SciShow
Ballot Design Has a Sneaky Influence on Your Vote
In elections, your vote may be influenced by design of the ballot itself, especially when you don’t have strong feelings about which candidate to elect.
Curated Video
Midwest still digging out snow after weekend of blizzards
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1. Wide of truck stuck in snow
2. Mid of car driving down snowy street
3. Close-up Craig Herschey attempting to dig out his car
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Craig Herschey, Minneapolis resident:
"Right now my car is...
Curated Video
4:3 Chinese president in Chicago; DC sbites, protest, Daley sot
Chicago - Jan 21, 2011
1. Wide of Chinese President Hu Jintao's plane taxiing on runway at Chicago airport
Chicago - Jan 21, 2011
2. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and other officials standing on the tarmac awaiting Hu's arrival
3....
SciShow
Retracing a Mastodon’s Steps With Chemistry
Thanks to strontium, oxygen, and rings in a tusk, scientists now have evidence that extinct mastodons may have participated in yearly migrations.
TED Talks
TED: The multibillion-dollar US prison industry -- and how to dismantle it | Bianca Tylek
A phone call to a US prison or jail can cost up to a dollar per minute -- a rate that forces one in three families with incarcerated loved ones into debt. In this searing talk about mass incarceration, criminal justice advocate and TED...
Curated Video
Why So Many Americans Are Leaving The Great Lakes States
The Great Lakes are a tremendous resource for the United States. In an age of climate change where water is becoming more scarce, the states and surround the Great Lakes are in an enviable position for the future. Despite this, however,...
Curated Video
What If Our Clothes Could Disrupt Surveillance Cameras?
What do you get when you combine mass surveillance with A.I.? It’s a dystopia that’s already a reality in places across the world. Fashion designers are pushing back, crafting clothing and accessories that trick facial recognition...
Curated Video
Abraham Lincoln for Kids - Part 1 (Childhood) | Bedtime History
Follow Abe as he grows up in a log cabin, first showing his passion for reading and learning, up until he leaves home to become a circuit lawyer.
Wonderscape
Hiram Revels: The First Black U.S. Senator
This video explores the life and achievements of Hiram Revels, the first Black person to serve in the U.S. Congress. Learn about his journey from a free-born pastor to a Civil War chaplain and political leader in Mississippi, and his...
Curated Video
Famous United States Attractions
Dr. Forrester explores several cities and towns in the United States and attractions that make those cities famous.
Curated Video
Elizebeth Friedman
Elizebeth Friedman revolutionized American cryptology and played a crucial role in bringing down mobsters and spy rings in the 20th century.
Curated Video
The Treaties of Chicago and the Battle at Wounded Knee
Dr. Forrester describes the circumstances surrounding the Treaties of Chicago in 1821 and 1833. She then tells the sad tale of the Battle at Wounded Knee.
Curated Video
The Midwest Region of the United States
Dr. Forrester introduces the Midwest Region of the United States. She describes the topography, the history, and the series of waterways that has made this area a vital and growing part of our country.
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
The Haymarket Affair
One of the worst miscarriages of justice in U.S. history, the Haymarket Affair, a labor action in support of an eight-hour working day, led to the unlawful executions of four Chicago residents.
Curated Video
Injustice: Roger Taney
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney's unjust majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford shockingly declared Black individuals weren't citizens, solidifying slavery's grip and pushing the nation closer to Civil War.
Learn German with Herr Antrim
US-Präsidentenwahl auf Deutsch Erklärt
Every 4 years we Americans elect the President. Today I will explain who is allowed to vote, which requirements a candidate must fulfill, how you become a candidate and how we elect the President.
Curated Video
Suddenly Fashionable
Nobel Laureate Antony Leggett, University of Illinois, describes how the field of foundations of quantum theory changed from being a "fringe activity" to one squarely within the academic mainstream thanks to the work of a few "mavericks".
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nicole Zumpano - Helping Instructional Coaches Succeed
Nicole Zumpano has over 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher and instructional technology coach. Currently, she serves as a Director of Instructional Technology Coaching for the Learning Technology Center of Illinois. A National...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alice Knapp - A Book Sanctuary Library: Protecting Challenged Books
Alice Knapp is the CEO of the Ferguson Library in Stamford CT. Alice graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Religious Studies and History from Siena College. She has a Master’s of Arts Degree in History and a Master’s in Library Science...
Curated Video
Cubs using Wrigley Field as food distribution hub
The Chicago Cubs are putting Wrigley Field to use as a food distribution hub to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.
PBS
The 2nd Amendment Explained
When we talk about the 2nd amendment today, we talk almost exclusively about the "right to bear arms" and individual gun ownership. But whatever happened to a "well-regulated militia?" In today's episode we dive deep into the Supreme...
Science360
Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation
From treetops to rivers to the bedrock below, there is constant activity going on in what we can think of as the “skin” of our planet. It’s called the critical zone, the active layer of the Earth where life-forms, from microbes to...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: German Dank Haus
Rosa Gallagher is interviewed at the Dank Haus (Chicago, Illinois). Rosa gives a tour of the Stein Museum giving a historical background of the German stein.