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Free 2nd grade social studies audio
The Thirteen Colonies
Video Version: https://youtu.be/KhkeqL4eLPcThere were 13 colonies in America13 colonies in AmericaNew Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and ConnecticutNew York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New JerseyVirginia, Georgia, Maryland, North and South Carolina
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Happy Birthday, Constitution!
Here's an activity you can use on September 17th, or for other patriotic holidays. Designed for K-2, you will have a quick overview of the meaning and significance of Constitution Day all wrapped up in a fun little song to sing. And it's FREE!
Enjoy!
Regina
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PreK - 3rd
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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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Travel In The USA - A Miley Cyrus parody for US geography
I wrote these lyrics for a teacher to assist her students with particular geography skills her 2nd grade students had to cover for our state standards. It is a parody of Miley Cyrus's "Party In the USA", so I apologize for not sounding more like Miley! It is free and I do not profit from it. It is for educational use only and I hope it is helpful!
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1st - 3rd
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Viva La Egypt - An educational parody for study/review of Ancient Egypt
I wrote this for 2nd graders who were studying Ancient Egypt. Viva La Vida, by Coldplay, was a popular song at the time and I was singing it one day and started changing the words to fit what we were learning. It correlates with 2nd grade Virginia SOL's, but would be a good beginning study for any primary aged student studying the basics of Ancient Egypt. I am not in any way profiting from this song and it is for educational use only.
"From papyrus they made paper,
with a water clock they
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1st - 3rd
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Black History: The Reconstruction
Video Version: https://youtu.be/es719h0Wf8EMuch of the Southern United States was destroyed during the Civil war. Farms and plantations were burned down and their crops destroyed. Also, many people had Confederate money which was now worthless and the local governments were in disarray. The South needed to be rebuilt. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South b
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Latino Culture: Latin America
Video version: https://youtu.be/EFo0VKfhj60Latin America is a region made up of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Some of the islands of the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea, also are included. The area is known as Latin America because most people speak languages that came from Latin (the language of the ancient Romans). These languages include Spanish, Portuguese, and French.Many Latin Americans have a mixture of American Indian, European, and African ancestry. Most people speak Sp
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1st - 5th
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Theodore Roosevelt Profile
Video version: https://youtu.be/MhXt1NQokucTheodore Rooseveltwas born in new York city on Oct. 27,1858. His dad was a glass importer and his family lived a comfortable life. He has asthma as a child but still participated in athletics. He graduated from Harvard University. He was considered a moderate Republican.SongHe served as a police commissioner,asst. secretary of the navy and served in the spanish American War. When President McKinley was killed in 1901,Roosevelt became President. He was
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1st - 7th
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Cultures
Video Version: https://youtu.be/aA4jfvHGGBYThere are many,many cultures,many,many waysTo believe, speak,work, laugh and playMany,many cultures,many,many landsMany,many ways we need to understandThere are 54 countries in AfricaLike Ghana, Egypt and NigeriaChad,Sudan and LibyaAngola,Tanzania and EthiopiaThere are 15 countries in South AmericaLike Brazil,Equador and BoliviaPeru, Venezuela, ColumbiaUruguay,Paraguay, ArgentinaThere are 51 countries in Europe,you seeLike Russia,England,Spain and Germ
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1st - 6th
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Black History: Harriet Tubman
Video Version: https://youtu.be/kHxfXlfXUJ8Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement
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Black History: Beginnings of Slavery
Video version: https://youtu.be/XZR7ruZfifMMost groups that immigrate to the United States leave their homeland in search of a better life. African Americans are the only ethnic group whose ancestors were brought her against their will.White colonists bought them as if they were property. Then they transported them to the New World.Whether traded by enemy tribes or kidnapped by European raiders, Africans were herded into slave camps on the West coast of Africa starting in the 1500’s.
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Women In History: Astronauts
Video version: https://youtu.be/9U0bPWcddXkOuter space seems so far awayBut these four women were not afraidThey worked so hard to make their dreams come trueExploring space for me and you !Valentina Tereshkova,Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Eileen Collins
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1st - 4th
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Explorers
For a video version, go to: https://youtu.be/HNuri3QbCOcMany explorers have shown us the wayFor all of us to explore everydayTo wonder and wonder what could beTo dream new dreams that will set us freeChristopher ColumbusNeil ArmstrongLouis and ClarkMarco PoloFerdinand Magellan
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Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song - The United States!
Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song! is a collection of songs to help learn the locations of nearly 200 nations of the world. This United States song is 1 song out of 11 on Music to Mastery: Exploring Our World Through Song! Music CD. This song was written by a Geography teacher to help her students learn the locations of all 50 states in a fun and effective way.
Enjoy your musical journey across America!
www.musictomastery.com
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PreK - 8th
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Hey There Ancient China - A Parody for Ancient China Primary Studies
This is an educational parody that I am offering for free. When I taught 2nd grade we studied Ancient China and their inventions, and I always wanted to do a parody of the Plain White Tees "Hey There Delilah" and change it to Hey Ancient China. I hope your students like it and it helps them learn more about it!
*I attest I am not profiting from this song due to copyright.
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Alexander the Great Profile
Video Version: https://youtu.be/TmbuAkrktaEAlexander the GreatBorn to lead, born to leadAlexander the Great was born to lead(Dialogue)
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1st - 8th
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Black History: The Harlem Renaissance
Video version: https://youtu.be/lhER1OOpzVIThe Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration, of which Harlem was t
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Latino Culture: Panama
Video version: https://youtu.be/ptYZAtyCCHkAl tambor, al tambor, al tamborde la a- le -griaYo quiero que tu me llevesAl tambor de la a - le- griaPlay the drum, play the drumPlay the drum from PanamaC’mon let’s play the drumTum, tum, tum, la, la, la, la, laPanama is located in Central America. It is a narrow land bridge, or isthmus, connecting North and South America. Panama is slightly smaller than South Carolina.Their main language is Spanish.The national traditional dress for women is a long,
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Black History: Ida B Wells
Video Version: https://youtu.be/6v2OM7IkWNYIda Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the course of a lifetime dedicated to combating prejudice and violence, and the fight for African-American equality, especially that of women, Wells arguably became the most famous black woma
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2nd - 6th
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Goods and Services
Video version: https://youtu.be/jJFLqdsQwZMWe’re off to the market (3x)The market todayThe market’s where we buy and sell the things we have today (2x)It’s where we buy our clothes and foodEvery,everyday (2x)It’s where we find the servicesThat help us on our way (2x)There’s the:Toy store,grocery store,clothes store,and hardware storeThe bookstore,drug store,convenience store and ice cream store We seeFiremen,policemen,carpenters and driversDoctors,teachers,garbage men and plumbers Off to the m
Black History: James Weldon Johnson
Video version: https://youtu.be/F1i_1aQv-bMJames Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rightsactivist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position fro
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2nd - 6th
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Diversity
Video Version: https://youtu.be/hMIfo09wQsIWe’re living in a world of diversityLiving in a world where we can seeYoung and old rich and poorShort and tall from shore to shoreAnd even though we may be differentWe’re the same in many waysAnd we share the same air,earth and skyEvery,everyday.Ooooo That’s who we areOoooo and Like a shining starOoooo That lights up the nightEach and everyone of us shining so brightWe’ve come from Europe,Asia,AfricaNorth and South AmericaFrom many different countries,
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Black History: Civil Rights
Video Version: https://youtu.be/enx5LQYqZ3YSong: We Shall Overcome Civil rights are basic rights that every citizen has under the laws of the government. In the United States the civil rights of each individual citizen are protected by the Constitution. Civil rights for every person means that regardless of gender, skin color, religion, nationality, age, disability, or religion, a person should not be discriminated against. Civil rights include the right to free speech, privacy, religion, assem
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Latino Culture: Mexico
Video Version: https://youtu.be/eulm-tV7llAEl ChocolateUno, dos, tres, ChoUno, dos, tres, COUno, dos, tres, LAUno, dos, tres,TeChocolate,Chocolate, bate, bate el ChocolateMexico is a land of extremes, with high mountains and deep canyons in the center of the country, sweeping deserts in the north, and dense rain forests in the south and east.Few nations on Earth support as many plant and animal species as Mexico does. Located partway between the Equator and the Arctic Circle, it is a refuge for
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