Lessons and Ideas

A Tasty Lesson Plan That Connects Mesopotamia to the Modern World Here at Flocabulary, we're all about the multi-sensory lesson plan. But our focus on music frequently leaves us guilty of neglecting one key sense: Taste! This lesson will allow students to activate their taste buds to think critically about the impact of the Fertile Crescent on our current society. (And listen to some music, too...) Fertile Crescent Lesson Plan Lesson Objective: Analyze the impact of the Fertile Crescent civilizations on modern society. 1. Hold up a croissant. Give a croissant, or piece of a croissant, to each student. Tell…

M.C. LaLa Raps Lincoln's Famous Speech Abraham Lincoln famously delivered his brief and memorable Gettysburg Address in a little over two minutes. In that same amount of time, our friend M.C. LaLa delivers the address in rap. And he even works in a hook! Check it out:

Teach Figurative Language With Flocabulary [jwplayer file=https://s3.amazonaws.com/flocabulary/media-jrev/figurative-language-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images-jrev/figurative-language-image.jpg] Check out the lyrics and more.Listen to Flocabulary’s new, free Figurative Language song. You’ll learn all about alliteration, as well as metaphors, simile and more. Wordplay Wednesday is going back to school. Teach figurative language? Literary terms? Rhetorical devices? This school year, we'll highlight one term per week, with examples from hip-hop, literature, history and general skilled linguists from all fields. You can use these examples in all grades, and have students create their own examples. Share them in the comments for all to see. We'll add our favorites to this post.…

You're just back to school and summer already seems a million miles away. But you can feel the warm summer breeze once more with Flocab's Week in Rap Summer Recap! Congress debated debt, Harry Potter cast his last spell, Republicans kicked off their race for the presidential nomination, British tabloids exploded and more. And this week, we're making it free to the world--spread the word! Watch the Week in Rap Summer Recap now!