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Cooper, B. Lee – Audiovisual Instruction, 1979
Discusses (1) what is popular music, (2) reasons for using popular music in social studies classes, (3) where resources on teaching popular music can be obtained, and (4) how a social studies teacher can introduce popular music resources in instruction. (CMV)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Music Education
Cooper, B. Lee – 1981
This booklet contains resources and suggestions to help secondary social studies teachers use popular music in the classroom. The ideas presented in popular songs should be examined in social studies classes because of the impact that contemporary songwriters have had on the shaping of American culture. The attitudes and values portrayed in modern…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blacks, Discographies, Feminism
Peer reviewedPedersen, E. Martin – Social Studies, 1997
Explicates the fascinating origins (and conflicting versions thereof) for a number of well-known folk songs including, "Casey Jones,""John Henry,""Frankie and Johnny," and "Tom Dooley." Notes that source material on these and other songs is widely available through liner notes, folk song periodicals, and folklore journals. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Ethnology
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1985
This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on songs of the West. It includes 10 songs on the pioneers, the Indians, and the frontier. Also…
Descriptors: American Indians, Animals, Bibliographies, Discographies
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1982
The second volume of a newsletter for integrating folk music into elementary and secondary social studies, literature, and humanities courses, this publication contains three issues of the newsletter which together offer a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. The first issue of this volume contains miscellaneous…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Civil War (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1981
The first volume of a newsletter designed to promote the integration of folksong into the social studies, literature, or humanities classroom, this publication contains the first four issues of the newsletter which together offer a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. Material is divided into four parts. Part A,…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1983
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…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Discographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1984
This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on women's songs. It contains eight folksongs, each accompanied by background information and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Black Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Peer reviewedCooper, B. Lee – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Depicts ways popular song lyrics can stimulate discussion either in music, social studies, humanities, or language arts classes. Considers lyrics' ability to explain social, cultural, and political phenomena. Provides a chronological outline from 1962 correlating political events, personalities, songs, and the artists. songs. Identifies uses of…
Descriptors: Censorship, Childrens Literature, Course Content, Cultural Education
