Jingle Bells

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/jingle-bells

1. What is the composer?
2. What is the year of publication?
3. What was the original title of "Jingle Bells"?
4. When did James Lord Pierpont publish the song that would become "Jingle Bells"?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the composer?James Lord Pierpont
2. What is the year of publication?1857
3. What was the original title of "Jingle Bells"?The song was first called "The One Horse Open Sleigh" when it was published in 1857.
4. When did James Lord Pierpont publish the song that would become "Jingle Bells"?It was published in September 1857 by James Lord Pierpont.

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