Instructional Video3:45
Wonderscape

Exploring Communities: Urban, Suburban, and Rural

K - 5th
This video explains the different types of communities—urban, suburban, and rural—based on population size and land use. Learn about how people live and work together in each type of community, and how resources like lakes can shape the...
Instructional Video4:08
Wonderscape

Understanding Communities: Types and Local Government

K - 5th
This video explains the different types of communities—urban, suburban, and rural—and how each is unique. It also introduces the role of a mayor and how community members work together to create a better place to live by setting rules...
Instructional Video9:19
Curated Video

Let's Learn About Communities: Communities Alike and Different

K - 8th
Communities Alike and Different shows the diversity of communities. The program answers questions about how rural communities differ from suburban ones and what characteristics cities and suburban areas share. Young learners will embark...
Instructional Video10:40
Curated Video

Communities Alike and Different

K - 8th
COMMUNITIES ALIKE AND DIFFERENT- How is a rural community different from a suburban community? What characteristics do cities and suburban areas share? This program explores the similarities and differences that make communities unique.
Instructional Video20:47
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Measuring the Danger of Segregation

Higher Ed
An 1869 study incorrectly stated that black Union soldiers had lower lung capacity than white soldiers. 150 years later, this same study is impacting the health and disability diagnosis of black patients. Structural segregation is still...
Instructional Video11:22
Curated Video

Exploring Communities Alike and Different

K - 8th
How is a rural community different from a suburban community? What characteristics do cities and suburban areas share? This program explores the similarities and differences that make communities unique. Youngsters visit a variety of...
Instructional Video19:59
Wonderscape

Social Studies Kids: Exploring Your Community and Its Workers

K - 5th
This video is a lesson about communities and the different workers that make them great. It explores the concept of communities, the types of communities, and the roles and responsibilities of various community workers such as police...
Instructional Video19:42
Wonderscape

Social Studies Kids: Communities and Geography

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of communities and how they are influenced by geography. They discuss different types of communities such as urban, suburban, and rural, as well as the impact of bodies of water like...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities

9th - 12th Standards
Did you ever wonder how nations form in the first place and what brings such a strong sense of community? A video explains how a community forms according to Benedict Anderson with animation, graphics, and even pizza-related metaphors.
Instructional Video2:36
MinuteEarth

How to Build a Better City

6th - 12th Standards
Think you're helping the environment by living in the suburbs rather than the city? Think again! Young scientists examine the effects of urban sprawl in a video that compares the environmental advantages of closely packed city life to...