Instructional Video14:53
TED Talks

David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

12th - Higher Ed
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to...
Instructional Video5:06
Wonderscape

Olympic Controversies and Tragedies

K - 5th
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The Olympics From Antiquity to Paris 2024 part 3
Instructional Video13:35
Curated Video

I Am Black History from A to Z by Keisha Jenkins

Pre-K - 5th
I Am Black History from A-Z is a poetic journey through the alphabet teaching children about heroes in the African American community that fought for justice and equality, and accomplished great things despite the world against them.
Instructional Video2:44
Curated Video

Lorraine Hansberry

9th - Higher Ed
The first African-American woman to have a play staged on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry was a writer who broke down racial and gender barriers.
Instructional Video5:20
Red Rock Films

What was Loving vs Virginia?

6th - 8th
How the courage and convictions of two people in love changed marriage laws and greatly advanced the cause for civil rights.
Instructional Video5:20
Red Rock Films

Who was Jesse Owens?

6th - 8th
How a fast kid from a tough neighborhood single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of white supremacy.
Instructional Video3:39
Biography

Jesse Owens- Mini Biography

8th - 12th Standards
Discover how Jesse Owens paved the way for African American athletes as a track and field legend, while still challenged by the obstacles of a segregated American society during the mid-twentieth century.
Audio
A&E Television

History.com: History This Week: Jesse Owens Takes Germany

9th - 10th
August 1, 1936. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Adolf Hitler enters the stadium to a militaristic Wagner march. Swastikas flutter everywhere on the flag of the Nazi Party. When these moments are remembered later, one athlete's...