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Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: pokeplayer984 on March 17, 2009, 12:36:12 PM: Yep, the talented Rob Paulsen was really at it back then.

I dare anyone to try and keep up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI)

Little known fact: This video is so well known that some teachers use it to teach their students.
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Malte279 on March 17, 2009, 12:46:38 PM: Not quite up to date though. Some of the countries changed names by now and some new ones were created. Still this is really funny ;)
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Malte279 on March 17, 2009, 12:53:12 PM: Those other songs about Presidents and states with their capitals are quite awesome too :lol
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: pokeplayer984 on March 17, 2009, 12:55:04 PM: Quote from: Malte279,Mar 17 2009 on 09:46 AM
Not quite up to date though. Some of the countries changed names by now and some new ones were created. Still this is really funny ;)
Yeah, I know, but I bet you still couldn't keep up. :P:
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Malte279 on March 17, 2009, 01:30:13 PM: Never claimed I did ;)
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Kor on March 17, 2009, 02:50:16 PM: Funny, I watched the president ones. The thing about it not being up to date is you just need to look when the show was aired and that may make sense why their not up to date. They didn't have a tardis they could pop into and take a peek at an atlas from 2010 or 2100 then go back and sing those country names.
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Nick22 on March 17, 2009, 04:00:55 PM: most of those countries are still in existences today, some with different names than back then..
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: raga on March 17, 2009, 04:10:45 PM: was greenland independent when this aired?
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Nick22 on March 17, 2009, 04:13:40 PM: Greenland has never been independent, although it will become independent in June, which will make it the 13th largest country in the world, behind:
Russia
Canada
US
China
Brazil
Australia
India
Argentina
Kazakstan
Sudan
algeria
Dem. Republic of Congo
In that order ..

Greenland is 10000 miles larger than Saudi Arabia
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Petrie. on March 17, 2009, 05:03:33 PM: Yep, I knew about this video, and had actually planned to use it if I had to do any US history teaching. Yes, dated, but its fun. The presidents one as well.

They don't make cartoons like that anymore.
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Malte279 on March 17, 2009, 06:05:32 PM: Quote
Greenland has never been independent, although it will become independent in Jun
:blink: Greenland is to become a new country???
Holy cow, I really missed some piece of news there! Now that will be peculiar with several countries already rising claims to resources in the arctic sea.
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Sableye on March 17, 2009, 07:03:51 PM: I memorized this song last summer. It's not hard to keep up with Yakko once you have it fully memorized. I personally like this song a lot for the fact that it's educational (especially in geography class), and you can impress some people with it who have never heard of it before :)
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Amaranthine on March 18, 2009, 01:03:08 AM: I remember this!

I really couldn't keep up with it when I was young, but looking at it now, I actually can. :p lolz I don't remember the president one though.
Title: Coolest Way to learn the Nations
Post by: Nick22 on March 18, 2009, 01:10:24 AM: Greenland will not be fully independent from Denmark, after further research, but rather will have increased self-rule.