Subject: Re: [MK8] folk songs

Penny,
This is a wonderful idea. I would also be interested in your Google
slides, if you'd be willing to share them.
Thanks!
Sara Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 5:55 AM L. V.M. wrote:
> Penny,
> I love teaching history through music as well. Would you be able to share
> your folk song slides with me?
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 11:24 AM Penny Thomas wrote:
>
> > I have always taught folk songs, as they are part of our American
> history.
> >
> > The past few years, I have consulted with the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade
> social
> > studies teachers (our 4th and 5th graders change classes and one teacher
> > teaches math, another ELA, and the third Science and Social Studies.).
> > Some sent me their lesson plans, and others just let me know what they
> were
> > currently or going to teach. I then added to my lessons some folk songs
> > and history that went with their class. This past year, I made a bunch
> of
> > Google slides that included some history, and the songs.
> > Folk songs are our history, and as I often told my students, you can
> learn
> > the history of our country by our songs. By teaching them the songs of
> the
> > time period they were studying, it made a lot more impact on them.
> >
> > Dr. Penny, retired in GA
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
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