TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING

Exercise 1

Pair and Share

Listen to the song “One Tin Soldier” then sing it with a partner. After singing the
song, reason together by answering the questions. Write your answer in the Pair and Share
Answer Sheet.
One Tin Soldier
(The legend of Billy Jack)
Words and music by Dennis Lamber and Brian Potter
Copyright©1969 by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.

Listen children to a story that was written long ago

‘bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone,
and the valley people swore they’d have it for their very own.

Refrain
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after…one tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley sent a mssage up the hill

asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they’d kill.
Came an answer from the kingdom: ”With our brothers we will share
all the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”

Now the valley cried with anger; mount your horses, draw your sword!
and they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red,
turned the stone and looked beneath it. “Peace on earth” was all it

said. Questions:

1. What does the song tell us? Does this really happen?
2. How can this happen?
3. What is genocide? What are the forms of genocide?
4. What is the implication of committing genocide?
5. How does this relate to our life now?
6. Why would people adhere to arrogance and greed? Why would people crave for more?
Why would people kill?
 7. Is it true that people never get contented? Why?
TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING

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TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING