World History
Over the years I have put a number of videos up on using songs to teach history. Well here is another one, Mr. Nicky, who uses popular current songs to teach ancient world history. Above is his video on Greece.
- Retrostatic.com
I do not often cover popular culture here but popular culture is an important part of history. The popular culture of past ages is today the subject of serious academic study by historians. As such, I think so will our popular culture in the centuries...
- How Fast Is Your Cellphone Dataplan Being Used Up?
Since I have written so much about cell phone apps and their usage in the classroom, this site might be useful for you to look at to understand how much a gigabyte (most plans give you two) can give you in terms of video and music. Additionally...
- The Trojan War
This will date me, but one of the biggest songs the summer I went to college was Tainted Love by Soft Cell. Thanks to the comment a few posts ago for this one on the Trojan War. ...
- We Are The Mesopotamians
They Might Be Giants is a mainstream band that likes to come up with songs that teach kids - in this case about the Mesopotamians. Play it after your unit is done and it will be a nice way for your students to more easily retain the information....
- Convert Tons Of File Types
So last night I was helping a friend with his band's website and was unable to get their songs in a usable format to upload. Well I found Covertfiles.com which converts any file you would ever want to use. Sure you can convert files within...
World History
World History Through Songs
Over the years I have put a number of videos up on using songs to teach history. Well here is another one, Mr. Nicky, who uses popular current songs to teach ancient world history. Above is his video on Greece.
- Retrostatic.com
I do not often cover popular culture here but popular culture is an important part of history. The popular culture of past ages is today the subject of serious academic study by historians. As such, I think so will our popular culture in the centuries...
- How Fast Is Your Cellphone Dataplan Being Used Up?
Since I have written so much about cell phone apps and their usage in the classroom, this site might be useful for you to look at to understand how much a gigabyte (most plans give you two) can give you in terms of video and music. Additionally...
- The Trojan War
This will date me, but one of the biggest songs the summer I went to college was Tainted Love by Soft Cell. Thanks to the comment a few posts ago for this one on the Trojan War. ...
- We Are The Mesopotamians
They Might Be Giants is a mainstream band that likes to come up with songs that teach kids - in this case about the Mesopotamians. Play it after your unit is done and it will be a nice way for your students to more easily retain the information....
- Convert Tons Of File Types
So last night I was helping a friend with his band's website and was unable to get their songs in a usable format to upload. Well I found Covertfiles.com which converts any file you would ever want to use. Sure you can convert files within...