Common Core RH.6-8.9 songs

This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Cold War - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, The Cold War, discusses the struggle for power between the West and the Communist Bloc in the years following WWII to 1989. Very catchy song your students will love! Key terms and vocabulary in this song include The Domino

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Homesteaders, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Homesteaders - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Homesteaders, tells the story of the Homestead Act. This song follows a family who has fallen on hard times since the Civil War and decides to answer a "poster" seen in their local market that promises "160 acres if you sett

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5th - 12th

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John Locke Soft Rock, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song John Locke Soft Rock - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. John Locke Soft Rock explains how the revolutionary ideas of John Locke influenced the framers of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights,and Constitution. This is an upbeat pop song that illustrates the contrast betwee

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5th - 12th

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Three Fifths of a Man, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Three-Fifths of a Man - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Three Fifths of a Man, explores dialogue between Northern and Southern states that eventually led to the adoption of the 3/5 Compromise. Students will understand the motivation behind each side's requests when decid

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5th - 12th

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Mayflower Compact, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Mayflower Compact - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song tells the story of the crossing of the Mayflower and the sub sequential act of creating The Mayflower Compact. This is an upbeat and uptempo pop/rock song that is sure to get your students rocking along just like the sh

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5th - 12th

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Zoot Suit Riots, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Zoot Suit Riots - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Zoot Suit Riots, is about the Zoot Suit Riots in the 1940s. Key terms and vocabulary in this song include Zoot Suits, Jazz, and The Jitterbug. This song can be sampled at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-u.s.-histo

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5th - 12th

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Cumberland Road, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Cumberland Road - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Cumberland Road, illustrates the Transportation Revolution that came with the advances in roads, steam power, and the building of canals. The song is told from a first person perspective and students will understand how l

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5th - 12th

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Louisiana Purchase, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Louisiana Purchase - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Louisiana Purchase, explains the events that led to the historic acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France, authorized by Thomas Jefferson, brokered by Monroe and Livingston, and eventually explored by Lewis a

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5th - 12th

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Music, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Burr vs. Hamilton Musical Analysis Investigation Pear Deck Google Slides

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With this interactive Pear Deck, students will be immersed in the world of Hamilton the Musical and delve into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr through five songs: "The Ten Duel Commandments," "The Election of 1800," "Your Obedient Servant," "The World Was Wide Enough," and "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story." As they listen to each song, students will interpret the emotions, motivations, and consequences depicted, developing critical thinking and analytical skills a

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6th - 8th

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Also included in: Middle School Early United States History Interactive Lessons BUNDLE

The Eighties Song, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Eighties Song - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, The Eighties Song, discusses political and social happenings of the 1980s in the United States. Key terms and vocabulary in this song include Ronald Reagan, Reaganonics, moral majority, George Bush, Gorbechev, The Ber

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5th - 12th

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Teddy Had a Little Canal, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Teddy Had a Little Canal - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Teddy Had a Little Canal, gives Mary Had a Little Lamb a hiphop pop treatment, with a screaming guitar to boot. Students will understand the reasons behind the historic undertaking of building the Panama Canal, h

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5th - 12th

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Manifest Destiny, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Manifest Destiny - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Manifest Destiny, explains the philosophy behind the American drive to spread West to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest Destiny explains the point of view of American's in this pursuit and also the point of view of Native Amer

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5th - 12th

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The Great Society, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Great Society - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Great Society, explains the domestic programs propsed and enacted as a result of initiatives by President Lyndon B Johnson in the 1960s Key terms and vocabulary in this song include Medicare, Medicaid, HUD, and more.

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5th - 12th

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Song - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Song, tells the story of the tragedy if the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory that killed scores of young textile workers, mostly women, in the early part of the 20th

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5th - 12th

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The Great Depression, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Great Depression - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, The Great Depression, is a fast paced, rollicking journey told through the eyes of a boy who is nine years old when the Great Depression begins. From Black Tuesday to the New Deal students will experience the economi

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5th - 12th

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Constitution Yeah Yeah Yeah!, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Constitution, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Constituion Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!, explores the central governing document created by America's Founding Fathers. Key terms and vocabulary include The Great Compromise, checks and balances, separation of pow

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5th - 12th

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The Spanish American War, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Spanish American War - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, The Spanish American War, tells about the events that escalated to the conflict known as the Spanish American War. Concepts that are taught in this song include Yellow Journalism and the phrase "Remember the Main

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5th - 12th

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Women's Suffrage, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Women's Suffrage - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Women's Suffrage, discussess the movement towards the 19th Amendment. Reformers Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are presented. This is a very upbeat and catchy song that middle school and high school students

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5th - 12th

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Declaration of Independence, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Declaration of Independence - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. Declaration of Independence begins with Thomas Paine and Common Sense and ends with Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of Independence. Students will understand the thought that went into and intentions of the document

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5th - 12th

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My Bill of Rights, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song My Bill of Rights - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, My Bill of Rights, explores the first ten amendments to the Constitution in a fun, bouncy, pop song. My Bill of Rights is sung from a 1st person point of view to help students understand the personal significance of the

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5th - 12th

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Articles of Confeederation, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Articles of Confederation - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. Articles of Confederation explores the pre-cursor to the Constitution. Students will understand the successes of this attempt at a Constitution, but more importantly, they will understand where it was flawed. This song act

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5th - 12th

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Dust Bowl, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song Dust Bowl - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, Dust Bowl, explains the plight of farmers caught in the catastrophic drought of the 1930s. Students will understand their struggles and their migration west in search of work and food. Key terms and vocabulary in this song inc

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5th - 12th

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The Progressive Era, Song and Lesson Packet, by History Tunes

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This Song and Lesson Packet includes - An MP3 of the song The Preogressive Era - A synopsis/lyric handout with bold key terms - A vocabulary and definitions handout - A differentiated 3 tiered worksheet designed for your lower, middle, and highest achieving students. This song, The Progressive Era, discussess reformers who fought for change in labor, education, politics, and social conditions in turn of the century America. Key terms and vocabulary in this song include Sherman Anti Trust A

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5th - 12th

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