Instructional Approach. Curriculum integration is taking hold in a wide. variety of high school settings. In career-focused. pathways, new small high schools, career academies, and even large traditional high schools, teachers are. integrating academic and technical instruction by. focusing on career-related themes.
Major Tom is a fictional astronaut referenced in David Bowie's songs Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Hallo Spaceboy (particularly in the remix by the Pet Shop Boys) and possibly Blackstar (in the music video and interpreted from the lyrics).
The music video uses similar lighting and has a similar vibe to 2001: A Space Odyssey.. But some have gone on to analyze the song further. The lyrics describe the fictional Major Tom who blasts off into space, but then loses connection with ground control, and gets lost. Bowie was a known drug user at the time, so many have speculated that the song could be metaphor for a drug overdose.