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Songs About the American Land is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on what patriotic songs say about the land, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.6.K-2. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Songs About the American Land

D2.Geo.6.K-2

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Read the song and answer. Then circle the best answer.

1.Read the song, then answer the questions.

America the Beautiful

Words by Katharine Lee Bates. She first wrote them after seeing the view from Pikes Peak, Colorado, in 1893, and changed some words later. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

  1. 1. Where was Katharine Lee Bates when she saw the view?
  2. 2. Amber waves of grain are fields of what?
  3. 3. What color are the mountain majesties?
  4. 4. What is above the fruited plain?
2.Which motto is on the Great Seal?
  • A.E pluribus unum
  • B.Home of the brave
  • C.From sea to shining sea
3.Which song became the national anthem in 1931?
  • A.The Star-Spangled Banner
  • B.My Country, 'Tis of Thee
  • C.America the Beautiful
4.What is the national motto of the United States?
  • A.Land of the free
  • B.In God We Trust
  • C.Sweet land of liberty
5.Who wrote the words of the national anthem?
  • A.Francis Scott Key
  • B.Katharine Lee Bates
  • C.Samuel Francis Smith
6.When the national anthem is played, people often…
  • A.stand and face the flag
  • B.clap the whole time
  • C.sit on the floor

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Answer key — Songs About the American Land

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. On Pikes Peak, Colorado. 2. Grain blowing in the wind. 3. Purple. 4. Purple mountain majesties.
  2. 2.E pluribus unum
  3. 3.The Star-Spangled Banner
  4. 4.In God We Trust
  5. 5.Francis Scott Key
  6. 6.stand and face the flag

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.6.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.