Lesson Date and Time: Wednesday 9/27/17 No.

of Students: 6
8:00 9:27 AM
Miscellaneous Information:
Room Number: 10

Teachers Name: Ms. Williams

Anticipatory Set:

Discuss with the students how they can find current events in everything around them. Ask them for examples
in order to gauge prior knowledge. Show them examples of songs that have been used for different current
events topics (i.e. war protests, enlightening society, pro-war etc.)

Objective:

Students will be able to analyze how current events can be linked to almost every aspect of society. Students
will be able to display this knowledge by organizing their thoughts and linking song lyrics to current events
that are taking place.

Materials Needed: Students will need their school provided laptops, in order to research their song choice.
Students will be provided with a copy of example song lyrics to follow along to in class.

Instructional Procedures:
Students will journal details while watching CNN 10 Student News. (10 min)
Collect the Youre the Reporter Assignment. (2 min)
Hand out the packet for todays activity and discuss what the students will be doing. (2 min)
Begin discussion about their feelings on finding current events in pop culture. (5 min)
Watch the music videos for the song lyrics provided in the packet and discuss with students how each song
can be tied to current events today. (30 min)
Students will be able to work on the assignment below for the rest of the hour, and it will be due first thing
Friday morning. (40 min)

Evaluation:
Students will be discussing their ideas about the songs and lyrics in class.
Students will choose their own song and write a reflection explaining how it coincides with current events.

Adaptations/ Modifications:
If for some reason a student doesnt have their laptop, they can choose one of the songs provided to them.
Students with an IEP can receive help in their writing while the ideas must be their own.
If Student News wont play at the beginning of the hour, go through the activity and try again at the end of the
hour.
 Pop Culture in Current Events
Choose a song and using the lyrics, determine how it coincides
with current events. Write a one page reflection to showcase your
findings and include a copy of the lyrics.

Formatting: (10 points)

Use MLA style formatting.

o 12-point font
o Times New Roman
o 1 inch margins
Must contain correct MLA citation for your song choice

Author/ Artist. Song Title. Album Title, Record Company,

Date released.

Must be 1 page minimum

Content: (20 points)

Why did you choose the song that you did?

Does this song speak about something that is important to
you?
Does this song deal with a controversial issue?
Does the time period that is was released in have anything to
do with the meaning of the song?
What is the meaning of the song?
The Black Eyed Peas. Where is the Love. Elephunk, A&R Records, 2003.
Whats wrong with the world, mama
People livin like they aint got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things thatll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then youre bound to get irate,
yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And thats exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, yall, yall
People killin, people dyin
Children hurt and you hear them cryin
Can you practice what you preach?
Or would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
Cause people got me, got me questionin
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love
It just aint the same, old ways have changed
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace are so strong
Why are there pieces of love that dont belong?
Nations droppin bombs
Chemical gasses fillin lungs of little ones
With ongoin sufferin as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin wrong
In this would that we livin in people keep on givin
in
Makin wrong decisions, only visions of them
dividends
Not respectin each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin on but the reasons undercover
The truth is kept secret, its swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Wheres the love, yall come on (I dont know)
Wheres the truth, yall, come on (I dont know)
Wheres the love yall
People killin, people dyin
Children hurt and you hear them cryin
Can you practice what you preach?
Or would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
Cause people got me, got me questionin
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love, the love, the love?
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As Im getting older, yall people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin
Selfishness got us followin the wrong direction
Wrong information always show by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo, whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead of spreading love were spreading animosity

Thats the reason why sometimes Im feelin under
Thats the reason why sometimes Im feelin down
Theres no wonder why sometimes Im feelin under
Gotta keep my faith alive til love is found
Now ask yourself
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Father, Father, Father, help us
Send some guidance from above
Cause people got me, got me questionin
Where is the love?
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity
Sing with me yall:
One world, one world (we only got)
One world, one world (Thats all we got)
One world, one world
And somethings wrong with it (Yeah)
Somethings wrong with it (Yeah)
Somethings wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
One world, one world
Thats all we got
One world, one world
Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fortunate Son. Willy and the Poor Boys, Fantasy Records, 1969.

Some folks are born made to wave the flag

Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son

It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand

Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no

It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah, yeah
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! y'all

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son

It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no
Toby Keith. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American). Unleashed, DreamWorks Nashville,
2002.

American girls and American guys

We'll always stand up and salute
We'll always recognize
When we see Old Glory flying
There's a lot of men dead
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head

My daddy served in the army

Where he lost his right eye but he flew a flag out in our yard
Until the day that he died
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me
To grow up and live happy
In the land of the free

Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack

A mighty sucker punch came flyin' in from somewhere in the back
Soon as we could see clearly
Through our big black eye
Man, we lit up your world
Like the fourth of July

Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list
And the Statue of Liberty started shakin' her fist
And the eagle will fly man, it's gonna be hell
When you hear mother freedom start ringin' her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue

Justice will be served and the battle will rage

This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage
And you'll be sorry that you messed with
The U.S. of A.
'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass
It's the American way

Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list
And the Statue of Liberty started shakin' her fist
And the eagle will fly it's gonna be hell
When you hear mother freedom start ringin' her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue

Oh oh of the red white and blue

Oh oh of my red white and blue
Shinedown. Bully. Amaryllis, Atlantic Records, 2012.

Its 8 AM, this hell Im in

Seems Ive crossed a line again
For being nothing more than who I am
So break my bones and throw your stones
We all know that life aint fair
But theres more of us were everywhere

We dont have to take this back against the wall

We dont have to take this we can end it all

All youll ever be is a fading memory of a bully

Make another joke while they hang another rope so lonely
Push them to the dirt till the words dont hurt can you hear me
No ones gonna cry on the very day you die youre a bully

Think it through you cant undo

Whenever I see black and blue I feel the past, I share the bruise
With everyone whos come and gone
My head is clear my voice is strong, now Im right here to right the wrong

We dont have to take this back against the wall

We dont have to take this we can end it all

All youll ever be is a fading memory of a bully

Make another joke while they hang another rope so lonely
Push them to the dirt till the words dont hurt can you hear me
No ones gonna cry on the very day you die youre a bully

Its 8 AM, the hell Im in

Your voice is strong, now right the wrong

All youll ever be is a fading memory of a bully

Make another joke while they hang another rope so lonely
Push them to the dirt till the words dont hurt can you hear me
No ones gonna cry on the very day you die youre a bully

All youll ever be is a fading memory of a bully

Make another joke while they hang another rope so lonely
Push them to the dirt till the words dont hurt can you hear me
No ones gonna cry on the very day you die youre a bully

We dont have to take this back against the wall

We dont have to take this we can end it all