Beyonce’s “Video Phone” video (featuring Lady GAGa) has withstood the pop cultural relevancy timeline and it is still as entertaining as the first time I blogged about it back in November 2009.
What many don’t know is that this video can be used in geography classes all over the world. Beyonce is a virtual teacher of telling us a little about the locations and culture of various cities via clever hand gestures when she sings the following lyrics:
‘specially them hot ones
Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston, to New Orleans
Let me break it down for you:
Here, B gives us the Jay-Z’s ubiquitous “Hova” symbol which is synonymous with his hometown of Brooklyn.
When she says “Atlanta” and “Houston,” B points down. When you point down, that means South. Atlanta and Houston are located in the South.
Finally, B gives us a spelling lesson when she sings “New Orleans.” She makes an “O” with her thumbs and index fingers; letting us know that “Orleans” in “New Orleans” is spelled with an “O”.
See – learning CAN be fun!
- Excited
- Fascinated
- Amused
- Bored
- Sad
- Angry
