We Didn't Start the Fire project

Students explore historical perspectives. In this contemporary history lesson plan, students listen to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," discuss they lyrics, and add  a new verse to the song for the years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Use these project guidelines as a start to designing your own class PowerPoint project and to consider what elements you would like to assign and assess in your class. While the resource begins with instructions for researching World War...

While the guidelines provided for this project—choose an environmental issue, research it, and design a video regarding the topics—are fairly straightforward, the resource is best utilized for its included rubric. This could be a good...

Students develop their geography skills as they analyze map projections. For this ethnocentrism lesson, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to draw maps and then analyze the projections they created for...

One of the best ways to make history relevant and engaging is to analyze current events before they become history! Check out these project guidelines for a current event research paper, outlining the major required sections of the...

Eleventh graders explore history through music. In this historical perspectives lesson, 11th graders create PowerPoint presentations to accompany Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."

How did the tradition of collecting and displaying interesting items to the public begin? How have museums evolved over time? Offer your young historians a fascinating look into a cultural pastime we so often take for granted in the...

Young scholars extract geographical and historical information from the lyrics of a popular song, make associations between people, places, and events, and plot their information on a map.

Even the most inspiring documents in American history had to go through a few drafts before they were ready for publication. Reinforce the importance of the writing process, as well as the collaborative nature of democracy, with an...

Students examine musical lyrics as poetry.  In this creative writing lesson, students use the lyrics from a popular Billy Joel song to examine American culture at the time.  They follow the format of the song to write their own lyrics...