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Great Big Story
Behind the voices, Rob Paulsen's iconic cartoon characters
Dive into the world of Rob Paulsen, the legendary voice behind Yakko Warner, Pinky, and more, and discover the inspiration behind these iconic roles.
Wonderscape
Columbus’s Third and Fourth Voyages: New Discoveries and Final Journeys
This video covers the third and fourth voyages of Christopher Columbus. His third voyage led him to the South American continent, though he didn’t realize it. On his final voyage, he explored Central America, facing harsh conditions and...
Curated Video
Building the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a vital trade route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its fascinating story goes back hundreds of years.
Great Big Story
Behind the Voices, Rob Paulsen's Iconic Cartoon Characters
Dive into the world of Rob Paulsen, the legendary voice behind Yakko Warner, Pinky, and more, and discover the inspiration behind these iconic roles.
Weird History
Most Dangerous Island Prisons In History
The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or...
Curated Video
The Roots of Sign Language
UC San Diego linguist Carol Padden describes how, while we now recognize that gesture and sign language are structurally very different, linguists are now carefully examining how gesture might have originally given rise to sign languages.
Curated Video
Building the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a vital trade route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The story of its creations goes back hundreds of years.
Curated Video
Why the English Knighted a Convicted Pirate | The Life & Times of Henry Morgan
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Usually when a pirate who's plundered numerous cities and exploded his prisoners is captured he's sent to the gallows, but for one Henry Morgan the guy was knighted by the king and sent back to Jamaica to...
PBS
Beat Making Challenge #1: Accordion Trap
Meet Martin, a young accordion prodigy from Portobelo. Apple Juice Kid vs. Pierce battle to make a trap beat sampling his accordion.
PBS
Panama: Meet the Kids Behind the Beats
Yaci, Osvaldo and Darin - three Panamanian youth - go from cowbell to MPC while learning the skills to become beat makers. Check us out Wednesdays for more stories, and beats from Panamanian festivals, schools and prisons. In Portobelo,...
60 Second Histories
Mary Seacole; her travels
Part 3 of this series sees Mary explaining her decision to volunteer as a nurse in the Crimea.
Weird History
Who Was The Real Captain Morgan
When you hear the name "Captain Morgan," images of bros posing with a handle of spiced rum with one foot danging precariously in the air probably come to mind. While there were plenty of pirates whose reputations were built on boozin' it...
PBS
Portobelo (music video)
During a blackout in Panama, we filmed this amazing video with Yomira. Lit by an iPhone and recorded with a usb mic. Check out the color explosion and how the graphics come alive at the 2min mark. Thanks Pan II Creative!
60 Second Histories
Mary Seacole; successfully treats cholera
Part 2 of this series, Mary describes her first experience of treating cholera victims in Panama.
Hip Hughes History
Imperialism in 20 minutes (2/2)
Geared for students taking high school level US History, specifically covering Industrial Age concepts.
Jabzy
US Invasion of Panama 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the US Invasion of Panama 3 Minute History
Professor Dave Explains
Marine Ecologist Virginia Schutte (Get to Know a Scientist!)
When we think of a scientist hard at work, we usually picture them in a laboratory, with all kinds of glassware and solutions and high-tech gizmos all around them. But lots of scientists work in nature! Virginia Schutte is a marine...
Jabzy
Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire
Mr. Beat
The Panama Canal (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Here's the story of the construction of the Panama Canal, which turns 100 this year.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna - Teachers Make a Difference
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Cerebellum
America, An Emerging World Power: 1896-1916 - Hay-bunau-varilla Treaty (1903)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video focuses on documents...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Paper Molas - full length tutorial on how to create a paper mola similar to molas from Panama!
I'm Mrs. Thiele, a middle school art teacher! In this video you will learn step by step how to create a paper mola. This project is excellent for 6th graders but could be adapted for any grade 4-8. KEEP CREATING! :)
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Progressive Era - Industrialisation
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Progressive Era uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era...
Press Association
Howard Lutnick advises the UK to follow Donald Trump's lead
New ReviewUS Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks at a business reception at Lancaster House in central London, with attendees including government ministers from both the UK and US and representatives from major UK companies, as part of...