PBS
Summer Reading Lists For Young People At A Time Of Crisis
Amid dual national crises of a pandemic and outrage over racism and police brutality, books provide opportunities both to learn more and to find distraction from reality. Jeffrey Brown talks to writer Jason Reynolds, the Library of...
PBS
Author Marlon James On Never Outgrowing The Magical
Marlon James is best known for writing literary fiction, including “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” which won the prestigious Man Booker Prize. But his latest book, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” draws on a lifelong love of comics and...
Crash Course
Pan's Labyrinth: Crash Course Film Criticism
In 2006, a movie took on authoritarianism and the violent aftershocks of the Spanish Civil War—all through the eyes of an innocent young girl and the fairy tale world she discovers in the woods. Pan's Labyrinth is both a beautifully...
TED Talks
TED: A sex therapist's secret to rediscovering your spark | Ian Kerner
Sex therapist Ian Kerner hears about a common problem from his patients: "failure to launch," or the inability to build and maintain sexual momentum. What's the solution? Whether you're looking to reignite the spark in your relationship...
TED Talks
TED: The biology of our best and worst selves | Robert Sapolsky
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic -- and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what...
Crash Course
PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213
In which John Green continues to teach you about Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. (WARNING: When Slaughterhouse-Five was published, some of the crude language in the book caused controversy. We quote one mildly controversial line in...
MinuteEarth
The Best Dragon (According to Science)
We ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Tetrapods: four-limbed (with a few exceptions, such as...
Curated Video
What Motivates The Other Woman or The Other Man?
Howcast - Learn what motivates The Other Woman or The Other Man from couples counselor Victoria Wilson, Ph.D. in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
Engaging with 'The Moon Dragons'
Pupil outcome: I can read and summarise the story of 'The Moon Dragons'. Key learning points: - ‘The Moon Dragons’ is a picture book and narrative fiction text that belongs to the genre of fantasy. - The plot of the story is based around...
Curated Video
Engaging with the plot of 'The Viewer'
Pupil outcome: I can engage with the plot of ‘The Viewer’. Key learning points: - ‘The Viewer’ is a narrative fiction story with elements of mystery and supernatural fantasy. - The setting in the opening is a ‘dump’ in the city. - The...
PBS
Trolls in the 20th Century
At the turn of the 20th century, trolls transitioned from fairy tales into novels, most notably in science fiction and fantasy. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series brought trolls into the mainstream, where they...
Curated Video
ChatGPT for Creatives - How to Generate Great Lists
In this video, we will discuss techniques and tools for generating great lists, understand the importance of list-making in creative work, and learn tips for making effective lists, such as using categories and subcategories,...
Curated Video
Build a DALL-E Image Generator using React, JavaScript, and OpenAI - Mailing Feature to Send DALL-E Generated Pictures
In this lesson, you will learn to incorporate a mailing feature into the application to share the image generated by the app using links to the URL and mailing the links to the recipients of choice. This clip is from the chapter "Styling...
Curated Video
Tituba: The First Accused Witch
The Salem Witch Trials are one of the most infamous tragedies in American history, yet most people do not know the story of the enslaved woman at the heart of the hysteria, the first accused witch, Tituba.
Curated Video
Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
Curated Video
Colson Whitehead
The first author to win the Pulitzer Prize for two consecutive novels, Colson Whitehead is one of the United States’ most versatile writers.
Curated Video
Maladaptive Daydreaming vs Mind wandering – How To Tell the Difference
Maladaptive daydreaming is a psychological construct that explains a behavior but it is not an official disorder. There is not a lot that’s known about it, but it’s being researched more so we can better understand the prevalence, the...
The Guardian
Garth Nix on Upcoming Projects, Character Names, and More
Garth Nix answers fan questions. In this video, he talks about his book The Left Handed Booksellers of London, how he chooses names for his characters, and addresses a few questions about specific character traits and rules of the worlds...
The Guardian
Garth Nix on Forward Thinking, World Building, and How to Become an Author
Garth Nix answers fan questions. In this video, he answers a fan question about whether there are any stories he missed out on or wishes he had done differently. He also explains the process he uses to build the worlds in his books and...
The Guardian
Garth Nix on Gaming and Childhood Influences
Garth Nix answers fan questions. In this video, he discusses whether he would consider turning any of his books into video or role playing games, books from his childhood that inspired him and influenced his writing style, and shares his...
The Guardian
Garth Nix on Process, Representation, and Picking Favourites
Garth Nix answers fan questions. In this video, he offers advice on the writing and revising process, explains his approach to diverse representation, and says that his favourite book is always the next one he is planning to write. Garth...
The Guardian
Garth Nix on Genre, Elements, and the Seventh Tower Series
Garth Nix answers fan questions. In this video, he explains why he writes fantasy novels, how he came up with the Seventh Tower series, and his historical and mythological influences in the development of the magic bells. Garth Nix...
John D Ruddy
The Dawn of Middle Earth - Manny Man Does Lore
Find out about the events that shaped the early world of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth leading to the Awakening of the Elves.