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Odysseus needed to stave off Harpies and the Cyclopes and the alluring Circe to finally reach his home and his wife. In other words, to find the one good thing he wanted, he had to suffer all manner of creatures and distractions. And teaching information literacy is a lot like Odysseus's struggle. Students need to learn how to weed out the bad sources and biased websites when conducting research online. So we thought, why not capitalize on an apt metaphor and bring you an Odyssey lesson plan. NOTE: This lesson plan includes Wikipedia. We know that teachers have varied views…

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 hyperbole, as well as metaphors, simile and more. Last week, Allie the Alliterative Albino American Alligator helped you teach alliteration. This week, let the biggest fish in the sea guide your Hyperbole lesson. If you teach figurative language, literary terms or rhetorical devices, tune in each Wednesday for a new term, with examples for hip-hop, literature and history. Hyperbole Definition: A purposeful exaggeration or overstatement. In Greek, it literally means to overshoot. Why Writers Use It:…

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.…