“We Didn’t Start the Fire”Billy Joel

Billy Joel reportedly wrote this song after overhearing a child say that he felt sorry for "older people" like Billy Joel because no "history" happened in their lifetime, that NOW (or the time the song was written) was going to be the world's most historical time period. The comment got to Billy Joel so much that he sat down and wrote this song to prove that his lifetime has been FULL of history.

General Instructions: ● You will be working individually to complete the tasks below. . ● All work will be graded for completeness, appropriateness of websites, content and effort.● You will also be observed and assessed on the way you use class time.

○ See Rubric

Step I: Video

Watch a video of Billy Joel’s song h ttps://safeshare.tv/submit? url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DE8lrRvuwczk

Note: As you watch the video, the pictures will give you a hint about what the topic is.

Ex. Davy Crockett

YES!

NO!

Step II: Highlighting

Using a copy of the lyrics provided:

For #1 & #2, USE ANY TWO COLORS

1. Highlight all the events

that you have heard of before with ???

2. Highlight all the events that you have NEVER heard of before with ???

3. Strike out the events that you think you know a lot about.

4. Circle ten (10) events that you would like to know more about.

Step III: Research

Using the internet or library material, research the ten (10) events you put a circle around.

HINT: You may need to rewatch the video to record the year that Billy Joel was referring to.

On the form provided, take notes using the Cornell (two-column) method of note taking.

● Left-side: Write the topic in the left column

● Rights-side: Bullet point 6-8 facts regarding the topic.

● Remember that the facts are used to write the event summary.

● Keep track of your sources; 20 min.; easybib.com; MLA

SEE EXAMPLE

Step IV: Fire Project Part A

● Choosing a Project...

● Choose ONE of the options to best display five people/events.

○ See handout○ Handout is a

guideline; check with your instructor if you have questions

● If you have questions, please ask BEFORE you begin assembling your project

● Final Project is a maximum of 50 points

Step IV: Fire Project Part B

● Presentation○ Choose ONE of

the five people or events to present to the class

○ 2-3 minutes○ Present the 5 W’s○ Sign up - Only

ONE person can present the person or event

○ No technology○ Share your lyrics

to YOUR history*

● A presentation is a maximum of 20 points

Step V: Turn In

On the day you present your topic...turn in your… Project

Stapled together:1. Project Rubric

2. Original highlighted, lined-out, and circled song lyrics

3. Two-column Notes of the research on the original 10 people/events

4. List of resources useda. MLAb. 20 source

minimumc. easybib.com d. Alphabetical

5. “Your” Song Lyrics*

Step VI: *Extra Credit

OPTIONAL

Write your own verse to add to the song that includes events from YOUR history to demonstrate that YOUR lifetime (so far) has been full of history. Start with your birth year and end in the present

Turn in with the other Step 5 items

Example:

King and I ●Broadway in 1951 ●Written by Richard Rodgers and

Oscar Hammerstein●Starred Gertrude Lawrence and

Yul Brynner●1952 Tony Award for Best

Musical●1996 & 2015 Tony Award for

Best Revival●Based on a novel by Margaret

Landon called Anna and the King (1944)

● Based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens who was the governess to the King of Siam

●Anna was a school teacher who was hired as part of the King’s plan to modernize his country. Their relationship is marked by conflict in the beginning and love and respect at the end

●Today it is a regularly staged show throughout the English-speaking world

Davy Crockett ● Trouble in the Suez

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Lyrics: We Didn’t Start the FireHarry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie RaySouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggioJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, TelevisionNorth Korea, South Korea, Marilyn MonroeRosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, PanmunjomBrando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The RyeEisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new QueenMarciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

CHORUS:We didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and ProkofievRockefeller, Campanella, Communist BlocRoy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, DacronDien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the ClockEinstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning teamDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, DisneylandBardot, Budapest, Alabama, KhrushchevPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, KerouacSputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River KwaiLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseballStarkweather Homicide, Children of Thalidomide...Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, MafiaHula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-goU-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and KennedyChubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

Chorus

Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange LandDylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasionLawrence of Arabia, British BeatlemaniaOle Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats PattersonPope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician SexJ.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say

Chorus

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back againMoonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rockBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airlineAyatollah's in Iran, Russians in AfghanistanWheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal

Suez

Chorus

suicideForeign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie GoetzHypodermics on the shores, China's under martial lawRock and Roller Cola wars, I can't take it anymore

Work Cited

1. "Dien Bien Phu." History Learning Site. Moocow, 2016. Web. 05 May 2017.

2. "Doris Day." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 05 May 2017.

3. "Legendary Actress and Singer." Doris Day. N.p., 2017. Web. 05 May 2017.

4. Lubbock, Mark. "The King and I." The King and I. theatrehistory.com, 2002. Web. 02 May 2017.

5. "Psycho (1960 Film)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 May 2017. Web. 05 May 2017.

6. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Battle of Dien Bien Phu." Encyclopædia Britannica.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., n.d. Web. 05 May 2017.

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