Lady GaGa, Blondie as history teachers? Yep and it works

Who ever said history isn't fun never checked out the historyteachers.

GOOD magazine turned me on to these wonderful videos that mash world history with popular music. The videos are produced by three teachers in Hawaii who go by the YouTube handle "historyteachers".

The video above explains the life of Martin Luther set to The Bangles' "Manic Monday" and it's surprising 1) how effective the teachers are at rewriting Prince's lyrics without altering the music and 2) how accurate the history lesson remains throughout the song.

There are dozens of other video lessons, including the history of the French Revolution set to Lada GaGa's "Bad Romance," the Plague set to No Doubt's "Hollaback Girl" and Gutenberg set to Blondie's "Sunday Girl."

It'll be interesting to see whether these videos actually translate to increased knowledge of history -- I think they will -- but in the meantime I'm just going to enjoy them for what they are: Fun and thought provoking.