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ERIC Number: EJ322859
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Folksongs: Magic in Your Classroom.
Seidman, Laurence I.
Social Education, v49 n7 p580-87 Oct 1985
Folksongs can be used with all students at all grade levels. Teacher guidelines are provided and three musical themes--whaling in New England, the California Gold Rush, and loggers and lumbering--are used to illustrate how to use folksongs in the classroom. (RM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture, Learning Activities, Lumber Industry, Music, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: California Gold Rush; Folk Music