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Curated Video
The Art, History, and Symbolism of Tattoos
Explore the cultural significance, historical origins, and various application methods of tattoos. Dive into the symbolism and meaning of tattoos across different cultures, and understand the medical purposes they can serve. From rites...
Oxford Comma
Depressing or Romantic: Because I Could Not Stop for Death
A reading, summary, and analysis of Emily Dickinson's, "Because I could not stop for Death." This video explores how Dickinson takes a creepy concept, dying, and turns it into a date set to an upbeat tune.
Curated Video
Picasso’s Guernica: Great Art Explained
Guernica is the most famous anti-war painting in history, and Picasso’s best-known work. It has gone from a piece that was created in protest at the horrific bombing of a small village in northern Spain, to an icon and a universal...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - English Basics - Structuring Paragraphs (PEEL, PETAL, TEAL) (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Learning about techniques is all well and good, but how do you actually write about them?
Luckily, there is a secret formula – structured PEEL paragraphs! We’ll break down the components of PEEL paragraphs and touch on similar...
Luckily, there is a secret formula – structured PEEL paragraphs! We’ll break down the components of PEEL paragraphs and touch on similar...
Englishing
ESL - Literary Devices 2 (Alliteration, Imagery, Oxymoron, Hyperbole and Symbolism)
This is the second video lesson on literary devices. Mr. P. has published another video on literary devices on metaphors, simile, personification and onomatopoeia. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will discuss alliteration, imagery,...
Wonderscape
Literature Kids: Exploring Figures of Speech
This video is a teacher explaining different figures of speech, including symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox, and pun. The teacher provides examples and explanations for each figure of speech and how they are used in literature....
PBS
The Valley of Ashes — The Great Gatsby
The Valley of Ashes, the billboard advertising Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, and Wilson's garage are haunting symbols that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses to bring into focus the dark side of the American Dream. A resource from the PBS American Masters...
PBS
The Symbolism of Sunflower Seeds in Ghost
Ghost by Jason Reynolds is a coming-of-age book that resonates with teenagers who have experienced childhood trauma. Explore the novel with an interactive resource that focuses on the author's use of symbolism, particularly with...
TED-Ed
Why Is This Painting so Shocking?
Guernica stands as a masterpiece of anti-war art. The narrator of a short video examines the images in Picasso's massive, complex, and disturbing painting and offers an explanation of what the images may symbolize.
TED-Ed
Frida Kahlo: The Woman Behind the Legend
Frida Kahlo: Artist, political activist, champion of Mexican folk culture. Introduce your students to this amazing woman with a short video that details her life, her passions, and her vibrant paintings.
Crash Course
Dada, Surrealism, and Symbolism: Crash Course Theater #37
Video 37 in the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist discusses surrealism, as well as symbolism and dadaism in the world of theater. Playwrights the narrator discusses include Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Fort, Lugne Poe, and Andre...
Crash Course
Symbolism, Realism, and a Nordic Playwright Grudge Match: Crash Course Theater #33
Two European playwrights of the nineteenth century shared a love of theater—but also happened to be enemies. Viewers learn of the differences between Henrik Isben of Norway and August Strindberg of Sweden and how their rivalry changed...
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?
What is Bloomsday? Why would thousands travel to Dublin on this day to visit sites depicted in a novel that is ridiculously hard to read? Why even bother with reading such a book? Find out by viewing a short video that suggests the...
Crash Course
Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2
In Part 2 of a course on The Catcher in the Rye, the narrator examines J.D. Salinger's life and considers how the author's experiences during World War II may have influenced his portrayal of Holden Caulfield. How Salinger creates...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Symbols
This video lesson focuses on identifying symbols in fiction writing; symbols suggest meaning and should be noticeable in the text. It discusses a three-step method for identifying them.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze a Symbol in a Text'
In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize development of theme by analyzing a symbol in the text. [6:20]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze a Symbol in a Text'
In this lesson, you will learn how to analyze symbols by connecting figurative language with the meaning of a text. [6:32]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Courbet, the Artist's Studio
This video spotlights Gustave Courbet's "The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory Summing Up Seven Years of My Life as an Artist". View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss this historical painting.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Iconography!
This lesson will explore the idea of iconography and how it is used as a tool in art historical analysis and interpretation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Pre Raphaelites and Symbolism: Lesson 2
This lesson will provide an overview of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Symbolist movement in art. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Pre-Raphaelites and Symbolism."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Arbitrary Symbolism: Lesson 2
A screencast lesson introducing arbitrary symbolism. A three-questions quiz to check for understanding is also available. [3:58]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Identifying Symbols
This lesson explains how to identify symbols in fiction writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [9:26] with the lesson's content.