Things that are fantastic: History Teachers, a fantastic YouTube channel taking popular songs and rewriting them to teach history. Of course, when I describe it that way it comes across as some painfully square teacher trying to connect to her students using the parlance of their time and failing miserably, but it’s the complete opposite. I was in tears watching these because they hit all the right nerd buttons: music nerd, history nerd, art nerd, etc.
I think my favourite is “William The Conqueror” (above), which I love for being set to Justin Timberlake’s “Sexyback” and featuring the Bayeux Tapestry (which is awesome in and of itself but is also one of my favourite memes). Other favourites include: Illumianted Manuscripts, combining my love of the Beatles with poor figure drawing skills; Mary, Queen of Scots (“Jenny From The Block”); and Renaissance Man (“Blister In The Sun”). I may or may not have spent an hour-and-a-half watching these after being linked to them. I really am that cool.
