Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of short, animated videos that use music to teach about grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics. The aim is to help kids learn things like historical facts and multiplications tables by learning songs.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This song teaches about the digit 0, portrayed as a superhero, as well as multiplication by powers of 10. This song was voted the 11th best song on the 30th anniversary edition. Sung and written by Bob Dorough.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In American schools, it's common for kids to have to learn the Preamble to the United States Constitution by heart. This song, from Schoolhouse Rock, is meant to give these kids a hand, even though it is a slightly abridged version.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Bob Dorough wrote and sang this song about the number "three," as a fun way for kids to learn their multiplication tables. It became the pilot episode for Multiplication Rock, the first season of the Schoolhouse Rock TV series.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This song was written and sung by Bob Dorough. It teaches about the multiplication of 5 through a game of hide and seek, in which the seeker counts by fives.
Difficulty: Beginner
France, USA
This song from Schoolhouse Rock is to help kids understand about bones. Without bones, we're just blobs. It was written by George Newall and sung by Jack Sheldon.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Written and sung by Lynn Ahrens for Schoolhouse Rock, this song teaches about the pilgrims, from their arrival in America up to the Boston Tea Party.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This song teaches about the universal law of gravity and is performed by the Tokens in the style of 1950s doo-wop (an era made popular at the time by films such as Grease and TV series such as Happy Days).
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This Schoolhouse Rock video is about interjections, which are used to express emotions. Fun fact: the singer of this song, Essra, also sang on Sesame Street and wrote a number of pop hits by artists such as Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This classic Schoolhouse Rock song about adjectives first aired on American TV in the mid-1970s. It’s a particularly groovy way to learn about these important words, which are useful for describing people, places, and things. Unpack your adjectives!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This up-tempo song from Schoolhouse Rock helps us to understand what a noun is. Generally, it's any person, place, or thing, which the song shows with helpful examples!
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