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Free 4th grade social studies songs
Patriotic Songs {freebie}
My students love to sing patriotic songs to start each day. These posters are a friendly reminder of the words in the songs. Enjoy! Go USA!
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: Germany – O Christmas Tree FREEBIE
*** FREE ***Overview: This product is a curriculum integration tool incorporating music, history and cultural traditions. The lesson is built around students learning some facts about Christmas Around the World as is found in Germany, singing a famous German Christmas carol, O Christmas Tree and playing a recorder and/or Easy Tone Chimes & Bells arrangement of the song. Materials:• Teaching Suggestions• Fact Sheet• Song Sheet: O Christmas Tree• Music for Recorder• Music & Instructions
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Songs & Activities
May is Asian American, Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. An important celebration, but one that doesn’t typically draw the fanfare of February’s Black History Month, or Hispanic Heritage Month. However, with the popularity of Disney’s Moana and Lava songs, I have found an easy engagement piece that allows students to access a part of the world they might not be familiar with. By the time they found out these islands were made from volcanos they were totally hooked! Each song features a map
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PreK - 4th
Columbus Day Poem and Songs
Perfect for Columbus Day!
Here are 3 poems/songs for little learners to take home on Columbus Day. We sang these in class the whole week then I gave them this handout to take home and sing with their parents. I had a lot of positive feedback from parents saying their kids learned a lot and really enjoyed these songs!!
**I do not take credit for writing these songs/poems**
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PreK - 6th
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FREE Pocahontas Reading Comprehension Passage Activities for 4th and 5th Grade
Are you looking for engaging, Pocahontas reading comprehension activities for 4th and 5th Grade? Rap music is the solution! Based on a biography rap song, these activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detail
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Middle School Sequence of Events Worksheets with Reading Passages
COMPOSER ACTIVITIES Ludwig Van Beethoven
*** FREE ***This is an example of COMPOSER ACTIVITIES products. See below for other available products.Overview: This product is a curriculum integration tool incorporating music, history, math and writing for 2-5th. The lesson is built around students learning some facts about Beethoven, identifying and singing a musical theme with original fun lyrics and writing creative narratives. Music vocabulary words are used in the song. Math principles may be applied through the use of rhythm pattern
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2nd - 5th
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"Fifty Nifty United States" Sing-Along: Lyrics & Activities | FREEBIE!
This patriotic sing-along piece is based on Ray Charles' "Fifty Nifty United States". In addition to the lyrics & alphabetical list of states, there are 2 Social Studies related activities: Name the states (and abbreviations) & label a map.There are countless YouTube videos to sing along to, so use this as a fun supplement!
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 3rd Grade | 30% off
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Presidents Day Video Freebie: Activities & Worksheets Available in Description
A link to the extended version of this video is below. Help us keep these holiday videos free by purchasing a fun activity set that goes along with the video.Click to Explore Extended Video & Activities✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲ ✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲Happy Presidents DayFrom the two of us at NUMBEROCK✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲ ✲´*。.❄¨¯`*✲。❄。*。¨¯`*✲This Presidents of the USA song for kids Starts from George Washington and goes all the way to Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. With some bluegras
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1st - 6th
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Black National Anthem - Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing is the Black National Anthem. It is important to teach this song to your students no matter what color they are. Teach it throughout the year AND during Black History MonthThis song is a great teaching tool for music and history teachers alike. The lyrics are so powerful. What is included in this resource?* Cover* TOU* Thank You* Lyric Sheet#bhm #blackhistorymonth #blacknationalanthemCheck out my website: The Tuneful TeacherFollow me at The Tuneful Teacher:Instag
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PreK - 12th
America the Beautiful
The perfect poster for you to teach your children "America the Beautiful!" This is made to be printed on 8-1/2 x 11 paper!
Enjoy!
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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The United States Geography Song: Social Studies Activity with United States Map
In just a few minutes you'll be singing along to our geography song that celebrates the USA through a musical style inspired by traditional American power ballads. The song is infused with the rich twangs of the electric guitar that will bring the classic rock genre of the previous generations to the children of the current generation. Come along with us on a musical journey as we learn about some of America's most beautiful places, their most famous faces, along with the names and geographic l
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4th - 6th
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Japanese Weather Telling Song and Activity FREEBIE
My third graders absolutely love this song and activity. They are entranced by the story about the young girl in Japan who gets new clogs and then ruins them by playing the Japanese Weather Telling Game.She tries to trick her mom, but in the end, she decides she will never try to trick her mom again. (The book is not included, but I give a link for where you can buy it). The book isn't absolutely necessary, but I highly recommend it for helping students to relate to the song.
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PreK - 12th
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Economics Songs Mini Book Free Sample
Economics Songs Mini Book Free Sample
Are you economically minded? Then you probably like free samples, and I have the resource for you!
This is a free sample of my larger Economics Songs Mini Book (found here: Economics Songs Mini Book) It includes lyrics to two songs, one about consumers/producers and one about wants/needs.
Worried about your singing voice? Don’t be! I’ve recorded the songs and links are included so that you can listen and/or play for your class.
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2nd - 9th
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Thirteen Colonies Song
Song - "Viva la 13 Colonies" - to teach important information about the original thirteen colonies including: regions, geography, government, religion, and other pertinent facts.
Sung to the tune of "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay.
The song is available to hear on Youtube.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.
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3rd - 8th
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The Oregon Trail Song
Sing this song to the old Gilligan's Island theme ("Now sit right back and you'll hear a tale..."). This song is a fun way to teach the following standards:
Why did settlers travel west on the Oregon Trail?
What hardships did the settlers face on the trail?
What was the Homestead Act?
How did towns grow along the trail?
Brain research tells us that songs are stored in long term memory-use the songs as a scaffold to allow students to access the important information you teach them, for the long t
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4th - 8th
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FREE Easy Recorder, Tone Chimes & Bells arrangement HOME ON THE RANGE (Refrain)
***FREE***This product includes the following:• Lesson Plan, Objectives, Procedures• Actual musical arrangement • Sheet with lyrics and rhythms • Individual printable “music” for each chime or bell • Recorder music This is the REFRAIN only for HOME ON THE RANGE. The complete piece, along with two other pieces can be found in the product, THREE Easy Recorder, Tone Chimes & Bells arrangements FOLK SONGS. THREE Easy Recorder, Tone Chimes & Bells arrangements FOLK SONGSThis product uses a
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3rd - 8th
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Star Spangled Banner & America the Beautiful
This freebie includes 2 patriotic songs with lyrics, vocab, and history of each song. This can be used for a quick review of these songs or for getting a closer look at the history and background of these patriotic songs. I hope your students enjoy learning these songs.** Don't forget to follow me to get monthly freebies if you like my work. Click on the "Follow Me" button on my store page.
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1st - 5th
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Continents song
Teach your students an easy to learn song about the continents and oceans, sung to the catchy well-known tune, "Old MacDonald". My students still remember the song months later! Make learning Social Studies facts more fun with this original song by Tracy Maggio.
**I have edited the song to include 5 oceans, since it was changed from 4 to 5 in the year 2000.
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2nd - 4th
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Medieval Times
Video: https://youtu.be/02WKRbtB_wgThe Medieval Times, Medieval TimesOver 300 years when Feudalism shinedWhere Kings and Lords, ruled the landKeeping all the peasants well in handHoly wars spread far and wideSome sought power and some a better lifeTrade with other countries grew and grew andIt opened the world to different cultures tooTrade Fairs came along and money emergedAn economy based on cash and being servedThis changed the way they lived and what they knewPower and money were in the ha
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3rd - 6th
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The Oceans and Continents Song & Video: Rocking the World
Do you want to have your students remember the worlds Ocean and Continents? This packet includes a music video with a light up map and lyrics on the bottom that teach students the names of the Oceans and Continents in an interactive way. It includes:The Oceans and Continents Video Lyric SheetsMapsOceans and Continents related learning activities and lesson plansIf you’re like most people, you quietly sing the alphabet song in your head when you want to know what letter comes after J. We all know
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1st - 10th
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States By Region
For a video version, go to: https://youtu.be/5Jv5_deSw7cWhere do you call home,where do you rest?The north,south, east or west?We’re all living under the same,same sunWhere do you live, where are you from?Repeat after me: The New England States:(echo)Maine______,New Hampshire________,Vermont______Massachusetts_______,Rhode IslandConnecticut_______ Pennsylvania_____________, New Jersey_________New York_____________Midwest:Illinois,Indiana,WisconsinOhio MichiganMissouri,Iowa,North DakotaSouth Da
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3rd - 8th
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U.S. Symbols
For a video version, go to: https://youtu.be/qT8Ja1axMv0Many, many symbols help us celebrateThey help us feel proud ‘bout these United StatesThey help us remember, they help us recallFilling us with joy, filling us with aweThere’s the mighty Bald Eagle , our national birdAnd the civil war landmarks in GettysburgThe Golden Gate Bridge in San FranciscoThe mission out west called the AlamoThere’s the Statue of LibertyAnd all those monuments in DCAnd In the South Dakota hills’Mount Rushmore, wh
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3rd - 7th
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Scarcity
Video version: https://youtu.be/vEhQiYghnV0When there’s not enough for you and not enough for meWhen we don’t have enough,there’s a scarcityWe have to make choices every,everydaybetween this and that, in our work and our play‘cause when we don’t have enough there’s a scarcityWhen things are scarce, we have to make choices. If the market doesn't have strawberries, you have to decide if you really want strawberries. If you do, then you will have to travel to different markets to try to find some
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1st - 6th
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Lines of Latitude and Longitude Song
A simple song that is sure to get stuck in your students head. It really helps my sixth graders remember the difference between longitude and latitude.
It is sung to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus"
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PreK - 6th
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