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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. What is above the fruited plain?
  2. 2. What color are the mountain majesties?
  3. 3. From sea to shining sea means the land goes from where to where?
  4. 4. What waves does the song name?
2.A state can have its own motto too. A motto is…
  • A.a short saying about what people believe
  • B.a type of coin
  • C.a kind of map
3.Which motto is on the Great Seal?
  • A.Home of the brave
  • B.E pluribus unum
  • C.From sea to shining sea
4.Which song says, Let freedom ring?
  • A.America the Beautiful
  • B.My Country, 'Tis of Thee
  • C.The Star-Spangled Banner
5.When the national anthem is played, people often…
  • A.sit on the floor
  • B.stand and face the flag
  • C.clap the whole time
6.Who wrote the words of the national anthem?
  • A.Katharine Lee Bates
  • B.Francis Scott Key
  • C.Samuel Francis Smith

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Answer key — Songs About the American Land

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Purple mountain majesties. 2. Purple. 3. From one sea to the other sea, across the whole country. 4. Amber waves of grain.
  2. 2.a short saying about what people believe
  3. 3.E pluribus unum
  4. 4.My Country, 'Tis of Thee
  5. 5.stand and face the flag
  6. 6.Francis Scott Key

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