Author:
Laura McShane
Subject:
Music
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Level:
Upper Primary
Tags:
  • Anthem
  • Civil_rights
  • Protest
  • Social_justice
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution
    Language:
    English
    Media Formats:
    Text/HTML

    Amazing Grace

    Amazing Grace

    Overview

    How Sweet the Sound -The Story of Amazing Grace by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Frank Morrison provides a pictorial introduction to the anthem, Amazing Grace - and documents the events and salvation of John Newton aboard the slave ship Greyhound in 1748.

    How sweet the sound : the story of Amazing grace

    How Sweet the Sound -The Story of Amazing Grace

    President Obama Sings Amazing Grace

    Historian Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator, Frank Morrison produced How Sweet The Sound -The Story of Amazing Grace.   This picture book is a perfect opportunity to share the history of the song and how the lyrics resonate over many generations.  Based on the life of John Newton, who found salvation after a violent storm aboard the slave ship Greyhound in 1748.

    Listen to President Obama sing the song in 2015 and explore how music affects social change with the Rock Hall EDU Music and Social Change Curriculum.