We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

History in the later part of the twentieth century set to music.



Resource: mp3 - song
Running Time: 4:48

Time: 1949 - 1989
Place: various

Summary:
A little disclaimer, I stole this idea from my World Civics teacher way, way back when I was in high school.  The lyrics go through major world events, and people. Our assignment way back when was to define all the terms in the song. There are over one hundred.

Potentially Objectionable Content:
The music video has several disturbing images, both historical and cultural.  I would suggest previewing the video before showing it to children.


Links

• Find the lyrics with the associated historical event or person on Wikipedia 
• Single mp3 on Amazon
• Single video on iTunes