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Folk in the History Classroom: Using the Music of the People to Teach Eras and Events (Elementary Education)

Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 11:41am

By Michael G. Lovorn
The featured lesson uses Woody Guthrie’s “Dust Storm Disaster” to study the Dust Bowl from the perspective of those most affected.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7304/7304173.pdf [1]

Roaring 20s, Great Depression [2]
Social Education [3]
Elementary [4]
US History [5]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/teacherslibrary/folk-history-classroom-using-music-people-teach-eras-and-events-elementary-education

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7304/7304173.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/roaring-20s-great-depression
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-education
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/elementary
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory