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Looking to use Greece in your General classroom?

You'll also cover the themes of: Our Musical World, Europe

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Greece

Unit Category(s):
Our Musical WorldGrades(s):
General
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Overview

Travel to the Mediterranean Coast with JJ through song and dance while visiting the country of Greece. Heres a simple folk style sea chanty, Our Patchwork Boat, featuring a modified Sirtaki dance. (Recommended K-5)

Sirtaki or syrtaki is a recent Greek folkdance, and a mixture of “syrtos” and the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko dance.
Additional English lyrics written by John Jacobson.

Related Songs

Songs from Greece

Extra Resources

Activities

About Greece
Our Patchwork Boat

Audio

Our Patchwork Boat - Full Our Patchwork Boat - Track

Concept Slides / Projectables

About the Song Notation Lyrics