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Higher education world history songs
Vietnam War Music Activity
The following is an activity in which students explore various songs which were direct results and/or responses to the conflict in Vietnam. Students are provided with the lyrics to the following four songs:- "For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield- "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young- "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye- "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sergeant Barry SadlerInstructions are for the teacher to play the songs while the students listen to the songs and read the lyric
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Alexander The Great Music Video
This clever and informative music video by EdTunes, chronicles the life and times of the Macedonian King, Alexander the Great. It explains the circumstances surrounding his ascension to the Macedonian throne and examines his invasion and subsequent conquest of the Persian Empire. The song also discusses the impact of Alexander’s conquest on Eurasian societies, including the creation of a cosmopolitan civilization known as Hellenic.
THE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
•MP4 music file.
•PDF lyric sheet for pr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Teach History with Music: Toolkit - How to engage students in ANY history class!
Do you want to engage and inspire students in a history or social studies classroom? History and your classroom come alive when you put it to a rhythm! Use popular and traditional songs to engage your students and inspire them to see historical and social issues in the world around them!
This versatile toolkit will allow you the opportunity to use popular music in your classroom to allow students to engage with historical and social issues through popular music! The best part is the toolkit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Jamaican Music Lesson (World Drumming)
Teaching Jamaican Music in the General Music Classroom (Using Dinki Mini Drumming)
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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We Speak Peace (SSA) Piano Accompaniment Track
Piano Accompaniment Track for octavo. Piano only. Includes piano and vocal parts exactly as written in score. No voices.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mongols Music Video
This harmony filled and informative music video by EdTunes examines the origins, rise, expansion of, and legacy of the Mongol Empire. It discusses key figures, dates, locations, and events, including Genghis Khan, the Yuan Empire, Mongol tactics, and traces the history of the Mongol people back to their pastoral origins. The song also discusses the tactics used by Mongols in warfare and explains the impact of Mongol rule on Eurasia.
THE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
•MP4 video file.
•PDF lyric sheet for p
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Vietnam War PowerPoint and War-Era Songs
This 39-slide PowerPoint gives a very comprehensive overview of the 1960s and 1970s conflict.
It includes dozens of pictures, as well as information on the following topics:
Fact sheet overview, Ho Chi Minh, Cambodia, Nixon, anti-war demonstrations, and many songs. These songs include Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" (with student questions), Creedance Clearwater Revival's "The Fortunate Son" (with student questions), "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, "For What it's Worth" by B
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Latinoamerica by Calle 13 - Song activity
Duration of the activity: 50 mnsThe student will be presented to a representative song that portraits the meaning of being a latino citizen.Page 1: Song description and band review.Page 2: Full song in Spanish.Page 3. First activity, meaning of some retoric and comparative sentences.Page 4: Second activity, assigned as homework. Student will conduct a historical research about the lyrics refferences such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Benedettis poem and the military dictatorship in the 70's.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
NEW! Geography, History, 9-11 We Remember, World Trade Center, Patriot Day
IMPORTANT: Give students the option to choose not to participate in this lesson if they are anyway connected to the event. Let them know in advance earlier in the week prior to the day of the lesson and allow them to come to you in confidentiality if they wish not to participate. Make another arrangement for that student for the one class period. This is a factual lesson and does not ask students to imagine or place themselves in others' shoes, yet if a child had a family member or experienced t
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7th - 11th, Higher Education
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Roman Empire Music Video
This catchy and informative music video by EdTunes examines the rise, expansion of, collapse, and legacy of the Roman Empire. It focuses on the origins of the Roman Republic and it’s after post transformation into an empire through the Punic wars, civil wars, and Pax Romana. The song also discusses key figures such as, Julius Caesar, Constantine, and Diocletian.
THE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
•MP4 video file.
•PDF lyric sheet for print and distribution to your students.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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(Song Lyrics) History of Judaism Rap: Straight outta Canaan
I took the NWA song "Straight outta Compton" and made this. The song focuses on some key stories from Genesis and Exodus. Mostly: Abraham, Sarah, Noah, Hagar, and Moses.Here is a preview from the second verse...Straight outta Egypt, another prophet to deliverRamses’ slaves and a boy’s sent up riverHe became a prince raised in the palaceto the Israelites pharaoh had maliceBut watch out here's a son of the Levitesaccording to the records, he fightsSaw an Egyptian beating someone he knewbeatin' o
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Vietnam War Songs Activity - Pro and Anti-War Song
When it comes to the Vietnam War, the biggest missed opportunity is capitalizing on the culture of the time. Generational talent born out of the feelings associated with the Vietnam War. Both Consensus Culture and Counter Culture engaging in the production of music to sway public opinion on the events being conducted in both a foreign and domestic way. In this package, comes 11 song lyrics with guiding questions to decipher the meanings of the time. Questions vary in depth but attempt to use key
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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French Revolution Music Video
This witty and informative music video by EdTunes, chronicles the events of the French Revolution. It starts with the Estates General meeting of May 5, 1789 through the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. The song highlights the major events including, the storming of the Bastille, the women’s march on Versailles, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the execution of the king and queen, and the creation of the French Republic. It also discusses key figures including, Maximilian Robespierre, King Louis
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Russian Revolution Rap
TWO SONGS HERE! This rap talks about the Romanov family, Rasputin, World War I,White Russians,Red Russians, Lenin, and Stalin
Also, this song goes with Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio. Use the instrumental beat off of Youtube.
There are two songs here about this. The first one is my own truly original version of the Russian Revolution. The second version is also my own version, but is based off the original song's (Gangsta Paradise) lyrics. I have a preview of the lyrics from the second ve
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rap: World War II Timeline Rap
This rap puts in order many events of World War II as well as the dates. It will help your students remember when Hitler came to power, the Berlin Olympics, the Soviet Nazi Pact, Lend Lease, London Blitz, Normandy, Liberation of Paris, Iwo Jima, Hitler's suicide, and the dates of the major bombs.
I rapped it to an instrumental version of the Nas song If I Ruled the World.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Early Humans and the Development of Civilizations unit bundle
Here are a variety of resources to help you better teach the development of early humans and civilizations.This bundle contains the resources that I use to start my first Ancient World History unit each year. Without these items I could not start my year.This includes everything from readings and comprehension questions, to projects, to links to websites and videos with questions, writing prompts, and interactive video packets.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Song Activities - Corre Juanito
This is a resource for the music video I made called Corre Juanito. It's a catchy music video that I made to go along with a video series for Voces Digital. See the music video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQdJ0LBCFgThis packet includes:Song lyrics (page 2)Activity 1: listen and write (pages 3-5)Activity 2: listen and circle (pages 6-9)Activity 3 - Listen and Translate (pages 10-12)Activity 4 - Fill in the blanks with options (pages 16-19)Activity 5 - Fill in blanks without options (pag
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Holocaust - Hitler - League of Nations - Between the Wars SONG / HIP-HOP
This lesson plan and song combination are the perfect way to:Introduce the rise of HitlerThe HolocaustThe ineffectiveness of the League of NationsEntire "Between the Wars," unit. It is also an extremely effective way to review these units as well. Included in this package is a song that describes the causes of how and why Hitler came to power, the impact of the Holocaust, and how the League of Nations appeasement was a failed policy. Included with this lesson plan are the lyrics to the song, l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Ancient Greece and Rome Rap
This rap is a parody of the Notorious BIG song, Juicy. Here is a sample (I recommend you have an idea of how the original song goes):
"It was once all Crete
I used to read Homer’s Odyssey
Sailing boats off the Aegean Sea
Carving pictures on the wall
Every Persian Attack, and Phalanx won’t fall
Pericles let his vote rock 'til his the stones drops
Black and white rocks, helots in fields about to get crops
Way back, when they traded this and that
Watch a discus match
Remember Chief God Zeus,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rap: Christopher Colombus and Magellan- God, Gold, and Glory AND Cortes Rap
This product contains 2 different songs. The first song talks about the Hernan Cortes and his visit to Mexico (Tenochtitlan).The second song talks about Bart Dias, Christopher Colombus, and Ferdinand Magellan. The Focus is God, Gold, and Glory. References, the astrolabe, compass, cavalier, and Magellan space probe. This song is LONG and I would almost consider just using one of these sections and encouraging your kids to make their own version of one of the characters.I've found they flow p
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
WWI RAP: Lose your trench
This song is a parody of the Oscar winning 8-Mile song by Eminem called Lose yourself. It introduces Gavrilo Princip at the sandwich shop right before the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. It than goes into other key events of World War I: Russian Revolution, Trench warfare, Treaty of Versailles. The kids enjoyed it very much!
I placed a preview below.
(Talking intro)
Look, if you had shot or one opportunity
to stop the archduke
Would you capture him or just have a bite?
(rapping)
Yo
Dude i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Canción - "Criminal" by Ozuna - Lyric activity and Cloze-passage quiz
This includes lyrics to "Criminal" by Ozuna, a comprehension activity with the lyrics and a cloze passage quiz. In the lyric activity: students only use the lyrics (no dictionaries) to find vocabulary words using context clues, find different examples of verb tenses, translate phrases using context, find the main idea of the song and finish with a cultural comparison. It usually takes me one class period to learn about the singer, listen to the song, watch the video and work on the worksheet.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Music Video History of Past 60 Years
Four minute original music video of major cultural and political events of the past 60 years or so.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Learn the Continents & Oceans
This 5 page NOTEBOOK document for SMART boards is an excellent and proven way to teach and assess student knowledge of the Continents & Oceans. The file includes classification of the Continents & Oceans, labeling maps with Continents & Oceans, and Songs to help learn the Continents & Oceans, as well as assessments for knowing the Continents & Oceans that can be used on all levels of ability.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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