Summer Songs
Worksheets:
Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
Summer Nights – Grease
Summer – Calvin Harris
Toes – Zac Brown Band
Holiday – Madonna
Speak Up videos: Sun Songs – Summertime – Summer Nights
Speak Up article: Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
1st
Anniversary of the first appearance of Spider-Man (1962)
Worksheet: Spider-Man – Michael Bublé
1st
International Beer Day (first Friday in August)
Worksheet: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) – Tom Waits
6th & 9th
Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945)
Worksheet: The Unforgettable Fire – U2
6th
Playday (UK) (first Wednesday in August)
Worksheet: Kentucky Avenue – Tom Waits
Games/Activities
8th
International Cat Day
Worksheet: The Cat Came Back – Fred Penner
9th
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Worksheet: The Ka Mate Haka
12th
International Youth Day
Worksheets:
We Are Young – fun.
Kids – OneRepublic
Speak Up video: We Are Young – fun.
16th
Anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley (1977)
Four Elvis worksheets
Eternal Flame – The Bangles
Speak Up video: Yes/No questions
16th
Anniversary of the death of Aretha Franklin (2018)
Worksheet: I Say A Little Prayer
19th
World Humanitarian Day
Worksheets:
They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo) – Sting / Mothers Of The Disappeared – U2
Zombie – The Cranberries
War Child – The Cranberries
Minds Locked Shut – Christy Moore
21st
Anniversary of the release of the film Dirty Dancing (1987)
Worksheet: (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
26th
International Dog Day
Worksheet: Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
29th
International Day Against Nuclear Tests
Worksheet: The Unforgettable Fire – U2
30th
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Worksheet: They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo) – Sting / Mothers Of The Disappeared – U2
30th
Anniversary of the Italian release of the film Grease (1978)
Worksheets: Summer Nights – Grease
Speak Up video
Lyric Videos for The Original Soundtrack