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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 kind of land do "amber waves of grain" describe?
  2. 2. What does this verse not tell you about the land?
  3. 3. What rises above the fruited plain?
  4. 4. What does the writer hope for the country?
2.During what kind of moment was "The Star-Spangled Banner" written?
  • A.A peaceful holiday
  • B.A battle, as the writer waited to see if a fort would hold
  • C.A trip across the plains
3.Which song was written by Samuel Francis Smith?
  • A.My Country, 'Tis of Thee
  • B.The Star-Spangled Banner
  • C.America the Beautiful
4."My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is sung to the same tune as which song?
  • A.Britain's "God Save the King"
  • B."Yankee Doodle"
  • C."The Star-Spangled Banner"
5.Who wrote the words of "America the Beautiful"?
  • A.Francis Scott Key, a lawyer
  • B.Samuel Francis Smith, a minister
  • C.Katharine Lee Bates, a college teacher

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Answer key — Two Patriotic Songs and Their Times

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Farmland where grain grows across the plain. 2. It does not tell you who lived on the land before or how it was settled. 3. Purple mountain majesties. 4. That God shed his grace on it and crown its good with brotherhood.
  2. 2.A battle, as the writer waited to see if a fort would hold
  3. 3.My Country, 'Tis of Thee
  4. 4.Britain's "God Save the King"
  5. 5.Katharine Lee Bates, a college teacher

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