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Words & Music

for Grades 3-6

Student Resources

  • curricular connections

    Music, Language Arts

  • select standards

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.10

Lessons

  • "Somebody's Daughter"

    Performed by: Tenille Townes

  • "Country Girl"

    Performed by: Carolina Chocolate Drops

  • "On the Road Again”

    Written by: Willie Nelson
    Performed by: Willie Nelson
    [Time: 2:09]

  • "Forever and Ever, Amen”

    Written by: Paul Overstreet/Don Schlitz
    Performed by: Randy Travis
    [Time: 4:16]

  • "Love Hurts”

    Performed by: The Everly Brothers

  • "Love Hurts"

    Performed by: Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris

  • "You Are My Sunshine”

    Written by: Jimmie Davis/Charles Mitchell
    Performed by: Jimmie Davis
    [Time: 2:42]

  • "You Are My Sunshine"

    Performed by: Ray Charles

  • "When You Say Nothing at All”

    Written by: Paul Overstreet/Don Schlitz
    Performed by: Alison Krauss
    [Time: 4:34]

  • "Ride Out in the Country"

    Written by: Dan Auerbach, Joe Allen, and Yola, Performed by: Yola, [Time: 3:15]

  • "Man in Black”

    Written by: Johnny Cash
    Performed by: Johnny Cash
    [Time: 3:41]

  • "Hungry Eyes"

    Written by: Merle Haggard, Performed by: Merle Haggard, [Time: 3:28]

  • "Coat of Many Colors”

    Written by: Dolly Parton
    Performed by: Dolly Parton
    [Time: 3:32]

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