Use this History of Music and American Folk Music video entitled Folk Music in History Part 2 to study the role folk music played in American history during the colonial era, the Civil War, the Great Depression, the two world wars, the civil rights movement of the 1960's, and the Vietnam War.
Use this K12 history of music video to study and understand the role folk music played in American history from the end of the Civil War, the Great Depression, the two World Wars, the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's and the Vietnam War. Listen to stirring patriotic songs from World War I, topical folk songs by Woody Guthrie and protest folk songs.