Beloit teacher remixes lesson plans into rap songs, videos

Margo Spann:

A Beloit teacher is gaining in popularity online for turning classroom lessons into song lyrics and music videos.
John Honish creates parodies of popular songs and uses them as lessons in his classroom. He said he wanted his students to retain the material, so he started rapping.

Honish said he likes to put the most important information in the chorus, since it will get repeated.

"Oh, Mr. Honish, you're so crazy to the kids that can recite every word from every video I've put out there," said Honish.

He remixed Kanye West's "Power" to teach students about World War II and Hitler.

For the last three years, Honish, a geography teacher, has been dropping rhymes and giving students a valuable lesson with each line.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 3, 2013 12:25 AM
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