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Common Core RH.6-8.7 songs
Farmers, Miners, Cowboys, Railroad Workers - Groups That Moved America
This lesson is focused on the farmers, miners, cowboys and railroad workers who moved west, their motivations and influence on the nation. Students will determine which of these groups influenced westward expansion in the United States the most. The lesson begins with a Warm Up activity in which students ponder the idea of what causes people to relocate and what things a country can do to motivate population movement. Next, students work in groups to analyze songs from the time period of westwar
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5th - 9th
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Memorial Day Reading Comprehension & Song Analysis
In the Memorial Day Reading Comprehension & Song Analysis, students will explore a background reading about the history and significance of Memorial Day as well as three related songs that are synonymous with Memorial Day. The students will answer five multiple choice questions to assess their understanding of the reading and songs. The three songs used are:Born in the USA- Bruce SpringsteinFortunate Son- Creedence Clearwater RevivalRagged Old Flag- Johnny CashIf you enjoy this history readi
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6th - 9th
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Ancient Civilizations Musical (works for Remote Learning!)
Ancient: The Musical is a culminating activity (a cross-curricular musical program) to help students learn and celebrate Ancient Civilizations from World History!7 SONGS to accent seven different units from World History:Early Peoples1. Ötzi Mesopotamia2. Hammurabi, What's Your Hobby?Ancient Egypt3. Wonderful Things (about Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's tomb)Early India4. Under This Tree (about the birth of Buddhism, the Buddha, and Asoka)Ancient China5. ConfuciusAncient Greece6. What W
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5th - 8th
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STEM Musical Road - Music on the Road | Elementary & Middle School Technology
Does driving down the road ever feel boring and the music on the radio just doesn't do what it used to? Time to take a trip down a musical road where no radio, phones or sound systems are required. All you need is your car and a good set of tires to enjoy this music!In this lesson, students will learn about real-life roads that create music and create one of their own musical roads using a road making music synthesizer! This web-based activity presents the work as a fun, open-ended activity with
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
60s Girl Groups Unit - Early Feminism and Breaking Away from Traditional Roles
The Essential Question for students is: Were the Girl Groups of the early 1960s voices of female empowerment or reflections of traditional female roles? In this lesson, students will evaluate what the emergence of the Girl Groups said about the roles of girls and women in the early 1960s. The nation sat on the threshold of a new Women’s Rights movement that would challenge traditional female roles. In 1963, Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, widely considered a milestone in the emerg
Grades:
8th - 10th
Propaganda and Media Literacy Complete Unit and Group Project
This is a complete mini-unit on specific Propaganda techniques and ways to spot them in media and advertising. Students see examples, discuss questions with a partner, write down their ideas, and take guided notes. Included in this package:Complete presentation "Lesson 1: How to Spot Fake News"Complete presentation "Lesson 2: Propaganda Techniques"Printable Student Guided Notes for Lesson 2 presentationSong lyrics: "Can't Trust This Source Yet" (to the tune of "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin
Grades:
6th - 12th
Suburbanization in Postwar America (TV, Car Culture, and the Surf Sound)
After WWII, the country’s landscape was changing, in ways that would have a major impact on American life and culture, and, certainly, on the worlds of young people. To begin this lesson, students will analyze the rise of the suburbs, and the ways in which the Beach Boys made music that evoked this important demographic trend. There are actually 3 separate lessons here, but in delivering the content to my own students, I discovered that it made more sense to combine them...themes repeat...The Be
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Burr vs. Hamilton Musical Analysis Investigation Pear Deck Google Slides
With this interactive Pear Deck, students will be immersed in the world of Hamilton the Musical and delve into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr through five songs: "The Ten Duel Commandments," "The Election of 1800," "Your Obedient Servant," "The World Was Wide Enough," and "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story." As they listen to each song, students will interpret the emotions, motivations, and consequences depicted, developing critical thinking and analytical skills a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Early United States History Interactive Lessons BUNDLE
The Twist and Teen Dance Shows: Influence on 50s American Culture
In this lesson, students will investigate the vast cultural impact on American culture of teen dance shows (such as American Bandstand), and dance crazes (the Twist in particular). Students will learn about the rising popularity of television and its growing power as a cultural force in 1950s America. They will discuss the popularity and influence of televised dance shows aimed at teenage audiences, and understand the influence of the “Twist” dance craze.The Essential Question for students is: H
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
RI8.3: 9/11 - Country Music Response
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it. The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
RI8.3 - 9/11 Song Comparison Graphic Organizer (Country Music + September 11th)
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it.The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respon
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
80s Heavy Metal and the Censorship Debate
In this lesson, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The History of Black Protest Songs - PowerPoint Presentation-Graphic Organizer
These activities are perfect for Black History Month or anytime of the year in either a history or English classroom. Provided is a PowerPoint that can be shared with students to have on their own screens if you are a 1:1 technology classroom, or the teacher can project it large for the entire class. Students are provided with a brief introduction to the Black Lives Matter movement and terminology such as: Hands Up, Don't Shoot...Ferguson...Michael Brown...Tamir Rice...I can't breathe...and We s
Grades:
8th - 12th
Beatlemania - Hysteria and the Commercial Machine
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Constitutional Rock
Congratulations! You now have a way to teach students about the U.S. Constitution, the guiding document of our country. My three-day lesson plan will help students in a live or remote setting. This lesson takes random facts and makes them stick like glue, thanks to the braintastic combination of kinesthetic, visual, and auditory methods. This is a long song with six stanzas that reflect the conflict and content related to this tumultuous time period.This lesson uses the rhythm of "We Will Ro
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5th - 8th
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: "6,000,000" Song Video with Teacher's Guides & Music
Hank Fellows is an ASCAP Award-winning songwriter and educator. In 2006, Hank wrote his song "6,000,000" as a remembrance to the victims of the Nazi concentration camps, as well as to the hundreds of thousands of victims of genocide in our own time. Since 2006, the song "6,000,000" has been performed numerous times across America in Holocaust Education and Holocaust Remembrance Day programs. This four-minute video uses the song "6,000,000" as the soundtrack, and includes 16 audience-friendly arc
Grades:
6th - 9th
1960s Song Analysis Listening Centers - Surf Sounds feat. The Beach Boys
This Station Rotation Activity is meant to be paired with and part of a larger unit slideshow called The Suburbanization of Postwar America. Students will use this worksheet to rotate through 4 listening stations (the media is provided in the slideshow as embedded video clips). At Station 1 - students will focus on Vocal Harmonies and listen to two songs - Song 1: “The Things We Did Last Summer,” by the Beach Boys (1963) and Song 2: “Angel Eyes,” by The Four Freshmen (1956). Ask students to thin
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Renaissance Song Project
Fun, engaging, and memorable! Students write and perform songs about notable Renaissance figures. Enjoy this creative project I've been doing with my students since 2016. Included: Directions for Teacher, Directions for Students, Renaissance Figures, Rubric, Note taking chart, Links to two Example Projects
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6th - 12th
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