Meet Georgia middle school social studies teacher, Mr. Yancy. Yancy has gone viral again, for all the right reasons. Mr. Yancy is one of those teachers; you know, the kind we use to have back in the day. Mr. Yancy is the type of teacher that can effectively communicate with students, he’s relatable , he makes learning fun, AND he uses effective teaching techniques to make students remember what they’ve learned.
Mr. Yancy used the details from the Civil War, and put a pop-culture spin on it. He took the Migos most recent hit, “Bad & Boujee” and remixed it into a history lesson called , “Mad & Losing”. Instead of “my bitch is bad and boujee” this remix states, “my troops are mad and losing,” in reference to General Grant and the Emancipation Proclamation! Now THIS is a great way of taking history and pop culture, and intertwining it to make learning fun.
Last year Mr. Yancy remixed Adele’s “Hello” to teach his students about the Cherokee and that “dumb treaty”. Peep how the kids go from trying to contain their laughter, to singing along. Mr. Yancy – you’re truly dope!
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