Cold war songs

Cold War Songs






Music from the Cold War
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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 7 videos.

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Cold War Songs






Music from the Cold War

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Video

"I hope the Russians love their children too"
What did the singer imply with this?
A
The Russians wanted to protect themselves against the West
B
He hopes that the Russians don't want to start a war for that reason
C
That the US should be afraid for the Russian children
D
That the Russians want to bury us

Slide 3 - Quiz

Slide 4 - Video

When two tribes go to war
One is all that you can score
What did the singer imply with this?
A
We behave like primitive tribes
B
He who scores first will win
C
You can only attack once. Thereafter everything will be destroyed in a nuclear war
D
We will lose against the Russians

Slide 5 - Quiz

Slide 6 - Video

Carrière maken
Voordat de bom valt
What did the singer imply with this?
A
Life is no use since we're all going to die in a nuclear war
B
You have to make a career before we all die
C
When you're succesful you might survive the war
D
It will all be fine as long as you give it your best

Slide 7 - Quiz

Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky wreekt de dood van zijn goede vriend, Apollo Creed, door Drago, een Russische bokser, te verslaan

Slide 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Video

How does a film like Rocky IV fit into the Cold War?
A
The Russian boxer doesn't want to fight at all
B
The Russian boxer is cold, mean and bad but loses against Rocky
C
The film is set mostly in the snow
D
The Russian boxer is alot better than the Americans

Slide 10 - Quiz

Slide 11 - Video

What message does the singer of this song want to convey?
A
Communism is really bad!
B
Western capitalism is really bad!
C
Communism isn't that bad
D
Both communism as capitalism have good and bad sides to it

Slide 12 - Quiz

Slide 13 - Video

The main part in this video is played by a puppet that represents the US president Ronald Reagan.
How do the band think about him?
A
He's too dumb for words a real danger to world peace
B
He will save us from the Russians
C
He does his best but he can't stop the war
D
He will make peace with the Russians

Slide 14 - Quiz

Slide 15 - Video

Welke boodschap heeft deze zanger?
A
Russians are really terrible people
B
Americans are really terrible people
C
Ordinary Russians and Americans are basically the same
D
Russians and Americans do differ from each other

Slide 16 - Quiz