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Students explore the role of protest songs. In this early American history lesson, students research the acts passed by the British that angered colonists. Students then listen to protest songs from contemporary American history prior to writing their own songs of protests about the events they researched.

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protest songs, protests, early american history

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daughters of liberty, early american history, protest songs, sons of liberty, social studies
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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