Folk Music

Concentrate on learning more about the folk music composers in Early American History.
Patriotic Music is our first one.

What is a Canadian/American?

I posted this lesson plan / culminating task on another site earlier this year. Originally, I used it at the end of a unit in Grade 12 English Media on “Representation in Media,” After the terrorism of Sept 11th, a teacher from Pennsylvania emailed me to let me know she was going to adapt it to “help my students define what it means to be American.”

Musical Vocabulary Links

This is an easy, enjoyable way to teach vocabulary, reading comprehension, English as a second language, and even some history. Reading comprehension and vocabulary of any language can be improved by adapting this lesson plan.

Pictures say a 1000 words

To illustrate a patriot song through a student created art slide show for a patriotic holiday event

Patriotic Collage

For Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, Flag Day, or the Fourth of July have your students make a patriotic collage