Author: Flocabulary Team

Uncle Sam wants YOU to learn about World War One Propaganda Propaganda can be defined as information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation etc. During World War One, propaganda posters were rampant. Propaganda spanned different countries, military branches, genders and ages. Use today's lesson, which includes many examples of World War One Propaganda, to start a discussion in the classroom. Would War One Propaganda Lesson Plan   Brush up on World War One by listening to Flocabulary's World War One song. The song explains key causes and events of the war, from the…

Review the Biggest Buzzwords of the Week! When you follow national and worldwide affairs, you get access to natural disasters, alleged crimes, social media controversies and more. Each week, we’ll highlight the top buzzwords or terms that your students might not have known or even heard until now. All these words are featured in the most recent edition of The Week in Rap. And once students beef up their vocab, the news will make a lot more sense. THIS WEEK radioactive (adjective)-- emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles. Why it matters: After last year's destructive earthquake and subsequent…

Commonly Confused Words Have you ever mixed up "two," "too" and "to"; "than" and "then"; or "their," "there" and "they're"? You're not alone. In our Commonly Confused Words story, Flocabulary highlights all these homonyms and more. Homonyms are words that are spelled or sound the same, but have different meanings. There are two subsets in the category of homonyms, homographs and homophones. Homographs are two words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Some examples: live (v) / live (n) bear (n) / bear (v.) rebel (n) / rebel (v.) bow (n) / bow (v) bat (baseball, n) /…

The 1920s were a fantastic decade of new music, new fashion and new ideas. Learn all about it in Flocabulary's Jazz Age rap song. Also known as the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties popularized jazz, flapper fashion and new dances like the Charleston, where people moved their whole bodies, not just legs and shoulders. The radio helped spur these musical trends, allowing Americans to enjoy this new style of music without physically visiting a jazz club. It was not all music and dance, however. The Jazz Age was also the time of Prohibition and organized crime. Many Americans thought that…

Are you in need of a transition word? They will certainly help make your writing clearer. Here's a list of common transition words and phrases: first, nonetheless, consequently, indeed, meanwhile, then, equally important, immediately, of course, so, such as, despite, on the other hand, to conclude If you need help to remember any one of these transition words, listen to this song, in which we tell the history of video games using transition words. Here's a snippet: Kids wanted to play. Consequently, Machines appeared all over the place, Indeed Atari fulfilled lots of orders, And made 2 billion dollars in quarters. Meanwhile, you have…