The Amazing Grace Study Guide
•A valuable tool to learn about abolitionist, William Wilberforce before viewing the film.
•Complies with National Standards in Social Studies and other disciplines.
•Targets grades 9–12
The Olney Hymns
•The Hymn Amazing Grace first appeared in this hymnbook, published in 1779.
•The collection draws its name from the Buckinghamshire village of Olney, in England where Newton was curate.
Sheet Music for the Hymn
Amazing Grace
•There are currently 972 arrangements of the song and more than 1,100 available albums which feature versions of Amazing Grace.
•The fourth stanza of the song changed in 1909. Edwin Excell replaced it with verse from the hymn "Jerusalem, My Happy Home."
•Arlo Guthrie performed Amazing Grace on the opening night of Woodstock.
Instructions: Choose what size you want. Then Right-click (Windows) or CTRL-click (Mac), and choose "Save Image As...".
AIM Icons
William Wilberforce
Played by Ioan Gruffudd
Olaudah Equiano
Played by Youssou N’Dour
John Newton
Played by Albert Finney
Barbara Spooner
Played by Romola Gara
William Pitt
Played by Benedict Cumberbatch
Lord Fox Played by Michael Gambon
Instructions:
1) Right-click or ctrl-click (for MAC users) on the icon and choose 'Save Picture As...'
2) Save the image to your computer desktop.
3) Log on to AIM
4) In your buddy list window menu, go to 'My AIM' > 'Edit Options' 'Edit Preferences...'
5) Click on 'Buddy Icons'
6) Click 'Browse Computer'
7) Navigate to where you saved the icon on your hard disk, pick it and click 'OK'
