Ed Sheeran - What do I know?
topic: taboo topics, conversations, global issues, social responsibilty
0. warmer
1. What topics do you usually discuss with a. your family b. your friends?
2. Are there any topics you feel uncomfortable to discuss?
1. first listening
What do you think about the mood of the song?
How did it make you feel?
Could you summarize its message?
2. second listening - Fill in the lyrics.
3. discussion
1. My daddy told me, "Son, don't you get involved in Politics, religions or other people's quarrel"
- What do you think about this piece of advice?
- Are these taboo topics is your country? What other taboo topics can you think of?
- Should we discuss these issues anywhere? If yes, where?
- Should singers/celebrities talk or sing about different social issues?
2. "Just re-remember life is more than fittin' in your jeans"
- What is he referring to?
3. "We could change this whole world with a piano
Add a bass, some guitar, grab a beat and away we go"
- What do you think of these 2 lines? Can music change the world? Try to collect arguments for and against as well. (You can divide the students into two groups and do a debate on this question)
4. "What do I know?"
- Why does the singer ask this rhetoric question? What does it refer to? Try to find it in the lyrics. (It's quite a sarcastic comment - he has no degree so how could he sing about changing the world...)
5. Ed thinks that the key to change the world is music and spreading "love, understanding and positivity". What do you think about this? How would you change the world?
