Learning History to the Tune of Lady Gaga

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

December 2, 2010 • 4:30 pm PST
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While Lady Gaga may be temporarily silent on Twitter, "Bad Romance" is being given new life, thanks to a couple of extremely creative history teachers from Honolulu, Hawaii.

Their YouTube channel features dozens of history lessons to the tune of pop songs. Besides a lesson on the French Revolution (see above for the refrain: "I need my bread/Bread, bread, bread/Off with her head."), the clever duo is also responsible for a lesson on Mary, Queen of Scots to the tune of Jennifer Lopez's "Jenny from the Block."

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Via Jezebel; Thumbnail (cc) via Flickr user Naomi Lir

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Tags: education,; video,; teaching,; lady gaga,; songs,; lessons,; history teachers,; honolulu,; hawaii,; bad romance

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