“We Are the World”
By USA for Africa
1985
Click on the image to watch the official video for USA for Africa’s “We Are the World”
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The initial conversation addresses some of the questions that are used to analyze a primary source, but not all. With your teacher’s guidance, please record your insights on the following, and submit them to the site for publication:
What locations are associated with this recording?
Why were such a wide range of artists wishing to take part in this project?
What behavior and ideas are conveyed in this song?
Who was the intended audience?
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