Teaching EGL thru Songs

Subject: Teaching EGL thru Songs
From: TAF
Date: 24 Jul 98 - 08:55 PM

I am looking for songs that have references to American history and/or culture. I would like to use these songs to teach Am. History to my ESL students. Any suggestions?

Subject: RE: Teaching EGL thru Songs
From: Gene
Date: 24 Jul 98 - 10:01 PM

There are MANY recordings relating to the
History of the United States in song and story.

The Pony Express
Building a Railroad
Wild Bill Hickock
Buffalo Bill
Jesse James
Wyatt Earp
John Hardy
Davy Crockett
Snowshoe Thompson
Jim Bridger
The Ballad of Boot Hill
Hiawatha's Vision
The Battle of New Orleans
Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
John Dillinger
Pretty Boy Floyd
Remember The Alamo
Bigfoot
Apache Tears
As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Battle of The Little Bighorn Mr. Garfield
Paul Revere
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
PT 109 (also about John F. Kennedy)
The Last Flight of Will Rogers and Wiley Post
Sutter's Mill
The Story of the Stars and Stripes
When Great Men Signed Their Names

Just to name a few and there are MANY MORE.

Subject: RE: Teaching EGL thru Songs
From: Anne
Date: 24 Jul 98 - 10:08 PM

Wow, I wish I wee your student. A Woody Guthrie or Pete Seegar album is a History lesson in itself. You could try smithsonian or folkway for actual titles. "The Long Memory" (one of my favorites) available from Redhouse Records is a collection of songs about labor, it has a Spanish song or 2. Good Luck.

Anne