When did the Townshend Acts happen? Why are the Townshend Acts important to us today? Well, Jeff G. and Donnie L. -a.k.a. Woot-Wooters Productions- from Mr. Canton's 8th Grade U.S. History Class have your back. Watch their excellent rap video that teaches you everything you need to know about the Townshend Acts. We love seeing creative students and teachers at work. Send your best projects our way and you just might see them here on our blog.
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 Figurative Language song. You’ll learn all about allusions, as well as metaphors, simile and more. Our alliteration lesson got your consonants clanging. Hyperbole was the best literary term ever. And last week, you made your words jump with personification. But today, we bring you the literary term that knows about all the cool places in town. It's read all the great books, seen all the best movies, and it's not afraid to tell you about them. Ladies and gentleman, meet allusion. Allusion Definition: A direct…
Brand-New Age of Exploration and Conquistador Songs Are Free This Week! Hip-Hop History of the World, Part One got you walking like an Egyptian. And now we're proud to debut Part Two! We take you from the Age of Exploration to the Age of Globalization--and it's only available at flocabulary.com. This October, we'll release 2 - 4 new World History songs each week for our digital subscribers. Just in time for Columbus Day, we're starting you off with The Age of Exploration and Conquistadors & Slavery. And they're free through Columbus Day! Start off with The Age of Exploration Circumnavigate the globe with Magellan or take a…
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 persongification, as well as metaphors, simile and more. The Sorcerer didn't just cast a spell on the brooms...he personified them! You and your students have already mastered hyperbole and alliteration. But are you ready to make your words jump off the page? It's time for the liveliest figurative language of them all. Whether you are looking for general personification examples or a hip-hop song lyric with personification, we've got you covered. PERSONIFICATION Definition: When an…
In this Week in Rap, we report on the Typhoon Roke's destruction in Japan. But what makes this storm a typhoon, instead of a hurricane? Many people have the misconception that the rotational direction of a storm affects its name. But that just isn't true. Instead, it's a matter of location. Typhoons and hurricanes are both technically "tropical cyclones." A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that begins west of the International Date Line in the Atlantic and a typhoon begins east of that line. And according to this article, the name difference isn't scientific; it's cultural. Typhoon comes from the…
