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The Mahabharata ("Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band)
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Video duration: 232 seconds
How do you compress 100,000 verses into a 4 minute song? You can't. But we tried to hit some of the main points of the epic Indian work. Featuring clips from the Ravi Chopra TV series (1988).
Related: mahabharata, mahabharat, steve, miller, band, bhagavad gita, krishna, india, history, chopra, sanskrit, world, asia, social, studies, song, parody, music, video, historyteachers, abracadabra, for, lovers
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The Trojan War ("Tainted Love" by Soft Cell)
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Video duration: 196 seconds
Sorry, no Brad Pitt or Orlando Bloom, just Mrs. B and some black figure art.
Related: greece, greek, history, mythology, trojan, troy, helen, sparta, achilles, hector, homer, odysseus, odyssey, horse, song, parody, soft, cell, tainted, love, music, video, historyteachers
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Mansa Musa ("I'll Tumble 4 Ya" by Culture Club)
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Video duration: 165 seconds
French teacher slash male model Mr. J joins Mrs. B to sing and dance about the great Muslim leader Mansa Musa.
Related: culture, club, boy, george, tumble, ya, historyteachers, mansa, musa, mali, africa, timbuktu, african, history, gold, islam, social, studies, music, video, song, parody
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Napoleon ("Gone Daddy Gone" by the Violent Femmes)
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Video duration: 149 seconds
Napoleon wasn't that short after all, but we offer this short song for those of you who asked.
Related: napoleon, violent, femmes, gone, daddy, gnarls, barkley, french, revolution, france, history, waterloo, historyteachers, wellington, elba, helena, europe, social, studies, music, video, song, parody
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Illuminated Manuscripts ("Nowhere Man" by the Beatles)
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Video duration: 178 seconds
A brief overview of medieval illuminated manuscripts and the men who made them.
Related: beatles, nowhere, man, illuminated, manuscripts, historyteachers, medieval, monk, kells, monastery, parchment, history, social, studies, song, parody, music, video
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The Spanish Inquisition ("(Keep Feeling) Fascination" by The Human League)
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Video duration: 220 seconds
Creepy moving mouths sing about an equally creepy and distasteful subject. We actually didn't have any good costumes for this one, so we opted for the "Conan O'Brien" look.
Related: spain, spanish, inquisition, ferdinand, isabella, history, social, studies, music, video, song, parody, feeling, fascination, human, league, historyteachers
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Leonardo da Vinci ("Dear Prudence" as performed by Siouxsie and the Banshees)
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Video duration: 206 seconds
We liked Siouxsie's version of the Beatles song, so we picked it to sing about the great Leonardo.
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Empress Theodora ("Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles)
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Video duration: 125 seconds
A video about Byzantine Emperor Justinian's better half.
Related: empress, theodora, byzantine, empire, beatles, norwegian, wood, justinian, hippodrome, nika, rebellion, monophysitism, history, social, studies, music, video, song, parody
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The French Revolution ("Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga)
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Video duration: 299 seconds
Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake" but it's a Lady Gaga song, so we had to have that line! Thanks to Christian Sylvester for helping with the lyrics!
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I'm a Knight ("Friday Night" by Lily Allen)
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Video duration: 185 seconds
We love Lily. And history. A quick overview of the life of a typical European knight during the Middle Ages. Clips from "A Knight's Tale" with the late Heath Ledger.
Related: medieval, knight, knights, lily, allen, heath, ledger, chivalry, squire, tournament, jousting, accolade, lord, lady, england, europe, france, history, social, studies, song, parody, music, video
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King Arthur ("Nature Boy" by Eden Ahbez)
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Video duration: 206 seconds
Clips from the movie "Excalibur" and a haunting tune made famous by Nat King Cole (and sung by David Bowie on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack) tell the story of the legendary once and future king.
Related: king, arthur, merlin, camelot, excalibur, david, bowie, guinevere, lancelot, knight, knights, sword, stone, avalon, legend, england, music, video, song, parody, history, social, studies, medieval
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Eleanor of Aquitaine ("Happy Ever After" by Julia Fordham)
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Video duration: 216 seconds
Shot on a cold winter day in Honolulu, with a beautiful tune by Julia Fordham
Related: eleanor, aquitaine, france, england, history, henry, louis, richard, music, video, song, parody, julia, fordham, happy, ever, after
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Black Death ("Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani)
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Video duration: 202 seconds
It's hard to find a song to parody for such a gruesome subject. Our apologies to Gwen's fans, but it's for the cause of education!
Related: black, death, plague, gwen, stefani, hollaback, girl, bubonic, medieval, europe, middle, ages, epidemic, pandemic, disease, history, music, video, song, parody, historyteachers
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Anne Boleyn ("Girl" by the Beatles)
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Video duration: 163 seconds
Featuring clips from the movie with Genevieve Bujold and Richard Burton.
Related: anne, boleyn, henry, viii, eighth, wives, england, tudor, beatles, percy, wolsey, cardinal, history, music, video, song, parody, girl, historyteachers
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The Divine Comedy ("Rapture" by Blondie)
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Video duration: 269 seconds
We used Gustave Dore's illustrations for this rapturous video.
Related: dante, divine, comedy, inferno, blondie, debbie, harry, rapture, purgatorio, purgatory, hell, paradiso, paradise, heaven, alighieri, italian, tuscany, literature, renaissance, comedia, divino, music, video, song, parody, virgil, beatrice
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The Olmecs ("September Gurls" by the Bangles)
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Video duration: 161 seconds
Bambi sings about the earliest known civilization in the Americas. Angelica and Vicki do backup.
Related: olmec, olmecs, head, bangles, september, gurls, sculpture, carving, yucatan, south, america, civilization, early, aztec, mesoamerica, rock, history, music, video, song, parody, calendar, zero, human, sacrifice
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Renaissance Man ("Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes)
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Video duration: 181 seconds
Quick overview of some of the prominent men of the Renaissance.
Related: renaissance, italy, leonardo, da vinci, michelangelo, violent, femmes, blister, sun, dante, inferno, heaven, hell, purgatory, shakespeare, hamelt, macbeth, romeo, juliet, thomas, more, utopia, music, video, history, song, parody, sistine, chapel
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The Odyssey ("Across the Universe" by the Beatles)
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Video duration: 221 seconds
Sung from the point of view of Penelope, Telemachus, and Odysseus. Clips from the 1997 TV version with Armand Assante as Odysseus, Greta Scacchi as Penelope, and Alan Stenson as Telemachus. Vanessa Williams is Calypso and Bernadette Peters as Circe and Isabella Rossellini as Athena.
Related: odyssey, odysseus, ulysses, homer, trojan, war, beatles, across, universe, penelope, telemachus, cyclops, circe, calypso, ithaca, greece, greek, literature, mythology, history, music, video, song, parody, historyteachers
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Gladiator ("You Know I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse)
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Video duration: 250 seconds
It was a brutal life being a gladiator in ancient Rome. Featuring clips from Spartacus (with Kirk Douglas) and The Last Days of Pompeii (with Preston Foster)
Related: gladiator, colosseum, rome, roman, history, amy, winehouse, know, im, no, good, slave, music, video, song, parody, spartacus, kirk, douglas, last, days, pompeii, preston, foster, marcus, social, studies, historyteachers
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Shakespeare ("Shayla" by Blondie)
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Video duration: 198 seconds
It is kind of tricky making Hawaii look like somewhere in the UK, but fortunately we work next to the cathedral they use for "Lost" scenes that are supposed to be in England. You can see coconut trees in the background, though, if you look really close.
Related: shakespeare, england, literature, blondie, shayla, drama, tragedy, comedy, hamlet, romeo, juliet, tempest, sonnet, poetry, history, music, video, song, parody, winters, tale, errors
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Julius Caesar ("Besame Mucho" by the Beatles)
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Video duration: 163 seconds
Imagine an ancient Roman night club full of Julius Caesars listening to a song about Julius Caesar.
Related: julius, caesar, augustus, brutus, rome, triumvirate, beatles, crassus, pompey, cleopatra, ides, march, senate, dictator, history, music, video, song, parody, besame, mucho
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Ancient Minoan Civilization ("Creep" by Radiohead)
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Video duration: 227 seconds
The Minotaur needs a sacrifice! LOL
Related: crete, minos, minoan, greece, radiohead, creep, thalassocracy, minotaur, labyrinth, snake, goddess, history, music, video, song, parody, historyteachers
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Attila the Hun ("Here Comes the Rain Again" by Eurythmics)
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Video duration: 238 seconds
Attila- the original rockstar- fur, women, drunkenness...croaki ng from a nose bleed after a night of excess. Huns are fun - when you sing about them instead of getting ransacked and pillaged by them. Who knew you could die from a nose bleed? Riiiiiight. Those Huns!
Related: attila, hun, europe, eurythmics, annie, lennox, here, comes, rain, again, hunnic, empire, barbarian, king, nomads, scourge, history, social, studies, music, video, song, parody, historyteachers
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Greek Philosophers ("Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue)
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Video duration: 226 seconds
Floating heads, flying Greek letters, and lots of naked statues. Oh, and the Socratic method and Plato's Cave are in there too. And Aristotle's Golden Mean.
Related: philosophy, greek, socrates, plato, aristotle, kylie, minogue, socratic, method, cave, golden, mean, ethics, teaching, history, music, video, social, studies, song, parody, cant get you out of my head, teachers
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Latest comments made on this video:
By: TheCiansmith. on 19 May 12, 22:31:11
Are there going to be new videos soon? I would like something on the Great? War or WW2 :)
By: purples123able. on 18 May 12, 01:26:18
Who??
By: ReiKacanja. on 17 May 12, 01:34:08
New? video please!!!!!!
By: EmilyHej. on 14 May 12, 04:07:12
It has been a year. New? video? :(
By: phillipaul. on 09 May 12, 22:32:14
Am I the only one that want to put my? dick in her mouth? Richard Nicholas updave
By: MentalSelfMutilation. on 06 May 12, 21:00:47
I'm so glad I searched? for the Steve Miller song; this stuff kicks ass. Not sure if racist though
By: Breakfastiscoffee. on 04 May 12, 03:53:04
It is almost July again...?
By: Toon999kinzpengwo. on 03 May 12, 20:19:08
It's about the Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita, holy books from India.?
By: HyperCamCheats. on 20 Apr 12, 18:36:58
wowwwwww....our social studies teacher? showed us this.....BOOOO
By: IgBtac0. on 16 Apr 12, 02:06:09
Wow, more than a year for a video!?
By: pianostar22. on 13 Apr 12, 17:52:06
I? thought this was racist
By: raptureturok. on 07 Apr 12, 06:17:02
fuck ass ?
By: brkngbnjmn14. on 05 Apr 12, 02:46:51
...There is one. Search: Eleanor of Aquitaine ("Happy Ever After" by? Julia Fordham)
By: coloneljones21. on 30 Mar 12, 19:51:44
You should do one about Eleanor? of Aquitaine.
By: ubercoolvideos. on 17 Mar 12, 05:14:18
Umm, what is this supposed to be? ?
By: EmilyHej. on 13 Mar 12, 20:47:12
Oh yes ..? the witch trials :D
By: figarominhest. on 07 Mar 12, 23:45:27
make one about the dance craze in strasbourg! And the melody should be just dance by lady gaga.?
By: bobbyyayable. on 07 Mar 12, 01:42:05
i would love to have that? teacher
By: Vydid. on 01 Mar 12, 23:35:49
You guys should do? the witch trials! That would be really interesting to see :)
By: TheLewAdsProductions. on 25 Feb 12, 10:23:33
Do? Friday but call it veday
By: jonnabwalters. on 22 Feb 12, 04:44:33
Just wondering how many? wigs do you have
By: IXIxSelxIXI. on 19 Feb 12, 23:04:34
This is such a good cover, just for the amount of effort! I wish there was more covers of other songs out there,? with as much effort taken as this.
By: TheEming123. on 16 Feb 12, 11:48:50
Best? of all the videos, I think.
By: PoisonOnHisLips. on 15 Feb 12, 15:58:33
You should totally do the Epic of? Gilgamesh and mention the love triangle in which King Gilgamesh makes love to a group of women (at the same time), High Priestess Shamhat/Puabi makes love to the male werecat named Enkidu, Shamhat/Puabi makes love to a fellow female priestess, King Gilgamesh makes love to Enkidu, and finally Shamhat/Puabi and Gilgamesh make love and marry each other. You'd probably want a contemporary rock song for that, like Sugar We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy.
By: yasmindancer1. on 05 Feb 12, 17:52:53
can you do a vidoe on? the enlightenment!!!!