Protest Songs

Welcome to the world of protest songs! Like we said in class, this is another wonderful way to persuade outside of the standard 5-10 page essay. In class we listened to Lenny Kravitz's "We Want Peace," and watched this video on why he wrote the song. Now for homework, we would like you to research other protest songs and blog about your findings. Use these links below to find another song:

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Wikipedia--Protest Songs

You are also welcome to research other songs outside of these sites. Please find a song with school-appropriate lyrics (no offensive content, no excessive cursing).

After finding a song, please create a post containing the following:

• Name of the song
• Name of musician(s)
• Social ill/problem being protested
• Sample of lyrics (please be sensitive about potentially offensive language)
• Relevance of the words and phrases selected: is the song convincing in its message?
• Approximate date
• Location
• Significance in history
• The reasons you selected this song and/or musician
• External links

After creating this initial post, please be sure to respond to two of your classmates' posts. All posts and responses need to be completed by Wednesday.