Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Freedom Songs

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

2

Overview

This is an activity guide for using the children's book: Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jerome LaGarrigue. This is a story about the civil rights movement told by a young girl. The activity guide includes links to audio files containing songs for students to sing together and act out the emotions they hear or feel. The guide also includes lyrics.  Students can create their own "Freedom Song".  

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

    SS10.2.11

    Interpret legends, stories, and songs that contributed to the development of the cultural history of the United States.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.3.11

    Vocabulary

    • interpret
    • legends
    • stories
    • songs
    • contributed
    • development
    • cultural history
    • tall tales
    • folk heroes

    Knowledge

    Students know:

    • The purpose and essential elements of legends, stories, and songs.
    • Examples of legends, stories, and songs that contributed to United States' cultural history including American Indian Legends, African American Stories, Tall Tales and stories of Folk Heroes.
    • Vocabulary: legends, stories, songs, cultural history.

    Skills

    Students are able to:

    • Interpret legends, stories, and songs.
    • Identify the purpose and essential elements of legends, stories, and songs.
    • Identify the contribution that specific legends, stories, and songs had on the development of cultural history of the United States.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:

    • There are legends, stories, and songs that have contributed to the development of the cultural history of the United States.
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    Resource Provider

    Smithsonian
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