WORLD HISTORY…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
80’s Heavy
50’s/60’s
60’s/70’s
Metal, not
Rock and
Motown
death or
Roll
speed metal
(Songs must
be from that
decade)
Extra credit will cap out at 50 points. If you choose to do more, you can be remembered
as an immortal
Old School
Rap (80’sEarly 90’s)

Country (Not
my favorite,
but I guess
some people
like it)
Show Tunes
(Musicals)
THE IMMORTALS (Students that created a themed album for every pool)
BRITTANY WEST ’13; BRIANNA WILLIAMS ‘17
POOL A
Historical
Figure
Joan of Arc (Example)
Song/Artist
Roar/Katy Perry
Explanation
I chose Roar because just like the song,
Joan was quiet and not heard, but then
she became a large voice for the French
Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CevxZvSJLk8
Historical
Figure
Song/Artist
Explanation
Oliver Cromwell
Lorenzo de Medici
Cesare Borgia
Cardinal Mazarin
Cosimo de Medici
Grand Canal
Dennis Diderot
War of the Roses
Peter the Great
Mary Tudor
Reynald of
Chatillon
Ali
Galileo
Martin Luther
Link
Historical
Figure
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical
Figure
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical
Figure
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
POOL B
Historical Figure
Rats
Guy Fawkes
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leo X
Pope Urban II
Hussein
Zheng He
Montesquieu
Catherine the Great
False Dmitri’s
Anne of Cleves
Rurik
Ibn Sina
Nicholas Copernicus
Lucrezia Borgia
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
POOL C
Historical Figure
Assassins
Louis XIII
Michelangelo
Julius II
Catherine de Medici
Mehmet II
Richard the Lionheart
Voltaire
Henry VIII
Ivan IV the Terrible
Pierre Bayle
Vladimir the Great
Al-Razi
Johannes Kepler
John Calvin
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
Historical Figure
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
POOL D
Historical Figure
Saladin
Elizabeth Tudor
Sixus IV
Alexander VI
Louis XIV
Suleiman the Great
Hongwu
Isaac Newton
Catherine of Aragon
Boyars
John Locke
Anne Boleyn
Kublai Khan
Tycho Brahe
Genghis Khan
Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link
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Song/Artist
Explanation
Link