Feb 19 2008
Starting the Fire
Remember the song back in the late ’80s We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel? I’ve always thought that a great project would be to set the music to pictures, either for myself or as a project for students. Well, several people beat me to it and did a much better job than I ever thought about doing.
Listen/view for free from these links:
We Didn’t Start the Fire This page however has some advertisements at the top and bottom of the site that could be objectionable. You can however, get it set up and centered on the screen for just the video and the ads wouldn’t be visible to the classroom. Takes about 20-30 seconds to load and play. Will repeat until you close the browser window. The pictures are also clickable to websites with more information about each person/topic.
We Didn’t Start the Fire No advertisements on this site and I feel the picture quality is better than the first one.
HotChalk Lesson plan Excellent lesson plan for middle/high school history or music classes.
We Didn’t Start the Fire Ozteacher created a website with lyrics and video along with references to information on topics mentioned in the song.
Another Lesson plan site for WDSTF and includes a rubric for grading the essay developed throughout the lesson.
A lot of fun could be had with this type of project! Enjoy!
