Flashback: "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel

"What 1980's song do history teacher's praise for its educational value?"

It's "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel, his homage to 40 years of history since his 1949 birth..

Now you can see it with this video.

Unfortunately, youtube disabled the audio. So you'll have to play the song from another source while watching this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqUIOSf2eAw

and here's another version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi3P9PGcwMQ&feature=related

A good way to catch lyrics you might not have heard.

Also, here's an interesting timeline of 1950-99:

http://www.google.com/search?q=history&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jI8&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmdo=1&tbs=tl:1,tll:1950,tlh:1999&prmd=bl&ei=YMpeTLigMoP6lwemu_2ZCA&ved=0CIIBEMkBKAo