America the Beautiful

The song's words, brotherhood, and the land it describes.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 48

In 1893, a teacher named Katharine Lee Bates rode to the top of Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains. The view was so beautiful that she wrote a poem. It became the song America the Beautiful.
Here are some of its words. Tap Read it to me to hear them!
Spacious skies are wide, open skies. Amber waves of grain are golden fields of wheat blowing in the wind, like waves.
Purple mountain majesties are grand mountains. From far away, mountains can look purple and blue. A fruited plain is wide, flat land full of crops.
Brotherhood means treating each other like family. It's for everyone: boys and girls, grown-ups and kids.
From sea to shining sea means across the whole country, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, coast to coast!
Your turn! Which landforms are in the song? Purple mountain majesties are mountains. From sea to shining sea goes coast to coast.
Try it with a grown-up! Draw a picture of America the Beautiful: spacious skies, amber grain, and purple mountains.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS1CG2 — Explore the concept of patriotism through the words in the songs America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) and America the Beautiful (for example: brotherhood, liberty, freedom, pride, etc.).
SS1G3.c — Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, valleys, and coasts).