Crash Course
Moliere - Man of Satire and Many Burials: Crash Course Theater #21
This week on CC Theater, Mike Rugnetta teaches you about the greatest playwright of Renaissance France, Moliere. We'l talk a bit about early French theater design, and the kingly love of theater that Louis the XIII and XIV shared, and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Alex Gendler: Why should you read "The Master and Margarita"?
The Devil has come to town. But don't worry– all he wants to do is stage a magic show. This absurd premise forms the central plot of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece, "The Master and Margarita." Its blend of political satire, historical...
TED Talks
Patrick Chappatte: A free world needs satire
We need humor like we need the air we breathe, says editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte. In a talk illustrated with highlights from a career spent skewering everything from dictators and ideologues to selfies and social media mobs,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding? | Jill Dash
After witnessing the atrocities of his fellow man in World War II, William Golding was losing his faith in humanity. Later, during the Cold War, as superpowers began threatening one another with nuclear annihilation, he was forced to...
Curated Video
Satire and Society
New ReviewThis video describes how poets use elements of satire to write poems.
Curated Video
The White Lotus miniseries on HBO ‘really stands out’ thanks to its ‘writing'
The White Lotus miniseries on HBO ‘really stands out’ thanks to its ‘writing'
Curated Video
Comedian Andrew Hunter Murray: ‘The political landscape is ripe for satire’
Comedian Andrew Hunter Murray: ‘The political landscape is ripe for satire’
Curated Video
Alex Jones pushes back after The Onion buys Infowars at auction
Satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website at a bankruptcy auction. The bid was backed by families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that Jones called a...
Curated Video
Beautiful, sexy and horrifying: Edgy female-led films take on ageism
Graphic body-horror comedy The Substance is just one of several subversive, female-led films getting buzz for how they confront ageism, sexism and what women go through to maintain their beauty and body image.
Curated Video
Weaving context into 'Animal Farm' essays
Pupil outcome: I can understand what context is and how to weave it into my responses. Key learning points: - Context refers to historical, social, literary and biographical information. - Context should not be presented as isolated...
Curated Video
Writing an open letter
Pupil outcome: I can write an open letter using emotive language, antithesis and satire. Key learning points: - Open letters are letter written to a particular person or group but which are made publicly available for all to read. -...
Curated Video
Writing humorously
Pupil outcome: I can identify and use a range of technique for creating humour. Key learning points: - When we satirise something, we use humour to criticise it. - Humorous writing involves carefully deploying specific writing...
Curated Video
You're TRULY Fluent in English if You Can Understand These
You are truly fluent in English if you can understand English humour. In this lesson we will look at wordplay (puns), one-liners, satire, knock knock jokes, and sarcasm. If you have any jokes you would like to share, please write it in...
Oxford Comma
Conclusion Paragraphs. HOW TO; EXAMPLES
Make your essay stand out from the crowd! Because it’s the most under-taught part of the writing process, the conclusion paragraph presents you with the best chance to quickly improve your writing.
Great Big Story
Tim hunkin, the Ingenious World of novelty automation
Dive into the whimsical universe of Tim Hunkin, a cartoonist and engineer who creates homemade arcade machines with a satirical twist.
Curated Video
The Taming of the Shrew 1.2 Performance: Hortensio, Lines 81-90
This video presents a performance from Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." In this passage, Hortensio elaborates on his proposal to help Petruchio find a wife, describing a wealthy, beautiful, yet exceedingly...
Great Big Story
Tim Hunkin, The Ingenious World of Novelty Automation
Dive into the whimsical universe of Tim Hunkin, a cartoonist and engineer who creates homemade arcade machines with a satirical twist.
Curated Video
Mark Twain
Known as the Father of American Literature, Mark Twain used satire and a sharp wit to explore and reveal the realities of US society in the 19th century. In doing so he developed an all-new “American style” of writing.
Curated Video
Satire
“Satire” describes the characteristics and purpose of satirical writing, using examples from British Literature.
Curated Video
Theme Development
A video entitled “Theme Development” which explores specific examples of how the theme of a personal narrative can be indirectly conveyed.
Hip Hughes History
Hustler Magazine vs Falwell: Supreme Court Review
An overview of the the landmark decision, Hustler Magazine vs Falwell. Done with as much grace as possible when you are talking about religious figures having sex with their mother.
Next Animation Studio
ESA’s Solar Orbiter to pass through tails of comet ATLAS
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has been given the rare opportunity to conduct some “bonus science” in a serendipitous rendezvous with the tails of the comet ATLAS during the next few days, the space agency detailed in an...
Next Animation Studio
NASA plans lunar base camp near Moon's South Pole
NASA has submitted plans for a lunar base camp near the Moon’s South Pole to the National Space Council as part of its Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon as early as the middle of this decade.
Next Animation Studio
Company wants to send tourists into the stratosphere using high-altitude balloon
A new company called Space Perspective wants to send tourists and research payloads up into the stratosphere in a pressurized capsule elevated by a large balloon.