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THIS IS AMERICA, CHARLIE BROWN:
THE MUSIC AND HEROES OF AMERICA


SUBJECTS --- U.S./1865 - 1913; Music.


Age: 8 - 11; Not Rated; Animated; 25 minutes; 1989; Color.


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In This is America, Charlie Brown: The Music and Heroes of America, Schroeder must give a report to the school on American music. Lucy decides to combine her report on great American women with Schroeder's report on music. Schroeder isn't happy with this idea but the teacher tells him to put up with it. The whole mess is entertaining and informative, covering many aspects of American popular music through the 1920s as well as describing the contributions of a potpourri of American composers, famous American women and black leaders.

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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a paragraph from the Learning Guide to This is America, Charlie Brown: The Music and Heroes of America.

To enhance the educational value of this film, parents need only watch it with their children and comment on two or three points made in the movie. For example, if a child takes music lessons and has played a song by one of the composers mentioned in the film, remark on that. Or if a child has a Susan B. Anthony silver dollar in his or her coin collection, point that out. If a child has visited a museum or the locale of the lives of any of the composers or the heroes described in the film, mention that. Additional helpful background is set out below.


The Learning Guide to This is America, Charlie Brown: The Music and Heroes of America also contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.

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