ERIC Number: ED273506
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 84
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Folksong in the Classroom. Volume III, Numbers 1-3, 1982-83.
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed.
Folksong in the Classroom, v3 n1-3 Fall-Spr 1982-83
The third volume of a newsletter for integrating folk music appreciation into elementary and secondary social studies, literature, and humanities courses, this publication contains three issues of the newsletter which together provide a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. The first issue contains an article on how to use folksongs in seventh-grade social studies; a collection of 14 songs of the American Revolution, including background information and teaching strategies; a bibliography; and a checklist of free materials. The second issue contains an article on folksongs in the Ozarks today, a collection of 11 folksongs on the American Revolution, and a combined bibliography, discography, and listing of free materials. The third issue consists of a compilation of seven songs of the California gold rush; a combined bibliography, discography, and list of classroom activities; and two articles focusing on how to use folk songs in the classroom: "Folk Music in the Art Room" (Sandy Behrena), and "Folk Songs and Teaching Ideas about Noah's Ark" (C. Vidor). (LP)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Discographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture, Humanities Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Music Activities, Music Appreciation, Music Education, Popular Culture, Resource Materials, Revolutionary War (United States), Social History, Social Studies, State History, United States History, United States Literature, Vocal Music
Folksong in the Classroom, Laurence I. Seidman, 140 Hill Park Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11021 ($4.00 per volume).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Collected Works - Serials
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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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