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The Library of Congress: “Songs for Our Times”

Songs for Our Times presents interactive, web-based activities that enable students to explore the past through historical songs: "Casey Jones," "Over There" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Activities allow users to listen to source recordings, reading original lyrics, view digitized images of sheet music (offered with zoom and interactive features) read or listen to additional comments by curators and rewrite and print new lyrics. These activities are offered in standard and enhanced versions (see below for more details). Although both versions provide the same activity structures, the enhanced version offers a much more interactive experience. As mentioned above, these activities could be used to explore or supplement historical themes typically covered in most 6th-12th grade classrooms.

Note: This resource is part of a larger collection of learning materials found on “The Learning Page” created and maintained by the Library of Congress.

Standard Version: Text and audio only

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/songs_times/index.html

Enhanced Version: Requires Macromedia Flash Player 7: Text, audio and images

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/songs_times/flash.html

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