Remember the old School House Rock? Disney finally put all of the old episodes out on DVD and Blu-Ray. Short songs with animation explaining grammar (“Conjunction Junction”), or math, or history, or economics.
Schoolhouse Rock! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
One of the most popular was a later production that explained how a bill becomes law in the U.S. Congress, “I’m Just A Bill.” You may remember how it was parodied by The Simpsons, too, and others.
It’s been updated by Fiore, now including the influence of the “American Legislative Exchange Council,” or ALEC, a Koch-brothers funded frat for conservative state legislators:
Maybe not suitable for elementary school classrooms; probably too violent for high schools, too.
More:
- Conjunction Junction What’s Your Function? (4flewin.wordpress.com)
- Wikipedia listing, with information on parodies, too
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