Mr. Klaff has written around 200 songs - many of which are history songs. Here are the just some of the songs you have sung in class. Some of the songs are available for downloading - so you can cruise down Port Blvd with the top down, screaming out the lyrics to "Causes of the Civil War."

(Remember - songs and lyrics are ALL copyrighted!!!)

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Ch 18, Section 3, Page 454 ... my friend Gurgsprout and I thought it would be fun to turn to any page of the textbook, and make a song by reading it ... here's what we turned to ...

Akbar's son called himself Jahangir, which meant "Grasper of the World." And he certainly did hold India in a powerful grasp. It was not his own hand in the iron glove, however, since Jahangir was an extremely weak ruler. For most of his reign, he left the affairs of state to his wife. Jahangir's wife was the Persian princess Nur Jahan. She was a remarkably talented woman, with a variety of interests. Tiger hunting was among her favorite pastimes ... she composed poetry ... she also designed clothes that are still in today's India fashions. Above all, she was a brilliant politician who perfectly understood the use of power. As the real ruler of India from 1611-1622 she installed her father as prime minister in the Mughal court. She saw Jahangir's son Khusrau as her ticket to future power. But ... when Khusrau rebelled against his father, Nur Jahan ousted him. She then shifted her favor to another son, the future emperor, Shah Jahan. This rejection of Khusrau of affected more than the political future of the Empire. It was also the basis of a long and bitter religious conflict. Both Nur Jahan and Jahangir rejected Akbar's religious tolerance, and tried to promote only Islam in the Mughal states. When Khusrau rebelled against his father, he turned to the Sikhs -- this was a nonviolent religious group whose doctrines blended Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism ....