Teaching American History With Favorite Folk Songs 12 Songs on CD, Song Sheets, and Activities That Teach Key Topics and Help Kids Connect With the People and Events That Shaped Our History

by West, Tracey

• ISBN13: 9780439043878
• ISBN10: 0439043875
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

Bring the songs and voices of American history into your classroom! This unique book and stirring CD feature folk songs such as "Yankee Doodle," "Oh, Susanna," and "Follow the Drinking Gourd" to teach about the Colonial period and the American Revolution, Westward Expansion, and the Civil War. Includes reproducible song sheets, background information, key vocabulary, discussion questions, teaching activities, and interactive activity pages. Plus: literature connections and related web sites. For use with Grades 3-5.

Table of Contents

About This Book	4	(6)
The Colonial Period and the American Revolution
Background and Time Line	6	(1)
``Frog Went a Courtin''	7	(5)
``Revolutionary Tea''	12	(5)
``Yankee Doodle''	17	(6)
Westward Expansion
Background and Time Line	23	(1)
``The Erie Canal''	24	(4)
``John Henry''	28	(5)
``Oh, Susanna''	33	(3)
``Get Along, Little Dogies''	36	(3)
``Cielito Lindo''	39	(4)
The Civil War
Background and Time Line	43	(1)
``Follow the Drinking Gourd''	44	(4)
``Dixie Land''	48	(5)
``When Johnny Comes Marching Home''	53	(4)
``Just Before the Battle, Mother''	57	(4)
Wrapping Up	61	(1)
Resources	62