Weatherthings
Hurricane Ivan
A history of the devasting 2004 hurricane that struck the Alabama coast.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Eye to the Earth
Kay Taylor describes an experiment on board the space station that allows middle school students to remotely photograph the Earth. HWHAP Episode 218.
Barcroft Media
I Have Half A Body
MONTGOMERY, AL - JANUARY 17: DESPITE living with just half a body - inspirational Rowdy Burton is determined to not let his condition define him. 30-year-old, Rowdy, was born with a rare lower spinal disorder called Sacral Agenesis....
The Art Assignment
Make an Intimate, Indispensable GIF - Responses | The Art Assignment
In which we feature responses to The Art Assignment Ep. 3: Intimate, Indispensable GIF, given by New York-based artist Toyin Odutola.
The Kiboomers
Oh Susanna | Nursery Rhymes for Kids | The Kiboomers | Children Songs
Oh Susanna song lyrics for kids: Oh, Susanna! I come from Alabama With a banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana, My true love for to see. It rained all night the day I left The weather it was dry The sun so hot, I froze to death Susanna...
Curated Video
The Day A Bunch of Kids Beat The Chief of Police
The Birmingham Children’s crusade of 1963, or the Children's March, was a march of school students aged 7 to 18 in Birmingham, Alabama that started on May 2, 1963. The purpose of the March was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about...
Curated Video
The Story of American Barbecue
Today, barbecue is a big part of American culture. But did you know that this staple of the great American menu is actually older than the United States itself?
Next Animation Studio
Horror crash claims nine girls, one father in Alabama
Wet weather and hydroplaning wheels are believed to have been the cause of a horrific, fiery crash.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Danielle McGuire - From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power - Part 1
Danielle McGuire, PhD, is an award-winning historian, public speaker and author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Look To The Land
Learn how exploitation of the land changed the face of North America, as presented in Look to the Land, a 1954 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
Weatherthings
Grid Waves
Sometimes waves arrive at a beach or shore in the shape of a grid. Here's how that may happen.
Curated Video
The Little Rock Nine: Separate and Unequal
Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in the United States that permitted segregation in everything water fountains to buses to schools. Services were definitely separate in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, but...
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapters 1-5 Summary
Welcome to Maycomb! Meet our protagonist Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, her brother Jeremy (‘Jem’) and their buddy Dill Harris. Follow the children’s adventures over two summers as they make mischief all over the neighbourhood. But they’d...
Kids Learning Videos
Oh Susanna! Fun Family Song for Preschoolers and Toddlers
This is a fun rendition of a classic nursery rhyme song for kids. Children will love the nice vocals and bright animations. Thanks for watching!
Poetry Foundation
Tabia Yapp reads "Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s"
Tabia Yapp reads "Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s", a poem by Morgan Parker.
Weatherthings
Termite Swarm on the Gulf Coast
An annual swarm of termites on the Gulf Coast of the United States.
One Minute History
Claudette Colvin - One Minute History
Jim Crow era Alabama is about to witness a brave act of obstruction. Fifteen years old and pregnant, Claudette Colvin denies her bus seat to a white woman and is subsequently arrested for her transgression. Sound familiar? Colvin’s...
Barcroft Media
I Have Half A Body | BORN DIFFERENT
DESPITE living with just half a body – inspirational Rowdy Burton is determined to not let his condition define him. 30-year-old, Rowdy, was born with a rare lower spinal disorder called Sacral Agenesis. Affecting only one in 25,000...
Curated Video
Stepping Forward: The Fight for College Integration
For Autherine Lucy and Pollie Anne Myers, trying to get an education was an act of courage in itself.
Curated Video
Sojourner Truth: Fierce Warrior for Social Justice
How an enslaved woman became one of the most important social justice activists in American history.
Science360
Extremophile Hunter
With support from the National Science Foundation, Astrobiologist Richard Hoover really goes to extremes to find living things that thrive where life would seem to be impossible--from the glaciers of the Alaskan Arctic to the ice sheets...
Curated Video
Lozen: Fearless Apache Warrior
At a time when Apache men and women followed specific gender roles, Lozen defied convention – to become one of the finest warriors in the tribe's history.
Curated Video
Museum of Artifacts That Made America: Helen Keller's Watch
Deafblind pioneer Helen Keller campaigned for a better America – with the help of a remarkable watch that she didn’t have to see to read.
Curated Video
The Windshield Wiper: A Female Innovation
The first mass-produced car in America was basically a lawnmower with leather trim, but it was a start, right? This is the story of Mary Anderson and the Windshield Wiper - an invention that happened by a stroke of fate!