The document provides lyrics from the song "Glory" by John Legend and Common and activities for analyzing the song. It includes filling in blanks in lyrics, ordering sentences from the song, circling appropriate words, and filling in missing letters. The song won a Grammy award and was written for the film Selma about the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery.

1. Activity on the song Glory
(John Legend, feat Common)
Link for the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HUZOKvYcx_o
1. Circle the words that best fit:
One day, when the glory comes
It will be hours/ours, it will be ours
Oh, one day, when the war is won
We will be sure/chore
Oh, glory
Glory, oh, glory, glory
2. Order the sentences as you hear them:
( ) Sins that go against our skin become
blessings
( ) Freedom is like religion to us
( ) Every day, women and men become
legends
( ) Hands to the heavens, no man, no weapon
( ) Justice is juxtapositionin’ us
( ) Formed against, yes, glory is destined
( ) The movement is a rhythm to us
( ) That’s why Rosa sat on the bus
( ) "Justice for all" just ain’t specific enough
( ) One son died, his spirit is revisitin’ us
( ) King pointed to the mountain top and we
ran up
( ) Truant livin’, livin’ in us, resistance is us
( ) When it go down, we, woman and man, up
( )Shots, we on the grown, the camera
panned up
( ) That’s why we walk through Ferguson with
our hands up
3. Which letters are missing?
No __ the w__r is not __v__r, victory isn’t
w__ __
And w__’ll fight on to the f__ni__h,
__ __en, when it’s all d__ __e
We’ll c__ __ glory, oh, glory
Oh (glory) ooh
4. Fill in the blanks:
Selma’s now for every man, woman and
child
Even Jesus got his __________ in front
of a _____________
They marched with the torch, we gon’ run
with it now
Never look back, we done gone
____________ _____ miles
From dark roads he rose to become a hero
Facin’ the ____________ _______
___________, his power was the people
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal
Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald
eagle
No one can win the war
______________________
It takes the ____________ of the elders
and the young people's energy
Welcome to the story we call,
"_________________"
The coming of the _____________
My eyes have seen the glory
One day, when the glory comes
It will be ours, it will be ours
Oh, glory (glory)
Glory, oh, glory, glory
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* The song Glory was written and is
performed by John Legend. It was
released on December 11th
, 2014
by Columbia Records as the theme song
from the 2014 film Selma, which portrays
the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
The song won the award for Best Song
Written for Visual Media at the 58th
Annual Grammy Awards (2016).
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory)
Curso REA: Educação para o Futuro
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Joyce Fettermann
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