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Irish-Americans: Work and Song

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Irish-American culture. In this immigration lesson, students watch video segments regarding immigration in the 1840's and 1850's. Students discuss the discrimination Irish-Americans faced as they listen to songs and...
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Rockin’ the World: Rock and Roll and Social Protest in 20th Century America

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore protest songs. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students examine issues-based music by summarizing lyrics and revealing inferences, generalizations, conclusions, and points of view found in the songs.
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Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the American dream. In this contemporary music lesson, students analyze the lyrics of songs by Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, and David Massengill. Students create 3-D representations of the American dream and write...
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Empathy and the Vietnam War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the implications of the draft during the Vietnam War. In this Vietnam lesson, students analyze the lyrics of songs that explore differents opinions of the Vietnam draft. Students particpate in a role-play activity...
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James Taylor “You’ve Got A Friend”

For Students 6th - 9th
In this verb forms practice worksheet, students fill in the 20 blanks in the song lyrics of "You've Got a Friend." A word bank is provided.
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Reading: Home on the Range

For Students 4th - 5th
For this cowboy poetry worksheet, students read about stories and poems in the American West. Students read the lyrics of "Home on the Range". Students answer 7 multiple choice questions.
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The Star-Spangled Banner

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore American song. In this Star Spangled Banner lesson, 2nd graders discuss what it means the meaning the lyrics of the song and the history behind the song as they participate in a classroom activity.
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The Star-Spangled Banner

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the Star-Spangled Banner. In this civics lesson, students read the lyrics of the song as well as a handout that details its creation. Students respond to discussion questions from the handout.
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My Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore repetition in music. In this music lesson plan, students discover the lyrics of a folk song from Argentina about farm animals. Students read about farms and the animals found on farms prior to learning the song in high...
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Roll Over! (There Were Ten In The Bed)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice math, language, and music skills. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students learn the song "Roll Over!" practicing repeating word patterns and subtraction skills. Students improvise in the song by adding...
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African Women: Their Roles and Music

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore music by African women. In this African society lesson, students compare and contrast the roles of African and American women. Young scholars listen to music by African women and analyze the lyrics of the music.
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Music is Poetry

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete poetry analysis activities using music. For this music as poetry lesson, students review poetic devices and bring in selected music with lyrics and work in groups to listen as well as analyze the music as poetry.
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Introductory Lesson on Prejudice

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students define prejudice. In this cultural diversity lesson, students analyze the lyrics of "Carefully Taught," from Broadway's South Pacific and then discuss and debate the attributes of prejudice.
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English Exercises: It's A Small World

For Students 6th
In this countries of the world worksheet, 6th graders watch a musical video, interactively select the correct words (11) for the lyrics of the song, complete 9 sentences about foreign countries, match 10 flags with their countries,...
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English Exercises: Activities to Teach Peace

For Students 5th
In this English exercises:  activities to teach peace activity, 5th graders listen the the song Together, interactively select 13 words to complete the lyrics, read a quote, explain it and draw a picture about it, make a peace...
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ESL Song Activity - "Arthur's Homework Song"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL song learning exercise, students listen to a song titled "Arthur's Homework," then complete true/false and short answer questions and fill in blanks in sentences and song lyrics.
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ESL Song Comprehension Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this ESL comprehension worksheet, students listen to a song titled, "All Together Now," then fill in blanks in the song lyrics and identify items correctly.
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A Song Can Teach Much

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this songs worksheet, students listen to the song and then choose the correct words to fill in the blanks to the lyrics. Students complete 29 blanks in the song.
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The Cat Came Back

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this listening comprehension interactive instructional activity, students listen to the song "The Cat Came Back" and fill in the missing lyrics. There are 20 missing words to fill in.
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Grammar Rock Preposition

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this prepositions worksheet, students first view a YouTube video of a song about prepositions. Students fill in the missing words in the lyrics. This is an online interactive exercise.
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Singing About Zoo Animals

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders sing a variation of "The Muffin Man" with lyrics dedicated to zoo animals. As a class, 5th graders sing the song as a round and maintain a stead beat and rhythm while singing.
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We Care For Our Commons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate how volunteering makes a difference in a community. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the lyrics of "This Land Is Your Land" and illustrate ways to volunteer in their community.
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Understanding Story Elements-Who, What, Where

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a rap using story details.  In this creative writing lesson, students examine the use of rap lyrics to list important details of stories.  They view a video example, and use their notes to create their own raps...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the holidays by performing a song with their class.  In this Christmas activity, 4th graders recite some of their favorite Christmas songs and read the lyrics to the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas."...

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