Resources for This is Our Land
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Songs for Our Land | Lesson Plans for Our Land | Books About the Sites
Here are some great links to patriotic songs. These sites include words to the songs and sound tracks. Your students should know many of these songs, but they sound so different on the Internet they might enjoy hearing them.
Yellow Rose of Texas
On Top of Old Smokey
Yankee Doodle
America
Books about the sites on This is Our Land
The Golden Gate Bridge by Craig A. Doherty, Bruce S. Glassman
Bridging the Golden Gate (American Landmark Series) by Kathy Pelta
Rushmore by Lynn Curlee
Mount Rushmore (Cornerstones of Freedom) by Andrew Santella
Mount Rushmore (Building America) by Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty, Bruce Glassman
Swift Rivers (The Newbery Honor Roll) by Cornelia Meigs, Forrest W. Orr
The Mississippi River (Rookie Read-About Geography) by Allan Fowler
Mississippi River : A Journey Down the Father of Waters by Peter Lourie
Wish You Were Here: New Orleans by Robin O'Neill
Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626 by Gary Bowen (Illustrator), David Freeman Hawke (Introduction)
Lesson Plans and Activities for Our Land
Inside the White House, lessons, pictures and more
The Learning Center at the White House
The First Kids
Let’s Tour The White House
Mississippi River Project
The Mighty Mississippi
Mount Rushmore Lesson plans and more
Rock and Roll Mount Rushmore-a webquest
Tea At The White House
Where does the Mississippi River Start?** excellent-This site tells where the river starts.
Virtual Tour of the Mississippi
History of the River
Mr. Donn’s U.S. History Page
Life on the Mississippi