‘Easy Steps to Success with English’



“Hey Jude” by the Beatles

April 16th, 2008 at 1:01 am

“Hey Jude” came out in 1968. Paul McCartney wrote it for John Lennon’s son Julian when Julian was five years old to cheer him up during his parents separation and divorce. The song was originally called “Hey Julian,” then “Hey Jules,” then, finally, “Hey Jude” because they thought “Jude” sounded better in the […]




“Yesterday” by the Beatles

April 12th, 2008 at 1:01 am

It’s easy to learn English if you sing along with your favorite songs.
In this next series of Easy English lessons, I’ve picked three pop (abbreviation for “popular”) songs from each decade since the 1960s to teach you the words (also called “lyrics”) to them and to explain the phrases that might confuse people […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Elbow Room

April 8th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Great American Melting Pot

April 4th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Fireworks on the Fourth of July

March 31st, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: The Shot Heard ‘Round the World

March 27th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

March 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: No More Kings

March 19th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: I’m Just a Bill

March 15th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Busy Prepositions

March 11th, 2008 at 1:01 am

This is the last of the Grammar Rock lessons from the Schoolhouse Rock animation short films series that will be featured on this website, and it is called “Busy Prepositions.” After this, we will study early American history using the fun and easy songs from the America Rock series.
But, for now, let’s finish one […]