April Songs – match the songs to the artist
National Poetry Month
Worksheets:
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – The Beatles
October – U2
Planet Earth – Michael Jackson
1st
April Fool’s Day
Speak Up video: Ghoti
2nd
International Children’s Book Day
Worksheet: The Cat Came Back – Fred Penner
4th
Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King (1968)
Worksheets:
Pride (In the Name of Love) / MLK – U2
We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger
5th
Anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain (1994)
Worksheet: Nirvana – Come As You Are
7th
World Health Day
Worksheet: I Saved The World Today – The Eurythmics
10th
Anniversary of Paul McCartney’s announcement he was leaving the Beatles (1970)
Twenty Beatles worksheets
Speak Up videos: Beatles name – Beatles Grammar mistakes
12th
International Day of Human Space Flight
Worksheet: Space Oddity – David Bowie
15th
Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic (1912)
Worksheet: My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion
20th
Anniversary of the death of Avicii (2018)
Wake Me Up: Worksheet – Roadshow Video
Waiting For Love: Worksheet – Speak Up Video
21st
Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday
Good Save The Queen: Worksheet – Speak Up video
21st
Anniversary of the death of Prince (2016)
Worksheet: Purple Rain
22nd
International Mother Earth Day
Worksheets:
Michael Jackson: Heal The World – Earth Song – Planet Earth
Dear World – Echosmith
I Need To Wake Up – Melissa Etheridge
Awakening – Anna Maria Jopek
The 3 R’s (The Magic Number) – Jack Johnson
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Colors Of The Wind – Vanessa Williams
23rd
English Language Day
Worksheet: English Is Crazy – Pete Seeger
Speak Up Article: How Good Is Their English?
23rd
World Book Day (UK & Ireland 5th March)
Book Quiz
Worksheets:
Paperback Writer – The Beatles
Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
23rd
Anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare (1616)
Worksheet: Romeo And Juliet – Dire Straits
Speak Up Video: Take Me To Church – Hozier
24th-29th
Anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland (1916)
Worksheet: The Foggy Dew
25th
ANZAC Day, Australia & New Zealand
Worksheets:
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – The Pogues
Waltzing Matilda
29th
International Dance Day
Worksheets:
Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker
Come Dancing – The Kinks
Y.M.C.A. – Village People
Calico – Wheels Fargo and the Nightingale
Twist And Shout – The Beatles
The Ka Mate Haka
Speak Up videos:
Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker
Y.M.C.A. – Village People: version 1 – version 2
Blame It On The Boogie – The Jackson 5
The Great Song of Indifference – Bob Geldof
If I Catch You – Michael Telò
Waka Waka – Shakira
30th
International Jazz Day
Worksheet: Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
