SONG!: "Manifest Destiny" by MC LaLa

Here's a little story I'd like to tell about the land that we love and know so well
it started small, not much to boast, just thirteen colonies on the east coast
as time went by Europeans moved west and took native land calling it conquest
why'd they do it , it's easy to see, an idea called Manifest Destiny
Georgia, 1828, the Cherokee nation was the center of debate
they did their best to assimilate but their land was some primetime real estate
so Andrew jackson laid the feud to rest and forced them to leave in the name of progress
over 15,000 faced their fears in what later became known as the trail of tears

by 1840, we cleared the east, of native peoples may they rest in peace
with guns and steel the whites had their way
now they set their sights on Californ-i-a
see Mexico, as we know it today
is only a piece of where it used to lay
back in the day it included L.A. but expansionists had something to say
according to them, it was part of god's plan to spread our culture all across the land
our democracy was simply the best so it's only right that we take the southwest
others spoke up said let's take it slow, we need to respect the rights of Mexico
but James K. Polk took the reigns, war broke out and more land was gained

SONG!: "John Brown Rap" by MC LaLa

White skin, white beard John Brown’s the name
in the 1800’s I rose to fame.
At the time slavery was spreading west,
In 1855, Kansas was a mess.
Congress was stumped on what to do
So they pushed the Kansas-Nebraska Act through
Elections were held to decide it’s fate
Would it end up a free or slave state?
Popular Sovereignty was the intent
but they ended up with two different governments
one pro-slavery and one against
Now a voice from God told me to head out west
I must defend the abolitionist cause
and punish those who ignore god’s laws.
If I shed blood then let it be.
We’ll prove our point in Pottawatomie.

Kansas, it’s going down
get on your horse let’s ride with John Brown
The Pro-Slavery camp is going down
cause abolitionists are running this town

Border Ruffians, you’re going down
things have changed now I run this town
The Pro-Slavery Camp is going down
cause abolitionists are running this town

After Kansas, the fight won’t cease
so I carried my campaign to the east.
Harper’s Ferry was the place to meet.
a Virginia town that was packing heat
I gathered my men, we rushed like a bull
the gates of a federal arsenal.
We took control step 1 complete
A full scale rebellion would be quite a feat
But the scheme didn’t work out as well as planned
when Robert E. Lee came and took a stand.
“This lawlessness won’t be tolerated
let’s punish those who collaborated”
After my trial I was put to death
but opinions were when I took my last breath
a hero to some, others said what for?
My actions pushed the nation to war.

Virginia, it’s going down
get on your horse let’s ride with John Brown
the pro-slavery camp is going down
cuz abolitionists are running this town

All across the country, it’s going down
the north and south are ready to throw down
I’m seeing nothin but mean spirited frowns
cause any way you see it guaranteed to go down

SONG!: "Bill of Rights Song"

Chorus
It’s the Bill of Rights, it’s the bill of your rights
It’s time to take your knowledge up to unfamiliar heights
The thrill of your life, just like riding a bike
You’re never, never, never going to forget the Bill of Rights
(×2)

Verse I
The right to free speech and religion and press
Are guaranteed by Amendment One
Amendment Number Two says it’s true, that it’s all up to you
If you choose to possess a gun

The government can’t force you to house and feed a soldier
Says Amendment Number Three
Amendment Number Four we adore says without a warrant
Your stuff can’t be searched or seized

Chorus

Verse II
Amendment Number Five says the court can’t try you
With evidence they already used
It also says that nobody can make you self-incriminate
You’re allowed to stay silent if you choose.

Amendment Number Six won’t let the criminal clock tick
The rights of the accused continue here, and then
Amendment Number Seven gives you one plus eleven:
A right to a trial by a jury of your peers

If it’s cruel and unusual punishment
It’s ruled out by Amendment Eight
Amendment Number Nine says that other rights are fine
And Ten gives the rest to the states.

SONG!: "G-R-A-V-I-T-Y" from Bill Nye

LYRICS

London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down
London bridge is falling down, my fair lady

London bridge is falling down
'Cause gravity is all around
Why don't we fall up to the sky?
It's G-R-A-V-I-T...

Why are all the planets round
Does what goes up always come down
It's called attraction action, see
It's everywhere, it's gravity

An apple fell on Newton's head, it caused a great distraction
'Cause Isaac felt the force of gravity's attraction action
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
His weight combined with gravity and moved to a high velocity

Now, Galileo Galilei knew all about gravity
Went to the top of Pisa's tower and dropped two balls to show its power
Fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue
The Earth is round, he found to be true
We all owe that to gravity too

G-R-A-V-I-T-Y
Keeps all the planets in a line
We all spin around the sun
And always have since time begun
Now sing it with me, don't be shy
It's G-R-A-V-I-T-Y

SONG!: "Five Things" by Flocabulary

Flocabulary - Five Things (Elements of a Short Story) from Flocabulary on Vimeo.

Five Things Lyrics

Check it out yo...

Setting, that's like where it's going down,
Could be the train compartment, a castle or a town,
Could be the Arctic winter - like To Build a Fire
The temperature's dropping, excitement is getting higher,
Setting sets the scene so the scene seems set,
Could be the Italian restaurant where we met,
Setting gives us the where and the when,
Could be modern day, the future, or way back when.

Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme,
Setting, yes these are the 5 things
That you're going to be needing
When you're reading or writing
A short story that's mad exciting x2

Plot is the action, the quest for satisfaction,
What's going down, what's going to happen.
Four men at sea in an open boat,
Rowing and hoping that they can stay afloat. The plot:
They have to make it to the beach,
But the waves are big, and the shore seems out of reach,
Plot is a series of events... like Lemoney Snicket,
It could be crazy, wild or straight wicked.

Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme,
Setting, yes these are the 5 things
That you're going to be needing
When you're reading or writing
A short story that's mad exciting x2

Knock knock, who's there? Oh, it's the characters,
The people in the story who carry out the action.
Characters can be pretty, tiny or clean,
Characters can be silly, whiney or mean,
Juliet is a character, and so is Romeo,
Pokemon has characters and so does Yu-gi-oh,
Characters could be dogs, lions, or hippos,
JK Rowling chose Harry Potter. "Why?" Who knows!

Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme,
Setting, yes these are the 5 things
That you're going to be needing
When you're reading or writing
A short story that's mad exciting x2

Uh-uh! Put your snack back in your backpack we're not finished!
Something gone wrong! That's the conflict kids
A struggle in the plot, now who's on top,
Could be a fight for money, like some robbers and cops,
Could be an internal conflict - a struggle inside,
Like I don't want to tell the truth but I don't ever want to lie,
Flick something in your eye, now you're conflicted,
What created drama? The conflict did.

Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme,
Setting, yes these are the 5 things
That you're going to be needing
When you're reading or writing
A short story that's mad exciting x2

The theme of the story is the main idea,
The central belief or the topic that's in there,
It's usually something abstract like sacrifice,
Isolation or resurrection: we're back to life,
Like don't lie, don't practice libel,
The theme of To Build a Fire is survival,
Survival on your own like Fievel Moskowitz
Flocabulary's something that you HAVE TO GET...

Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme,
Setting, yes these are the 5 things
That you're going to be needing
When you're reading or writing
A short story that's mad exciting x2

SONG!: Food Webby Web

“It’s a Food Web”
by Food Webby Web
(From Bill Nye, The Science Guy’s “Food Web” episode)

Well take a look at my plate
It’s a site…
’Cause it’s piled with food
Well I’m looking it over
And it looks so good
’Cause I got milk,
I got meat,
I got pasta ’n bread
I got chicken ’n egg rolls
’N processed cheese spread
I got ice cream
I got whip cream
I got tacos
I got fish
But none of it seems like a vegetable dish
But the truth of the matter of this food situation
Is that all of these things get their start with vegetation

It’s the food web
It’s the food web

You see meat has to eat
And noodles need wheat
Yeah, we need plants for the things that we eat
’Cause sugar needs cane
’N honey needs bees
That get pollen from the flowers and the fields and the trees
But maybe now you’re asking
“Hey, what’s a plant need?”
They gotta come from something
Yeah ya’ know they gotta feed
Well, a plant needs water
’N a plant needs sun
Dirt, carbon dioxide, ’n oxygen

It’s the food web
It’s the food web

SONG!: Mr. Duey's Long Division Rap

Lyrics – Long Division

By: Daniel Joseph Duey

Verse 1
Mr.Duey exclusive. This is what you been waiting for.
Better than the best on the planet. You know.
Draw a line up to the right take the number you dividing by.
Put that number to the left of the line. Now put the number you
dividing with inside of it, setting up long division if you listen that’s the
bottom line of it. Now try to get this answer to this problem that
I about to give, 390 divided by 6. Now the 6 wont fix into 3 but if fits
into 39, 6 times. Put the 6 above the 9. Now take the 6 multiply it by
the number you divided by. Gives you 36 write it right below the 39.
Subtract that, that’s 3 bring the 0 down.. right! And see that 6 goes
into 30 perfectly 5 times. Put the 5 by the 6 on the top of the line.
And see that 6 goes into 390, 65 times. Put some time behind to
comprehend the rhyme I designed. To understand it’s long division
at the drop of a dime.

Chorus 1
Now draw a line up to the right, take the number you divided
by put that number to the left of the line. Put the number you
divided with inside of, setting up for long division if you listen
that’s the bottom line of it
Repeat 2X

Verse 2
You know me Mr.Duey I just breezed through college.
Please Mr.Duey would you stick to the topic. That’s how i got
my job, kid. Plus it will only take me a hot minute to drop this.
Decimals I got this. I rock this show you how you how to spit the
hotness. Show you 5 go into 82 without using a remainder as an
option. Drop a decimal, drop it like it’s hot finish the problem. Remember
5 to the left of the line, 82 inside and see how many times it will divide.
The 5 fits into 8 just 1 time. Put the 1 above the 8 and multiply
it by 5 and 1 x 5 is 5, put it right below the eight
subtract them giving you 3 then bring the 2 down. Giving you 32, dirty.
and 5 goes into that 6 times, 6 x 5 is 30. Subtract 30 from 32, that gives
you 2 and then what you do is real simple, I will explain it to you.
Drop a decimal in your answer and your problem, add a 0, drop it down
to the 2 and solve them. and 5 goes into 20 evenly 4 times, 16.4 dividing
82 by 5. Take some time to comprehend the rhyme I design
To understand it’s long division at the drop of a dime.

Chorus 2
Now draw a line up to the right, take the number you divided
by put that number to the left of the line. Put the number you
divided with inside of, setting up for long division if you listen
that’s the bottom line of it
Repeat 2X

Outro
Me Mr. Duey I just breeze through college.

SONG!: Mr. Duey's Fraction Rap

LYRICS

Chorus
I’ll teach how to get rid of an improper fraction
Teach you how to get a percentage from a fraction
I’ll teach you everything you need to know about fractions
Fractions, what’s that? Lights, camera, action
I’ll teach you everything you need to know about fractions
Fractions, everything you need to know I’ll rap
I’ll teach you how to get rid of an improper fraction
Fractions, what’s that? Lights, camera, action

Verse 1
Fractions, if it’s improper you have to change it into a mixed
number, I’ll be the one to explain it. Improper is when the top
number is bigger than the bottom so when you take the bottom fit
it into the top one. So say that the bottom is 3 and the top can be
17. How many times does 3 fit in between? Well let’s see, that’s
5 take the 5 write it down big on the line. With the 2 left over from
the 17 you must now put that 2 on top of the 3 and, wow, the
mixed number is found. It’s that easy, listen to the song and you
believe me, put your own numbers in the place of what I’m
teaching.

Chorus
I’ll teach how to get rid of an improper fraction
Teach you how to get a percentage from a fraction
I’ll teach you everything you need to know about fractions
Fractions, what’s that? Lights, camera, action
I’ll teach you everything you need to know about fractions
Fractions, everything you need to know I’ll rap
I’ll teach you how to get rid of an improper fraction
Fractions, what’s that? Lights, camera, action

Verse 2
Fractions, I bet you wonder how to get a percentage, divide the
top by the bottom number. For example, 5 over 10. 10 can’t go
into 5 so add a zero to the 5 and begin. Because 10 can go into
to 50 just fine, but you need a decimal point before the number of
times. So I, I guess we’re left with ‘.5’. Now take the point by the
5, move it 2 to the right and what you have is 50 so it’s 50
percent. When Mr. Duey takes you through it then it all makes
sense. It’s that easy, listen to the song and you believe me, put
your own numbers in the place of what I’m teaching.
Fractions
Take the top number divide it by the bottom number.
What’s that? Take the top number divide it by the bottom number