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High school social studies songs for Microsoft PowerPoint
The Music of The United States Armed Forces - A Guided Listening Unit
Follow me on Facebook for the latest news, freebies, and more!>>>>> Music With Sara Bibee--------------------------------------------------------------------Click here for more guided listening units!--------------------------------------------------------------------Please note the preview file may appear blurry due to compression. The full download is of HD quality.Perfect for Veterans Day, or any other Patriotic Musical Unit. This is a guided listening unit focused on the offic
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PreK - 9th
Im Just a Bill - Flowchart with PowerPoint
After showing your students the classic School House Rock Song (Youtube), students will complete a colorful flowchart using an easy to follow PowerPoint.Use this visual guide on "How a Bill Becomes a Law" as your students reference for activities such as Mock Congress or your Constitution Unit.Electoral College Simulation GameHamilton The Musical: Comic Book NotesU.S. History Simulations:Civil War Simulation GameGold Rush Simulation GameOregon Trail Simulation GameLewis and Clark Simulation Game
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4th - 12th
Elvis Presley: 25 slides with text, hyperlinks & primary sources (with handouts)
CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST USING THIS RESOURCE:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNib7NeS6c&list=PLuDsB8Na6TspXRt7pZU_QT6s5u9y1qdBz&index=3***Google Classroom Compatible – these Microsoft Word documents can also be saved as Google Docs and used in Google or other digital classrooms***Google Classroom Compatible – these Microsoft PowerPoint files can also be saved as Google Slides and used in Google or other digital classroomsDesigned for Music History class OR U.S. History class, this download
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4th - 11th
Also included in: ELVIS PRESLEY BUNDLE - Slides, Games, Handouts and More!
The Star Spangled Banner - powerpoint
Here is a powerpoint presentation that accompanies the song "The Star Spangled Banner". I use it in my class when I teach patriotic songs. There are 9 gorgeous slides with high quality pictures and lyrics.
*There is NO music track included.
Patriotic Powerpoint Presentations Pack 1 (collection of 4)
U.S.A. - Interactive States & Capitals - SMARTBOARD FILE
U.S.A. - Interactive States & Capitals Matching - SMARTBOARD FILE
God Bless America - PowerPoint
My Country 'Tis of Thee - Pow
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
America's Patriotic Music - Historical Timeline & Tidbits with Lyrics
I've been working on this Powerpoint for a long time! I am always trying to tie the history to the music. This contains a timeline of many of America's Patriotic songs along with a bit of history on each one and the most familiar lyrics sung.
Songs contained are:
Yankee Doodle
The Star-Spangled Banner
America
Dixie
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
America, the Beautiful
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Anchors Aweigh
Grand Old Flag
The Caisson Song and The Army Goes Rolling Along
The Marine's H
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3rd - 12th
Do we benefit from slavery today, as the North did in the 1800s?
This is a powerful lesson for students to see a modern connection to the past.Before this lesson, you should discuss with students how the North was complicit in slavery as much as the South was in the years prior to the Civil War. Northerners profited greatly off the backs of slave labor, whether they would have wanted to admit it or not. This lesson poses the question: Do we profit from slavery today?It uses multi-media clips about Nike and Apple as well as a song called "Are My Hands Clean"
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6th - 12th
Theme Song for each week of 8th grade US history: includes lyrics-hyperlink
Call it "Music Monday", "Time-for-beats Tuesday", "History-song Hump-day", "Theme-song Thursday", or "Fun Friday" and use a history-themed song once-a-week all year long to enhance learning.This download includes a 65-slide PowerPoint that matches 30 songs to topics studied in 8th grade U.S. History. Some songs are funny, others are serious, but all of them correspond to topics such as: Colonies, American Revolution, War of 1812, Era of Good Feelings, Manifest Destiny, Indian Removal, Westward
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5th - 9th
American Folk Music American Folk Songs PowerPoint
AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONTHIS PRESENTATION WILL CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF FOLK MUSIC IN AMERICA. HYPERLINKS ARE INCLUDED TO HIGH QUALITY AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS.DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR EACH FOLK MUSIC LISTENING EXAMPLE ARE INCLUDED.TEN QUIZ QUESTIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.ALSO CHECK OUT:ROCK MUSIC POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONJAZZ: MADE IN AMERICA POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONTHE MUSIC OF AFRICA POWERPOINT PRESEN
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3rd - 9th
Also included in: Music PowerPoint Super Bundle
You're a Grand Old Flag - powerpoint
Here is a powerpoint presentation that accompanies the song "You're a Grand Old Flag". I use it in my class when I teach patriotic songs. There are 9 gorgeous slides with high quality pictures and lyrics.
*There is NO music track included.
Patriotic Powerpoint Presentations Pack 1 (collection of 4)
U.S.A. - Interactive States & Capitals - SMARTBOARD FILE
U.S.A. - Interactive States & Capitals Matching - SMARTBOARD FILE
The Star Spangled Banner - PowerPoint
God Bless America - Pow
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Theme Song for each week of 11th grade US history: includes lyrics & hyperlinks
Call it "Music Monday", "Time-for-beats Tuesday", "History-song Hump-day", "Theme-song Thursday", or "Fun Friday" and use a history-themed song once-a-week all year long to enhance learning.This download includes a 65-slide PowerPoint that matches 32 songs to topics studied in high school U.S. History class. Some songs are funny, others are serious, but all of them correspond to topics such as: American Revolution, Gilded Age, Immigration, Labor, Unions, populism, World War One, 1920s, Harlem
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9th - 12th
War of 1812 PowerPt-Battle of Lake Erie/Burning Washington/Star Spangled Banner
This PowerPoint begins with a list of reasons why the War of 1812 was fought. The author then takes you to three main events of the War of 1812 - the Battle of Lake Erie at Put-In-Bay featuring Commodore Perry and reenactors, the burning of Washington with Dolley Madison's role in saving White House artifacts such as the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, and the bombardment of Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key's penning of the Star Spangled Banner. You will see the site of
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4th - 12th
History of Music in America Google Slides and Videos
This "Music in 'Murica" Google Slides is an incredible, interactive, highly engaging walk through music history. Students will learn about the roots of spirituals to jazz to rock and roll to disco to modern pop, grunge and hip hop. Use this treasure trove of videos, songs, images and student activities to not only teach American History students about our musical roots, but about all of the corresponding political and cultural events that go along with them! These are some of my student's fav
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7th - 12th
A Year of Spanish 1 Bell Ringers
38 weeks of bell ringers for Spanish 1. Each week highlights a different Spanish-speaking country.1-2 pop songs with music videos from every Spanish-speaking country.Includes each of my individual bell ringer slideshows at a discount (Don't buy these if you buy this item!):lunes lírico - 38 songs of the week that highlight 1-2 songs from each Spanish-speaking countrymartes del mapa - explore some basic facts and a video from a different country each weekmiércoles de escuchar - a short listening
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8th - 10th
Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit"
A presentation and worksheet with some civil rights history. The presentation includes a brief video from the History channel on the civil rights movement, a discussion of lynching (what it is, why it happened, where it occurred), slides about the author of the poem "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol), and a video clip, lyrics, and discussion questions of the song version of the poem, popularized by Billie Holiday.
Also included is a worksheet with the song lyrics and discussion questions.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Theme Song for each week of 6th grade Ancient history: includes lyrics & links
Call it "Music Monday", "Time-for-beats Tuesday", "History-song Hump-day", "Theme-song Thursday", or "Fun Friday" and use a history-themed song once-a-week all year long to enhance learning.This download includes a 65-slide PowerPoint that matches 30 songs to topics studied in middle school ancient history. Some songs are funny, others are serious, but all of them correspond to topics related to the Ice Age, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, the Hebrews, the Greeks, Christianity, Rome, and more
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5th - 9th
God Bless the U.S.A. - PowerPoint
Here is a powerpoint presentation that accompanies the song "God Bless the U.S.A. (by Lee Greenwood)". I use it in my class when I teach patriotic songs. There are 18 gorgeous slides with high quality pictures and lyrics.
*There is NO music track included.
Patriotic Powerpoint Presentations Pack 1 (collection of 4)
U.S.A. - Interactive States & Capitals - SMARTBOARD FILE
U.S.A. - Interactive States & Capitals Matching - SMARTBOARD FILE
God Bless America - PowerPoint
My Country 'T
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Geography — Radioactive: Chernobyl Story (Includes PowerPoint + Lesson Plan
Note: A zip file reader is needed to open the file. Most all computers have zip file readers.The Chernobyl explosion in Ukraine was one of the worst disasters in history. At the time Ukraine was under the Soviet Union's (U.S.S.R's) control. An enormous nuclear power plant was built in Ukraine. But something went wrong and reactor number four exploded sending poisonous radiation into the atmosphere causing destruction and danger to the people and environment. The U.S.S.R. did its best to cover up
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7th - 12th
Theme Song for each week of high school world history: includes lyrics-hyperlink
Call it "Music Monday", "Time-for-beats Tuesday", "History-song Hump-day", "Theme-song Thursday", or "Fun Friday" and use a history-themed song once-a-week all year long to enhance learning.This download includes a 65-slide PowerPoint that matches 32 songs to topics studied in a high school World History or Western Civilizations class. Some songs are funny, others are serious, but all of them correspond to topics such as: American, French, Latin American Revolutions, Spanish, British, Italian I
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8th - 12th
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
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
The Election of 1824
This lesson is about the important election of 1824. In the Google Slides presentation, it first goes through the 4 candidates running for president, discussing their experiences, the positives, and the negatives. There are fill in the blank notes for the students to do as you go through each candidate. Then, based on what they learned about the candidates, they will state what all four have in common, and they will vote on who they would personally elect (I recommend making it a whole thing whe
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7th - 12th
Vietnam War PowerPoint and War-Era Songs
This 39-slide PowerPoint gives a very comprehensive overview of the 1960s and 1970s conflict.
It includes dozens of pictures, as well as information on the following topics:
Fact sheet overview, Ho Chi Minh, Cambodia, Nixon, anti-war demonstrations, and many songs. These songs include Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" (with student questions), Creedance Clearwater Revival's "The Fortunate Son" (with student questions), "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, "For What it's Worth" by B
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Civil Rights Song Analysis Introduction and Project Civil Rights History English
Teach the Civil Rights Movement through music in this engaging lesson that combines music, history, and English. Students will learn about the important events of the Civil Rights Movement and practice analyzing music for figurative language and literary devices.In this engaging Civil Rights lesson, students will first be introduced to seven key moments in the Civil Rights Movement including Brown vs. The Board and the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins. This lesson is scaffolded with historical c
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Race and Music in America Bundle American Music History Lessons
AIDS Epidemic of the 80s & 90s UNIT: Music, Art, Science, and Politics
The Essential Question for students during this unit is: How did the LGBTQ community creatively respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, and protest government inaction in addressing the epidemic? First, students will share what they already know about AIDS - do a KWL chart if you are familiar. Review the Overview slide with students to provide background information and front load before beginning videos and activities.Students will watch a video clip and look at documents that explai
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8th - 11th
Beatlemania, Mass Hysteria, and the Commercial Machine - Unit Bundle
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
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7th - 10th
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