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.
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Tracey West is a writer and editor of books for children and teachers. She is the author of Scholastic¹s Teaching Tall Tales.
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By Patricia O'Tuama "rissa" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 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 (Paperback)
The book itself, the information it provides and the selection of songs are all fine, it's a good, well-rounded book with great illustrations suitable for teaching. I did find it highly ironic, however, that a book purporting to teach American history gets the date and place of the first permanent English colony in North America wrong -- it wasn't Plymouth in 1620, it was Jamestown in 1607. Furthermore, there were numerous French, Dutch and Spanish colonies and outposts all up and down the Atlantic coast of what would become the United States well in advance of the Puritans. In fact, the first Dutch colony in the new world was founded near Albany, NY, five years before Plymouth.
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The history of what is now known as the United States began in the late fifteenth century, when European countries began to send explorers to colonize the Americas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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John Henry, United States, Erie Canal, Scholastic Professional Books, George Washington, Uncle Rat, Miss Mousie, Underground Railroad, Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Yankee Doodle, Native Americans, William Heyser, Introducing the Song Ask, Boston Tea Party, Central Pacific Railroad, African American, Big Dipper, Boston Harbor, Declaration of Independence, Island Queen, Mister Drake, Promontory Point, South Carolina New!
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The history of what is now known as the United States began in the late fifteenth century, when European countries began to send explorers to colonize the Americas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wedding supper Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Henry, United States, Erie Canal, Scholastic Professional Books, George Washington, Uncle Rat, Miss Mousie, Underground Railroad, Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Yankee Doodle, Native Americans, William Heyser, Introducing the Song Ask, Boston Tea Party, Central Pacific Railroad, African American, Big Dipper, Boston Harbor, Declaration of Independence, Island Queen, Mister Drake, Promontory Point, South Carolina New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Strange But True Civil War Stories by Nancy Clayton in Back Matter
- Civil War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes by David C. King in Back Matter
- If You Lived In Colonial Times by Ann Mcgovern in Back Matter
- Civil War (Draw History) by Nancy Clayton in Back Matter
- Trade Edition: Benedict Arnold by David C. King on page 9
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- The Scholastic Big Book Of Holidays Around The Year by Susan Dillon on page 79
- 35 Best Books for Teaching U.S. Regions: Using Fiction to Help Students Explore the Geography, History, and Cultures of the Seven U.S. Regions-and Link Literature to Social Studies by Jane Kurtz on page 97
- 15 Primary Source Activities:: American History by Louise Hopping on page 46
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