Through the medium of music, stories of major events and disasters are passed through the generations.

The purpose of such songs is to educate, provide a warning and offer a coping mechanism in recovery. 

One of the most well-known nursery rhymes, said to be about the bubonic plague, is Ring a Ring o’ Roses. 

See if you can research this song and other disaster songs. Look closely at the lyrics and try to unearth the historic stories that they narrate. 

You could even write some lyrics of your own about the current pandemic that we are living through.  Remember that you are living through unprecedented times that future historians will wish to know more about.  Write them a message in song that will echo through time and will tell them what you are experiencing today.