A long time ago I was a history teacher and one of the things I loved doing for the first years (12 and 13 year olds) was to make posters in the style of comic strips on The Russian Revolution or The Weimar Republic or anything we were doing in class. The kids loved it, especially the weaker ones, as they got more interested in the topic and wanted to find out more. A few days ago I was browsing in Brain Pickings and I came across a post on historyteachers, a “History for Music Lovers” project that adapts famous historical events and figures to famous songs. Well now – these guys are on to a similar idea but they have taking it to the limit. My comic strips were good but these videos are great – actually make that outstanding.
“historyteachers is the brainchild of “a Hawaiian history teacher duo, mysteriously titled Mrs. B and Mr. H, the project is a piece of pure remix genius. Catch all 47 videos on the historyteachers YouTube channel from The Canterbury Tales via “California Dreamin’” to Pompeii via Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang” the pairings are done with a bit of a thematic insider’s wink that only adds to the kooky genius of the concept. Despite the decidedly absurd proposition, the videos actually feature surprisingly excellent vocals, lyrical adaptation and production value, not to mention impressively accurate impressions of the original performers, out-Gagaing Gaga and nailing Debbie Harry’s famous mic-dance-hop to the T.”
The French Revolution has received 486,884 hits on You Tube and this is not the best one. I have many favourites but this one is good HERE