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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 waves does the song name?
  2. 2. What is above the fruited plain?
  3. 3. Where was Katharine Lee Bates when she saw the view?
  4. 4. From sea to shining sea means the land goes from where to where?
2.Who wrote the words of the national anthem?
  • A.Francis Scott Key
  • B.Katharine Lee Bates
  • C.Samuel Francis Smith
3.Where can you see the words In God We Trust?
  • A.On US coins and paper money
  • B.On mailboxes
  • C.On stop signs
4.Which motto is on the Great Seal?
  • A.Home of the brave
  • B.From sea to shining sea
  • C.E pluribus unum
5.A state can have its own motto too. A motto is…
  • A.a type of coin
  • B.a short saying about what people believe
  • C.a kind of map
6.What is the national motto of the United States?
  • A.In God We Trust
  • B.Land of the free
  • C.Sweet land of liberty

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Answer key — Songs About the American Land

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Amber waves of grain. 2. Purple mountain majesties. 3. On Pikes Peak, Colorado. 4. From one sea to the other sea, across the whole country.
  2. 2.Francis Scott Key
  3. 3.On US coins and paper money
  4. 4.E pluribus unum
  5. 5.a short saying about what people believe
  6. 6.In God We Trust

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