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woodleywonderworks Music and social studies mesh easily. Perhaps in no other area of the curriculum is there such an abundance of songs that can add richness to the day. The National Standards for Music Education support the relationship between music, social studies, and other content disciplines. Content Standards 8 and 9, “Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts” and “Understanding music in relation to history and culture” (Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, 1994, pp. 28–29), address music and social studies in ways that apply to early childhood education (Barrett, 2001). The curriculum standards for social studies in the early grades “describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in that culture” (National Council for the Social Studies, 1994, p. xiii).
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