Student Instructions
EXPLORE Activity to learn more about the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" This is worth 3 explore activity points.
Pages 1-5.
π On each page play the video to listen to the lyrics for that page. You will also see a picture timeline that goes along with the lyrics.
Page 6 (reference page)
π Billy Joel explains why he wrote the song.
π Take the link
to the Genius Lyrics website about the song.
ππ On this website, you can click on words in the lyrics to find out more about the song.
Pages 7-9
π Answer the questions on the pages using the
or
tools.
Feedback Page
π Please answer the questions so that I may improve this activity. Thank you.
Tap or click
when we finished.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
Modified 4-27-2022 for Explore Activity Modified 9-14-2021 added line numbers on left for easier reference made a copy (this version) to use in class as group/in class activity. updated page links to go to specific page numbers instead of next and previous corrected spelling of previous (I had spelled it as prevous) Modified 9-23-2020 Added page nav links added audio to each page for those lyrics added questions added info about why Billy Joel wrote the song and what it is about.