Pop Culture References
Whenever students provide me with a history reference from pop culture it will be posted here!
| Reference | Type | Student | Description |
Wakko's Wish | Movie | Pardeep, Per. 2, 08-09 | Pinky and The Brain use Da Vinci's helicopter. |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Movie | Josh, Per. 2, 08-09 | There is a chihuahua named Montezuma who lives in a city that looks much like an old Aztec or Mayan village. He mentions the Aztecs directly. |
| Ten Things I Hate About You | Movie | Paola, Per. 4, 08-09 | There is a scene where part of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" is acted out. Interestingly, the entire movie is a modern telling of that play. |
Shrek the 3rd | Movie | Kaitlyn, Per. 2, 08-09 | At some point a girl says she'd rather get the plague than kiss a guy. |
Feudalism | Game | Vicente, Per. 4, 08-09 | www.addictinggames.com has this fairly challenging strategy game. You get to conquer other lands and such. |
| Taylor Swift - Love Story | Song | Paola, Per. 4, 08-09 | Repeatedly references Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. |
The Black Knight | Game | Paola, Per. 4, 08-09 | This one is also from www.addictinggames.com. It is a simple side-scroller where you as a knight get to harass peasants for taxes and even "go medieval" on them from time to time. |