Nick Phillips and Kurt Davies had their American History students analyze the lyrics to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” this week. Each student selected a different historical topic to research and came up with a one page summary including a picture and relevant information about the topic. The song covers many different political, social, economic, and cultural topics and events from 1949 through 1989. The students then participated in a gallery walk where they read and learned about all the topics and selected one political, social, economic, and cultural project to summarize as part of their assessment.
