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Two Patriotic Songs and Their Times is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what two patriotic songs say about the country and their times, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.5.3-5. It prints 5 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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Two Patriotic Songs and Their Times

D2.His.5.3-5

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Read the verse and answer the questions, then circle the right answers.

1.Read the verse, then answer the questions.

America the Beautiful

The first verse of a patriotic song by Katharine Lee Bates, a college teacher, inspired by the view from Pikes Peak, Colorado, in 1893. First published in 1895; final words 1911. 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 does "from sea to shining sea" tell you about the size of the country?
  2. 2. What does this verse not tell you about the land?
  3. 3. What kind of land do "amber waves of grain" describe?
  4. 4. What does the writer hope for the country?
2.Who wrote the words of "America the Beautiful"?
  • A.Samuel Francis Smith, a minister
  • B.Katharine Lee Bates, a college teacher
  • C.Francis Scott Key, a lawyer
3.Which of these three songs was written first?
  • A.The Star-Spangled Banner
  • B.America the Beautiful
  • C.My Country, 'Tis of Thee
4."Lift Every Voice and Sing," written in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson and his brother, is often called what?
  • A.The Black national anthem
  • B.The official national anthem
  • C.A British army song
5.Which line comes from "America the Beautiful"?
  • A.O'er the ramparts we watched
  • B.From sea to shining sea
  • C.Let freedom ring

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Answer key — Two Patriotic Songs and Their Times

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. It stretches all the way from one sea to the other. 2. It does not tell you who lived on the land before or how it was settled. 3. Farmland where grain grows across the plain. 4. That God shed his grace on it and crown its good with brotherhood.
  2. 2.Katharine Lee Bates, a college teacher
  3. 3.The Star-Spangled Banner
  4. 4.The Black national anthem
  5. 5.From sea to shining sea

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.