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This worksheet provides instructions for analyzing a protest song. Students are asked to select a protest song and provide facts about it such as the title, songwriter, performer, and historical context. They then analyze the song's lyrics by identifying allusions, figures of speech, sound devices, and tone and mood. The effectiveness of the song in influencing thought, feelings, or actions is discussed. The importance of civic participation is also addressed.

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Analyze A Protest Song - Worksheet - HTML PDF

This worksheet provides instructions for analyzing a protest song. Students are asked to select a protest song and provide facts about it such as the title, songwriter, performer, and historical context. They then analyze the song's lyrics by identifying allusions, figures of speech, sound devices, and tone and mood. The effectiveness of the song in influencing thought, feelings, or actions is discussed. The importance of civic participation is also addressed.

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Analyze a Protest SongWorksheet
Instructions: To use this chart, you can print, copy, and paste into a document of your own, or create a chart of your
own with the same information.
Complete the following using your selected protest song.
A. Provide the Song Facts
1. Song title:
2. Songwriter:
3. Performed by:
4. Describe the historical context in three to five sentences.
5. Imagine that you are creating a music video for the song. Include two images that would complement or
support the historical context of the song.
6. Copy and paste the lyrics. Be sure to edit or alter any words that are not school appropriate.
B. Label and Analyze the Lyrics
1. Identify one allusion in the song. You may need to research any unfamiliar references in the song lyrics to
determine the allusion. Paste or type the lines in the space below.
Where is the love
Black Eyed Peas
Black eyed peas
This song makes mentions of several wars and gangs. The war on terror and Afghanistan are mentioned. It also mentions a few historical protests.
Can you practise what you preach?
Or would you turn the other cheek?
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2. Locate one website that explains the event, phenomenon, or person to which the line(s) allude. Paste the
website address and one sentence explaining the allusion you have identified.
3. Complete the following chart based on your selected song. Identify two total figures of speech and two sound
devices to include in the chart below.
Label
What is the figure
of speech or
sound device?
Actual Lines from the
Song
Paste the lines of
each example in the
space provided.
Effect
Does the example create an image, create a
particular mood, make listeners feel something, or
make listeners think something?
Figure
of
Speech
#1
Figure
of
Speech
#2
Sound
Device
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Practice
+what+you+preach
The song makes an inderect reference to The Bible, saying practice what you preach.
Let your soul gravitate to the
love, y'all, y'all
Personification
This example was used to make listeners feel happy and light.
What's wrong with the world,
mama
People livin' like they ain't got
no mamas
Simile
This figure of speech outlines and criticizes the way people live.
Whats Wrong With the World
mama
Alliteration
This piques the listeners curiosity. It makes the reader think about what is
wrong with the world.
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Device
#1
Sound
Device
#2
4. What is the tone of the song? How do the figures of speech and sound devices that you have identified
contribute to the tone?
5. What is the mood of the song? How do the figures of speech and sound devices that you have identified
create the mood?
6. In a short paragraph of four to six sentences, discuss the effectiveness of this protest song. Did or does it
influence people to change how they think, feel, or act?
7. In a brief paragraph of four to six sentences, discuss why it is important for people to participate in (by
supporting, protesting, etc.) current political, social, and cultural issues.
[ Close ]
Where is the love?
Rhetorical Question
The question can't be answered, it is designed to make the listener think about
the state of the world we live in.
This is a peaceful song designed to make listeners thinkful but happy. The question "Where is the love?" provokes thought in
readers.
The song has a hopeful mood. It is trying to convince listeners to show love and become more caring.
This song was a very effective protest. It showed many controversial images that could change people's opinions.
It influenced me to look at the world in a bit of a different way. The lyrics also strive to convince the reader to take a look
at the world and try to change it before it's too late.
It is extremely important for people to participate in issues. Many people don't realise that their opinion matters. In the
US, the commonwealth decides what is passed. People also need to get in touch with the world. They need to get to know
what is happening around them every day.

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