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Free U.S. History 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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Song about American Reform Movements "Find A Cause"
This is a catchy rock n roll song that is great to introduce or review some of the key reform movements and their leaders from the 1800's. Students enjoy the song while they learn about Frederick Douglass, Horace Mann, Dorothea Dix, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. This song comes from the critically acclaimed "Professor Presley History Rocks" CD which includes 9 standards based songs recorded at Earthling Studios in San Diego, Ca. You may listen to a preview of th
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3rd - 11th
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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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2nd - 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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2nd - 6th
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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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2nd - 6th
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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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1st - 6th
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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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2nd - 6th
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"The New World" (MP3 - song)
Few songs are able to condense a couple hundred years into less than two minutes of singing. However, The Bonus Point Band puts music to melodrama as they tell the story of the building of The New World before the United States was formed.
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Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas;
Ponce de Leon lands in Florida.
Ferdinand Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan;
King Henry the VIII starts a reformation.
Hernando de Soto looks at the southeast U.S.
And Coronado looks at the southwest.
Elizabeth
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5th - 9th
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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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A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 1: Footprints
The Children’s Hour has produced a six part podcast and curriculum series on the history of the American Southwest, in partnership with the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, the Native American Community Academy (NACA), NACA Inspired Schools Network, and numerous others.Typically a region of the US that is overlooked in textbooks, the Southwestern United States history begins 23,000 years ago in what is now know as White Sands National Park. Students will learn how the area was settled, from i
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3rd - 12th
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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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A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 6: Nationalization
In 1864, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo making the American Southwest a United States territory where the land would soon be crisscrossed with train tracks and roads, with new economies of health, culture and anthropological tourism, as well as harsh and inhumane impacts to Indigenous peoples.The 6th and final episode of our Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids series recording tells the story of the era of nationalization of the American Southwest after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hida
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3rd - 12th
Black History: Jackie Robinson
Video version: https://youtu.be/u9X2luSBnJcJack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson w
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2nd - 6th
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A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 4: Pueblo Revolt
The new neighbors had so many demands and harsh punishments, the pueblo peoples had enough and organized a revolt, sending the priests and other Europeans packing.Part 4 of our Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids tells the story of Po’Pay, the architect behind the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Since their incursion onto the homelands of the Pueblo peoples, the Spanish established a harsh colonial feudal rule which generated animosity. Po’Pay’s leadership united Pueblo communities, which re
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3rd - 12th
PATRIOTIC SONG - "THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA" - VOCAL RECORDING
"THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA" was composed by New York City educator/songwriter Hank Fellows shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. This patriotic song has been performed hundreds of times across America, including many annual 9-11 commemorations. A FREE music lead sheet for this song, for Grades 3-8, is available in Hank's TpT store. Also available is an instrumental track for this song, in a children's musical key, for $5.00. This song is ideal for Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, July
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3rd - 8th
A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 5: Colonization
Within two decades, the Spanish settlers returned to the Rio Grande Valley, laying claim to the fertile valleys to build haciendas, churches and towns, to be owned by the Spanish crown. This virtual field trip to Los Luceros Historic Site will tell the story.Part 5 of our Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids tells the story of the Spanish colonial era of the American Southwest after the Pueblo Revolt. Representatives of the Spanish crown returned to terra nueva to claim territory in
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3rd - 12th
Black History: The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Video version: https://youtu.be/TxhQxw_SDXMThe Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. The first group was organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. Their early repertoire consisted mostly of traditional spirituals, but included some songs by Stephen Foster. The original group toured along the Underground Railroad path in the United States, as well as performing in England and Europe. Later 19th-century groups als
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1st - 6th
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"Roll Call" Song from the Musical "Miracle in Philadelphia"
Tap the Power of Music! Have your 5th grade students sing the names of the 13 colonies....while swing dancing! And I guarantee they'll still be singing this song in high school. Roll Call is part of a Broadway style musical in which students sing, dance and debate their way through the Constitutional Convention of 1787. There are roles for 30 students. Download the script for $4.99. Download accompaniment CD: $9.99. Download CD with vocals: $9.99 Lead sheets can also be purchased if
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3rd - 8th
A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 2: Settling Down
For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity of Chaco Canyon’s architecture, engineering, and governance demonstrates the sophistication of the Southwestern cultures.In Episode 2, we learn about how these settlements flourished in the Southwest, and how they were interconnected with communities thousands of miles away. We see the development of roadways following trade routes that are still used today, along with arc
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1st - 12th
Free song to accompany The Battle of Saratoga Lesson. American History.
This is the first verse, and chorus to the "Victory at Yorktown" song. This first verse, will help your students remember what you have taught for the Battle of Saratoga. The rest of the song continues in the Yorktown lesson.
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2nd - 6th
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"PATRIOTIC SONG - "THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA" - INSTRUMENTAL TRACK - GRADES 3-8
"THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA" was composed by New York City educator/songwriter Hank Fellows shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. This patriotic song has been performed hundreds of times across America. This instrumental track is identical to the vocal/instrumental version of this song available as a FREE DOWNLOAD in Hank's TpT store, except that this instrumental track is in a children's musical key, instead of the adult key appearing on the vocal track. This song is ideal for Veterans Day
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3rd - 9th
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A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids - Episode 3: Strangers Arrive
In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans – came into the desert Southwest, on horseback, and with an agenda of finding the cities of gold they had heard were located in the desert Southwest.Part 3 of our story tells the story of the day when the A:shiwi (Zuni) people met some uninvited visitors. We hear what happened, how this moment changed the course of the history of the people already living in the desert southwest, and we see
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3rd - 12th
Black History: 1st Rhode Island Regiment
Video version: https://youtu.be/H2v4mW7EcZsThe 1st Rhode Island Regiment (also known as Varnum's Regiment, the 9th Continental Regiment, the Black Regiment, the Rhode Island Regiment, and Olney's Battalion) was a regiment in the Continental Army raised in Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). It was one of the few units in the Continental Army to serve through the entire war, from the siege of Boston to the disbanding of the Continental Army on November 3, 1783.The unit
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2nd - 6th
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The Andrew Jackson Song
Here is a song about the life of Andrew Jackson. For lyrics: visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG5Kj20tlX8
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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