Music Resources for Social Studies

American and World Music

• American Music

• American Music Specials and Timelines

• Songs Online

• Music Organizations

American Music

American Memory  - Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/collections/

America's Library - https://www.americaslibrary.gov/

• Click on See, Hear, and Sing for Children's Songs in American History -https://www.americaslibrary.gov/sh/index.php. You can download video and audio files from this site.

• Exhibitions - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ 

• Bob Hope and the American Variety Show - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/ 

• Library of Congress: Music for a Nation (American Sheet Music) - https://www.loc.gov/collections/american-sheet-music-1870-to-1885/about-this-collection/

• The African American Mosaic - https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/

• Archives of African American Music and Culture: University of Indiana -  http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/ 

• American Music Timeline - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/musictime1.html 

National Health Institute Children's Health Games - https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/index.htm

• Songs - https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/index.htm

• Favorite Songs - https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/favorites/index.htm

• Patriotic Songs - https://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/songs/patriotic/index.htm

Smithsonian Music - https://music.si.edu/

• Smithsonian Jazz Exhibits -https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz

• Smithsonian Folkways Recording - https://folkways.si.edu/sounds-of-america/music/playlist/smithsonian

• Asian Pacific American Music and Heritage - https://music.si.edu/feature/asian-pacific-american-heritage-and-music

• Ella Fitzgerals - https://music.si.edu/feature/ella-fitzgerald

• Music and Science - https://music.si.edu/feature/music-and-science

PBS

• American Experience - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/

• American Roots Music - http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/ 

• Painting the Dakota - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/setheastman/ with Music Files - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/setheastman/courting.html 

• Jubilee Singers - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/singers/

• Duke Ellington's Washington - http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/ 

American Music Specials and Timeline

• Museum of Musical Instruments (MOMI.org) Collections Listing - http://www.themomi.org/museum/collections.html 

• Bound for Glory - Woody Guthrie - http://www.themomi.org/museum/Guthrie/index_1024.html 

• Folk USA - http://www.folkusa.org/ 

• Native American Resources on the Web - http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAmusic.html 

• The History Channel - http://www.historychannel.com/ 

  • 11 Anthems of Black Pride and Protest through American History - https://www.history.com/news/black-music-slavery-protest

  • Woodstock - https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/woodstock

  • The Real History Behind the Sound of Music - https://www.history.com/news/the-real-history-behind-the-sound-of-music

Songs Online

Songs for Teaching: Using Music to Promote Learning - http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.html 

Look for MIDI or audio sound files or samplers. 

• Using Music to Teach Social Studies - http://www.songsforteaching.com/SocialStudies.html 

• Multicultural Music - http://www.songsforteaching.com/Diversity.html 

• Folksongs - http://www.songsforteaching.com/Folk.html 

• Character Education - https://www.songsforteaching.com/store/character-education-and-life-skills-c-397.html

KIDiddles - https://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/allsongs.html

Websites with MIDI and Audio Files

• Children's Songs - MIDI - http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm 

• Children's Music Web - http://www.childrensmusic.org/ 

• Public Domain Music - http://www.pdmusic.org/ 

• Folk Songs from Various Countries - http://ingeb.org/folksong.html 

• Judy and David's Online Songbook - http://judyanddavid.com/Songbook/Songbookcover.html 

• Sesame Street YouTube Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoookXUzPciGrEZEXmh4Jjg

Music Organizations

• National Association for Music Education - https://nafme.org/

• The Society for American Music - http://www.american-music.org/ 

• The American Musical Instrument Society - http://www.amis.org/ 

• Global Gateway - http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
  

Musical Cultures of the World by Dr. Piper - https://sites.google.com/site/musicalcultures/Home

Copyright 2003 by Carla Piper, Ed. D.