the idea you like the most. Write a brief summary of your idea.
For this soundscape, I want to choose the idea of Social Studies and specifically History. One
event that I think shaped United States history that I feel would be impactful for not only me but
lots of others that were alive during the time is the September 11 th Attacks in 2001. I can
remember when this happened when I was in school and it was something very scary for me and
through the course of history of things that have occurred during my lifetime it was pretty
memorable to me. The sounds and the things that I heard on the news as well as some of the
phone calls made during the attacks was something I will never forget and thats why I think this
would be a good soundscape for me to create. For the soundscape for this idea I would like to
include things such as busy city traffic noises, phone calls to people or 911, sirens, loud airplane
noises or explosion noises, etc. I would use this soundscape when teaching children about recent
U.S. history that has taken place since the year 2000 that really shaped our country, and I would
use this when talking about the September 11 th Attacks specifically.
3. Identify the grade level, content area, and standards.
Grade level:
3rd Grade

Content area(s):
Social Studies: History

Standards:
Standard 1.2.d: Describe the history,

interaction, and contribution of the

various peoples and cultures that have
lived in or migrated to a community or
region (DOK 1 2).

4. Brainstorm what sounds you feel should be included in this soundscape. (A bit
of a project outline)
I recently saw a video a friend of my posted on Facebook that is resurfacing of a girl watching the
world trade center collapse from her dorm room and filming it, and that is what gave me the idea
to do this soundscape. Her and her friends sounded so worried and there was lots of screaming
and alarms and it was a very scary event but I thought it may make for a good soundscape. The
entire time I was watching this video my heart was just pounding for them, so that is something
that I want to be sure to include in this, and I want it to be a reoccurring heartbeat to stress the
fear of the event to the listener. Some of the sounds that I think should be included in this
soundscape are things such as:

A busy city with vehicles, horns, people talking, etc.

Loud noises of planes flying through the air
Explosion and fire Noises
Phone calls and people saying things like 911, whats your emergency?
Screaming and yelling or people sounding worried/frightened
Sirens
Heartbeats
Maybe some sort of newscaster talking or a speech about the event

5. Now, create your soundscape. As you create, save your citations.

Citations:
05934 Heels Walking on Pavement Looping.wav by Robinhood76
Robinhood76. (2015, August 5). 05934 Heels Walking on Pavement Looping.wav. Licensed
under Creative Commons:
By Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported. MP3 File. Retrieved
from http://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/318900/.
757 Landing Sound. (2009, May 1). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. MP3
File. Retrieved from
http://soundbible.com/53-757-Landing.html.
Bomb by Mike Koenig
Koenig, M. (2009, December 4). Bomb. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
MP3 File. Retrieved
from http://soundbible.com/1234-Bomb.html.
CityStreet3.wav by Sagetyrtle
Sagetyrtle. (2007, June 27). CityStreet3.wav. Licensed under Creative Commons: By 1.0
Universal Public Domain Dedication. MP3 File. Retrieved from
http://freesound.org/people/sagetyrtle/sounds/36734/.
George W. Bush Speaks from the Oval Office 9/11/2001 by Ben Franske
Franske, B. (2001, September 11). George W. Bush Speaks from the Oval Office 9/11/2001.
Licensed under Public Domain. MP3 File. Retrieved from
https://archive.org/details/GWBush_Oval_Office_Address_20010911.

(Note that this was a very long MP3 file, I only used 10% of the audio in it as recommended by
copyright and fair use guidelines and rules.)
Heartbeat by Urupin
Urupin. (2010, March, 14). Heartbeat. Licensed under Creative Commons: By 1.0 Universal
Public Domain Dedication.
MP3 File. Retrieved from
http://freesound.org/people/urupin/sounds/92036/.
Human Police 911 Dispatch Sound Effects by SFX WORLD
SFX WORLD. (2013, December 27). Human Police Dispatch Sound Effects. Licensed Under SFX
World, Royalty Free.
MP3 File. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=942C8HVHlYQ.
Oh My God! Oh My God! Pleading, Sort of Scared Prayer by 11Linda
11Linda. (2012, October 13). Oh My God! Oh My God! Pleading, Sort of Scared Prayer.
Licensed under Creative Commons: By 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. MP3 File.
Retrieved from
http://freesound.org/people/11linda/sounds/167224/.
Phone Call Tone 1 by Ximian
Ximian. (2014, December 27). Phone Call Tone 1. Licensed under Creative Commons: By
Attribution 3.0 Unported. MP3 File. Retrieved from
http://freesound.org/people/ximian/sounds/259598/.
Police Siren.mp3 by MultiMax2121
MultiMax2121. (2012, May 29). Police Siren.mp3. Licensed under Creative Commons: By 1.0
Universal Public Domain Dedication. MP3 File. Retrieved from
http://freesound.org/people/MultiMax2121/sounds/156869/.
Police Sound. (2011, May 17). Licensed under Public Domain. MP3 File. Retrieved from
http://soundbible.com/1819Police.html.
(All images used in this video were from public domain)

6. Once your soundscape is complete, paste the link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALloNHZyQ6M