They tape the slips together and mount them in chronological order. Each team shares its time line and evaluates results. Students should begin to associate historical data with geographical referents. Teams of students create world maps using the data they have collected from the song lyrics. A map might reflect activity during a certain historical time or a geographical location.
Teams share and compare plotted map results.
Discuss the distribution of data. Pass out song lyrics. Students choose 20 items from the song to interview parents, grandparents or friends about. Offer a challenge to find out the meaning of as many items, people and places as they can. Billy Joel wrote the song lyrics based on the years of his life.