OUR WORLD: Our World Family

Let's Work Together Canned Heat (Let's Work Together: Best, 1989)
What is meant by 'together we stand, divided we fall'? Where do you think the expression came from? Does it apply to the population of this planet? Suggest some areas in which, right now, we are not 'working together.'
What obstacles are there to countries working together? Could these be overcome? What benefits might result?
From history or the news, find instances of different groups working together to achieve a common purpose.

List 10 things that separate people (age, for example). For each division, suggest some way in which this gap could be reduced or eliminated.
Would there be advantages in having a universal language? Disadvantages? A universal monetary system?

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Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton (Anthology, 1991)
What different emotions does the singer experience in this song?
What causes these feelings?
In what ways is she strong? Where has that strength come from?
What could the coat represent? Why?

If you met someone from a different country or culture, what would you have to offer that person? What does he or she have to offer you?

REPLAYS:

• Love's the Only House (Martina McBride, Emotion, 1999)
• The Chain of Love (Clay Walker, Live, Laugh, Love, 1999)
• Praying for Time (George Michael, Listen without Prejudice, 1990)
• Ideas as Opiates (Tears for Fears, The Hurting, 1983)
• O Siem (Susan Aglukark, This Child, 1995)
• Everyday People (Sly & the Family Stone, Greatest Hits, 1990)
• Different People, (No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom, 1995)
• Ant Man Bee (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica, 1970)
• Ebony & Ivory (Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder, All the Best, 1987)

The Artists

Inside this 112-page spirally-bound 'jukebox,' you'll find questions and projects on songs by:

Alabama, Tori Amos, The Animals, The Band, Beach Boys, The Beatles, The BeeGees, Harry Belafonte, Willie P. Bennett, Chuck Berry, The Big Bopper, Garth Brooks, James Brown, Suzy Bogguss, Canned Heat, Johnny Cash, Harry Chapin, Tracy Chapman, Ray Charles, Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, Coolio, Cornershop, The Cranberries, Rodney Crowell, CSN&Y

And Billy Dean, Chris DeBurgh, John Denver, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Fred Eaglesmith, Melissa Etheridge, Everly Brothers, John Fogerty, Aretha Franklin, Lesley Gore, Grateful Dead, Woody Guthrie, Merle Haggard, Faith Hill, Billie Holiday, Johnny Horton, George Jones, The Jungle Brothers, Junkhouse with Sarah McLachlan

And Kansas, The Kendalls, Ben E. King, Kingston Trio, John Lennon, Gordon Lightfoot, Little Texas, Los Lobos, Lyle Lovett, Lovin' Spoonful, Loretta Lynn, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rita MacNeil, Madonna, Taj Mahal, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Murray McLauchlan, Don McLean, Bette Midler, Midnight Oil, Alanis Morissette, Van Morrison, The Mothers of Invention

And Nazareth, Willie Nelson, Neville Brothers, No Doubt, Joan Osborne, Dolly Parton, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, John Prine, The Ramones, Otis Redding, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Sam & Dave, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Percy Sledge, Sonny & Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Sting

And Talking Heads, Timbuk 3, Aaron Tippin, The Traveling Wilburys, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, U2, Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Walsh, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams, Lucinda, Williams, Jesse Winchester, Xscape, Dwight Yoakam, Neil Young and many others.

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