Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Ohh-ohh, fleas on rats, fleas on rats
Above is a rather odd song about the Black Death. I'll warn you, the "fleas on rats" chorus is liable to get stuck in your head, I know it drove me nuts as I merrily hummed it for a day or two.
It's from a series of educational songs produced to introduce various subjects in high school (at least that's what I gather from the comments). I don't know how well they work, but I imagine they are pretty good for kicking off a lecture on a given topic. People younger then me fondly remember Schoolhouse Rock from Saturday mornings, I suspect the generation now in high school will have fond memories of these.
It is from a YouTube channel called historyteachers (History for Music Lovers). If you go there you can find more of their video efforts.
Along with the Black Death one, I quite liked Copernicus ("Because" by the Beatles).
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I HEARD THIS SONG IN MY HISTORY CLASS SO FUNNY
To see all 52 awesome history videos, go here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers/videos
Their Official TEDX Hawaii Presentation, Nov 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44jxjM_7jnY
The Creativity Salon Interview (With the late great Neil Tepper)
Ignore the first 1.5 mins, as it is some sort of commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcuo1Uf_TE&feature=player_embedded#
Here is one young lady who was inspired by them to make her own videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahjoygordonpdx
http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahjoygordonpdx/videos
If you want to see some other neat videos go see:
Another good history link (Hip Hughes, Buffalo, NY), not related to the history teachers), is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV
Here is a good math/science link (Mr.Edmonds), not related, either), is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/dsecms
Then, there is Dan Rojas at Green Power Science on YouTube
(Kids, do not try this stuff at home, ok!)
http://www.youtube.com/user/GREENPOWERSCIENCE/videos
And if you are into farming...
http://www.youtube.com/user/onelonleyfarmer/videos
Also, if all you want is Amy Burvall's Voice Blowing your Mind Away, sans Video:
http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=Amy+Burvall
Me? Just a fan of several of these people, and spreading the word to good things to see and hear!
Thanks!
Pete
My Utah Studies teacher showed this to the class today. Right now I have the "Oooh fleas on rats, fleas on rats" part stuck in my head. It is driving moi crazy!
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