January/February 2007
Armenian Classroom Activities for Download
1. Download sheet music for these Armenian-language seasonal songs:
Khorhoort medz, a Christmas day hymn attributed to the fifth-century historiographer Movses Khorenatsi. From A Treasury of Armenian Chants by Sahan Arzruni
The following songs for various seasonal feasts come from The Armenian and His Song by Sylva der Stepanian and Komitas Kevorkian:
2. Here are two poems by the late well-known Armenian poet Silva Gabudikyan.
Word to My Son one of her most famous pieces.
3. Here are some resources to help you teach about Sts. Vartanantz and the battle of Avarayr.
The Battle of Avarayr Two poems about St. Vartan and the battle in 451.
A picture your students can color by Paul Sassorian, along with the Armenian-language essay on the importance of the Treaty of Nuvassag.
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