Bob Dylan - New Year's Resolutions

In this lesson, secondary students at Level B 1 and above learn about New Year’s resolutions and other New Year traditions by listening to Bob Dylan’s radio show and song  “The Times They Are a -C hangin”

Many people around the world make resolutions at the start of a new year. This lesson focuses on New Year’s resolutions and other New Year traditions .

• The lesson begins with an activity to introduce vocabulary related to common resolutions young people make.
• Learners then listen to Bob Dylan on the Theme Time Radio Hour talks about the history of the most popular New Year’s Resolution and do a comprehension quiz
  This is followed by a discussion about Bob Dylan’s song - "The Times They Are a -C hangin’, New Year traditions and learners end the lesson by discussing how much the world depends on changing ourselves (ie. changing our own decisions, actions and resolutions)
  You can use a student worksheet for this lesson, or a presentation for a no-printing option.