WORLD HISTORY…THE REVENGE OF THE SOUNDTRACK

Here is your opportunity to express yourself through song. You are to select 1 song for each historical figure. Songs should reflect accomplishments (good or bad), personality traits, or professions. You are not allowed to use artists that share their name. You are also not allowed to give me songs with explicit lyrics, or very suggestive material. A good rule of thumb is if it can’t be played on the radio, don’t use it. Songs cannot be repeated. Artists cannot be repeated.

Groups will be graded for completion of the assignment along with an opportunity for extra credit compared to other groups. Using Youtube, students are to get into 2-3 large groups and find a song. Youtube songs and videos must be school appropriate and must be an active link. No student parodies of songs. All hyperlinks and explanations will be placed on this paper and emailed to me with the names of the group and period.

EXTRA CREDIT CHANCES

TO RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT FOR EITHER OR BOTH CHOICES, YOU MUST SUBMIT SONGS NOT YOUTUBE LINKS

  • Students can turn in their own individual assignments for extra credit. Songs selected cannot be from their group or class. Songs must already be an audio file and submitted through flash drive or CD. For extra credit students must select 4 individuals from each pool (12 total).

THE CHOICES

Old School Rap (80’s-Early 90’s) / Country (Not my favorite, but I guess some people like it) / Show Tunes (Musicals) / 80’s Heavy Metal, not death or speed metal (Songs must be from that decade) / 50’s/60’s Rock and Roll / 60’s/70’s Motown
  • Extra credit will cap out at 50 points. If you choose to do more, you can be remembered as an immortal

THE IMMORTALS (Students that created a themed album for every pool)

BRITTANY WEST ’13; BRIANNA WILLIAMS ‘17

GROUP MEMEBERS:

POOL A

Historical Figure / Marx/Engles (Example) / Otto von Bismarck / Franz Ferdinand
Song/Artist / It Takes Two/Rob Base
Explanation / I choose It Takes Two because Marx and Engles needed each other to write the Communist Manefesto
Link /
Historical Figure / Rasputin / Africa / Madame Mao
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Saddam Hussein / Mikhail Borodin / Sputnik
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Mughal Empire / Dutch East India Company
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link

POOL B

Historical Figure / Count Cavour / Marie Antoinette / Robespierre
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / USA vs. USSR / Mau Mau / Israel vs. Palestine
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Afghanistan / Idi Amin / Berlin Wall
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Hong Xiuquan / British East India Company
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link

POOL C

Historical Figure / Louis XVI / Benito Mussolini / Joseph Stalin
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Vladimir Lenin / Nelson Mandela / Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Osama Bin Laden / Blood Diamonds / Star Wars
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Boxers / Sepoy Rebellion
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link

POOL D

Historical Figure / Garibaldi / Guiseppe Mazzini / Napoleon III
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Charles DeGaulle / Mao Zedong / Ayataollah Khomeini
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / Sun Yat-Sen / Czar Nicholas II / Shah Jahan
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure / David Livingston / Algeria
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link