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American Railroad Instructional Guide (Curriculum with 11 Lessons)
Lesson 1: Work Medley
Involves Primary Source Learning and More
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Lesson 2: I've Been Working on the Railroad
Involves Primary Sources and Builds on/Connects with Lesson 1
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Lesson 3: Pullman Porters
Involves Primary Source Learning, Media Literacy, and Visual Literacy Learning Opportunities
Subject: Media Literacy, U.S. History, Visual Literacy
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Lesson 4: John Henry
Learning History through Song Analysis
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Native Americans, the Buffalo, and the Transcontinental Railroad
Focused on Map Study and U.S. History
Subject: Geography, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Chinese Immigrants and the Search for Gold Mountain
Learning History through Poetry Analysis and Visual Learning
Subject: English Language Arts, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Traqueros
Learning History through Mexican Folk Songs
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Boxcar Communities
Primary Source Learning and Other Historical Content Engagement
Subject: U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Rock Springs Massacre
Comparative Perspectives in History Learning
Subject: U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Paddy and the Pullmans
Irish-American History through Folk Song Analysis
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Culmination
Features a Student Culminating Project
Subject: U.S. History
Lesson Grades: 6, 7, 8
Discussion Guides and Extension Activities for My Music with Rhiannon Giddens Season 2, Episodes 1, 2, 3, 6
Rhiannon Giddens and Wu Man (Episode 1)
Relevant for American Railroad and Chinese Immigrants and for Music Lessons or History through Music
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Rhiannon Giddens and Maeve Gilchrist (Episode 2)
Relevant for American Railroad and Irish Immigrants and for Music Lessons or History through Music
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Rhiannon Giddens and Mazz Swift (Episode 3)
Relevant for American Railroad and Black History. Connects as well as to Neurodivergence, Music Lessons or History through Music
Subject: Music, Social Emotional Learning, U.S. History
Rhiannon Giddens and Pure Fé (Episode 6)
Relevant for American Railroad and Indigenous/Native American History, Music Lessons or History through Music
Subject: Geography, Music, U.S. History
Extension Activities for Episodes 1, 2, 3, and 6
Includes Music Listening and Song Analysis Activities as well as Useful Terms
Subject: Music, U.S. History
Subject: Music
Subject: Music
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