Instructional Video2:24
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Joseph Ross "Martin Luther King - Epilogue"

Higher Ed
Joseph Ross is the author of four books of poetry: Raising King (forthcoming in 2020), Ache (2017), Gospel of Dust (2013), and Meeting Bone Man (2012). His poetry has appeared in a wide variety of publications including The New York...
Instructional Video4:45
National Theatre

Making Theatre in the Climate Crisis

9th - 12th
This video discusses the National Theatre's initiative to reduce their environmental impact through the use of recycled materials and collaborative efforts among different disciplines. It also showcases the design elements of the play...
Instructional Video0:39
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Where Go The Boats | CLASSIC | Robert Louis Stevenson

Pre-K - 5th
Where Go The Boats | CLASSIC POEM Poem performed by Michael Rosen Written by Robert Louis Stevenson
Instructional Video6:22
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Chapter 1 | You're Thinking About Tomatoes | STORY

Pre-K - 5th
You're Thinking About Tomatoes - Chapter 1 Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen. A sequel to the very popular ‘You're Thinking About Doughnuts’.
Instructional Video0:44
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

No one In - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
No One In - Read by Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser
Instructional Video6:57
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Randall Horton - Write and Wrong One Man's Journey

Higher Ed
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
Instructional Video2:49
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Elsa Elisabeth Jones "Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why) " by Nikki Giovanni

Higher Ed
Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Childhood Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As an Independent...
Instructional Video3:10
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Pat McLean-Smith “My Gift”

Higher Ed
Pat McLean-Smith, is a published poet and teaching artist. She is the author of two books of poetry and the recipient of several awards. Including 1st place for the Sonia Sanchez/Audre Lorde Poetry Competition, 2nd place for Judith Stark...
Instructional Video45:48
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Grabbed: Poets & Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing

Higher Ed
GRABBED: POETS & WRITERS on SEXUAL ASSAULT, EMPOWERMENT, and HEALING, is edited by inaugural poet Richard Blanco, Elisa Albo, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, and Nikki Moustaki (a.k.a. The Blue Room Collective). From engineer to educator, from...
Instructional Video2:51
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Leosia | POEM

Pre-K - 5th
Leosia | POEM This is a family story about someone who managed to escape the Holocaust.
Instructional Video1:12
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Harrybo's Grandad - Kid's Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Harrybo's Grandad - Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser
Instructional Video3:39
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Antoinette Brim-Bell - 'The Poet is Freed'

Higher Ed
Antoinette Brim, author of These Women You Gave Me, Icarus in Love and Psalm of the Sunflower, is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a...
Instructional Video4:48
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo - Teachers Make a Difference - Amaryliss Hawk

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video1:26
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bob Greenberg - 'This is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams'

Higher Ed
Bob Greenberg is the creator of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. He is a retired elementary school teacher. This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving...
Instructional Video3:42
Brainwaves Video Anthology

RuNett Nia Ebo "Media's News, Tomorrow's Blues"

Higher Ed
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
Instructional Video1:54
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ravi Shankar - Teachers Make a Difference - Dr. Jacobs & Lisa Russ Spaar

Higher Ed
Pushcart prize winning poet, translator and professor Ravi Shankar has published, edited or has forthcoming over 15 books, including the Muse India award-winning translations of 9th century Tamil poet/saint, Andal, 'The Autobiography of...
Instructional Video12:49
Oxford Comma

End of the World: The Second Coming

9th - 12th
Many are surprised to learnt that both a collection of essays about 1960s culture and the most famous Nigerian novel of all time both take their titles from an old Irish poem. Keep watching for a reading, summary, and analysis of William...
Instructional Video3:57
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Margaret Gibson - 'How Long The Long Winter'

Higher Ed
Connecticut Poet Laureate, Author, Professor Emerita “Margaret Gibson has created a voice and an art that connect the sensuous experience of the physical world with the inner life,” Pattiann Rogers has written. Nationally and...
Instructional Video2:25
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ciaran Berry - Teachers Make a Difference - Tom Walsh & Philip Levine

Higher Ed
Ciaran Berry is an Irish poet who has spent the last decade and a half living, writing, and teaching in the United States. His poetry collections are The Sphere of Birds (2008, Gallery Press/Southern Illinois University Press) and The...
Instructional Video2:05
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

May - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
May - Read by Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser
Instructional Video2:39
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Jibber Jabber | SONG | Sonsense Nongs

Pre-K - 5th
Jibber Jabber | SONG | Sonsense Nongs Song performed by Michael Rosen. Michael Rosen shows once again why he's known for being able to tune into exactly the kind of humour that makes children fall about with laughter. Sonsense Nongs are...
Instructional Video2:11
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Ellery My Son | SONG | Sonsense Nongs - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Ellery My Son | SONG | Sonsense Nongs - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Song performed by Michael Rosen Michael Rosen shows once again why he's known for being able to tune into exactly the kind of humour that makes children...
Instructional Video6:10
Oxford Comma

What You Need Before You Read: Twelfth Night

9th - 12th
Welcome to what you need before you read, the series where I attempt to inoculate you from boredom by injecting a little context and relevancy into you reading experience. For our inaugural episode, we’re looking at William Shakespeare’s...
Instructional Video5:49
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Lollipop Lady | Part 2 | STORY | NASTY

Pre-K - 5th
Lollipop Lady | Part 2 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.