Look at immigration statistics (Download [PDF/3.29Mb]) from 1903, particularly page 2; interpret/discuss.
Listen to recording of “Don’t Bite the Hand that’s Feeding You” (2:40) and examine sheet music [PDF/9.69Mb].
Questions to consider:
What
similarities are there in the message of the 2 items? How does each
have a different impact? Which is more effective? Why?
Discuss
song as a means of self-expression, looking at this statement attributed
to John Steinbeck:
The songs of the working people have always been their sharpest statement and the one statement which cannot be destroyed. You can burn books, buy newspapers, you can guard against handbills and pamphlets, but you cannot prevent singing.
-- from American Folksongs of Protest by John Greenway
Does
Steinbeck’s sentiment apply to “Don’t Bite the Hand
That’s Feeding You” even though it is not a “song
of the working people”?