last update 7-Sept-97

In the middle of the night, between Sunday August 31 and Monday September 1, 1997, Princess Diana was killed in a horrible car accident in Paris.

Suggested Songs

(these are only a few suggestions - many more songs are available)

Artist	Album	Song Title	Lyrics Available	Related Activities	Theme / Key Words
Elton John	Yellow Brick Road* (*for the original version of the song)	Candle In The Wind	International Lyrics Server (both versions: Norma Jean and England's Rose)	lesson plan	respect and pride, death, dealing with stress, fate, role of the media, roles people play, power and control, exploitation, confusion, love and compassion, legends, loneliness, popularity
Brian Adams	-	Diana	International Lyrics Server	-	Diana, social scene, jealousy, recklessness
Phil Scopes	Four Years At Lane Tech	Diana	International Lyrics Server	-	Diana
Alcatrazz	Disturbing The Peace	Will You Be Home Tonight	International Lyrics Server	-	driving blind, speeding, being drunk
Al Stewart	Russians And Americans	Accident on 3rd Street	International Lyrics Server	lesson plan	death, dealing with stress, fate, responsibility, road safety, human nature
Beatles	The Beatles	Don't Pass Me By	International Lyrics Server	-	car crash, loneliness, love
The Smiths	The World Won't Listen	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	International Lyrics Server	-	die young, car crash social scene escape
various artists	the musical Hair	Where Do I Go	International Lyrics Server	-	exitence, why do I live and die?
Visage	Beat Boy	Only The Good Die Young	International Lyrics Server	-	too young to die

Other Themes / Key words

• losing a parent
• Paparazzi
• myth, legend
• the press
• royalty
• Dodi Al Fayed

Articles from the Jerusalem Post

Hounded to death: A modern legend

Paparazzi craze not Israeli - yet

Suggested Activities

1. Candle In The Wind: song - compare 2 versions of song
2. Accident on 3rd Street : song - listening cloze activity
3. Send condolence messages to Diana's children, Prince Harry and Prince William: Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey both have Princess Diana memorial pages, but the sites are quite busy, so it is often difficult to enter them. There are many alternative condolence sites. You can find a list of them at Coverage From TIME and PEOPLE MAGAZINE
4. Picture Descriptions
   You might want to begin at: CNN's picture gallery which has pictures of Diana's life.
   Choose pictures that are clear and show one or more subjects of interest.
   A) Whole Class: Display one of the pictures. Elicit adjectives, and descriptions. Write the words or sentences on the board. Write a description with the pupils (pupils take turns saying sentences in a logical order).
   B) Pair or Group Work: Pupils choose a picture to describe (either from pictures brought in by the teacher, or searching for pictures on-line). Without showing other groups their pictures, pupils write a description of the picture they chose.
   C) Whole Class: Pictures are collected, numbered and displayed. Pupils are given descriptions written by others. Try to match the descriptions to the pictures.

Resources

• Yahoo! - Princess Diana 1961-1997 News Stories, Continuing Coverage, Related Web Sites, Funeral Information, News Sources, Queen's Address, Video, More Links...: Memorials, Photographs, Audio, British Monarchy Mirror Sites, Chats, Media Protest Pages, Message Boards, Usenet
• Coverage From TIME and PEOPLE MAGAZINE
  Special Reports, Headlines, Analysis, Photos, Live Discussions, Bulletin Boards and Links
• CNN - Diana: A Remembrance
• The BBC's coverage of the tragedy
  Internet, media and public in frenzy over Diana accident, death, funeral and memory: recent dispatches
• Diana, Princess of Wales Here you will find an exact mirror of the Diana, Princess of Wales site. The main site, found at the Official Royal Web Site , is very, very busy. Other links of interest can be found at the bottom of the page.
• Royalty Chat Unmoderated, online chat about Princess Di and related topics. No special software required. Just a java enabled browser.
• The Daily Telegraph Access to all areas is free, but you have to register if you want to go past the front page.
• Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
  Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service is a set of resources for teachers and other child-care or youth workers that helps prepare them for working with children who have been through a disaster. These resources include:
  A Guide for Teachers: information that describes what children might experience during and after a disaster, how they might react to a disaster, and what teachers can do to help students during the recovery period.
  School Activities for Teachers
• Amalnet ERC's Road Safety site. In the Drinking and Driving section, look for the poem entitled "Death of an Innocent".

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