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Worksheet
Curated OER

Migration of Music

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, learners identify and define migration. They circle the different types of music created by the African-Americans who were brought to the New World. Students also explain why slavery is a bad thing.
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Contemplator

Casey Jones

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief biography about the engineer Casey Jones and songs written by him.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Blues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site has ten lessons to teach about the blues in which students learn the geography, historical events and performers associated with the blues. The unit has been recognized by the American Music Education Initiative as one of the...
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Activity
Other

Shanties and Sea Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features lyrics to numerous sea songs and shanties. Also, related information and weblinks are included. Although online sound clips would be nice, at least good sources of recordings of this type of music are listed.
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Other

Lyrics to Shanties and Sea Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
Find lyrics to numerous sea songs, shanties, and pilot songs.
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National Institutes of Health

She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the lyrics to the song, "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain".