I Will Be Your Friend

Songs and Activities for Young Peacemakers

“It’s important to get an education—not so much to make a living, but to make a life.” And how can anyone imagine life without song?

From its opening rap on respect to its closing anthem to freedom, this groundbreaking anthology for the elementary grades offers a fresh take on America’s quest for unity and harmony.

Invite your students to sing along on a musical journey through Native American chant, African American poetry, songs of friendship and belonging from immigrant communities across the U.S., and classics new and old from our nation’s proud tradition of singing for social change.

In addition to the CD, the 100-page I Will Be Your Friend activity songbook includes:

• melody and chord notation, guitar fingering and complete lyrics to all 26 songs
• full score for one choral anthem
• biographies of songwriters and featured performers
• information about the origin of each song
• flexible classroom activities on themes of Honoring Traditions; Love and Friendship; Building Community; and Struggles for Justice
• resource guide to musical activism

This new package is available FREE to elementary schools and teachers, religious and community centers and other organizations serving children in the younger grades.

To order a copy of the CD and activity songbook without cost or obligation, send a request on school letterhead, signed by an administrator, to the address below. This kit is recommended for grades 2 through 5.

By fax: (334) 956-8486

Or, by mail:
I Will Be Your Friend
Teaching Tolerance
Order Department
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104

All items shipped 4th Class Library Rate. Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery. If faster delivery is desired, please call the Order Department at (334) 956-8200 for information.

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