Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

The Art, History, and Symbolism of Tattoos

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video5:58
Oxford Comma

Depressing or Romantic: Because I Could Not Stop for Death

9th - 12th
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.
Instructional Video13:41
Curated Video

Picasso’s Guernica: Great Art Explained

9th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video13:07
Schooling Online

English Essentials - English Basics - Structuring Paragraphs (PEEL, PETAL, TEAL) (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)

3rd - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video13:17
Englishing

ESL - Literary Devices 2 (Alliteration, Imagery, Oxymoron, Hyperbole and Symbolism)

9th - Higher Ed
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,...
Instructional Video30:30
Wonderscape

Literature Kids: Exploring Figures of Speech

K - 5th
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....
Instructional Video5:33
PBS

The Valley of Ashes — The Great Gatsby

9th - 12th Standards
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...
Interactive4:44
PBS

The Symbolism of Sunflower Seeds in Ghost

5th - 7th Standards
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...
Instructional Video5:15
TED-Ed

Why Is This Painting so Shocking?

9th - 12th Standards
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.
Instructional Video4:06
TED-Ed

Frida Kahlo: The Woman Behind the Legend

6th - 12th Standards
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.
Instructional Video12:26
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Crash Course

Dada, Surrealism, and Symbolism: Crash Course Theater #37

9th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video13:09
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Crash Course

Symbolism, Realism, and a Nordic Playwright Grudge Match: Crash Course Theater #33

9th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video5:59
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?

11th - Higher Ed Standards
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...
Instructional Video8:21
Crash Course

Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2

11th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Identifying Symbols

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze a Symbol in a Text'

11th - 12th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize development of theme by analyzing a symbol in the text. [6:20]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze a Symbol in a Text'

11th - 12th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to analyze symbols by connecting figurative language with the meaning of a text. [6:32]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Courbet, the Artist's Studio

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Iconography!

9th - 10th
This lesson will explore the idea of iconography and how it is used as a tool in art historical analysis and interpretation.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Pre Raphaelites and Symbolism: Lesson 2

9th - 10th
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."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Arbitrary Symbolism: Lesson 2

9th - 10th
A screencast lesson introducing arbitrary symbolism. A three-questions quiz to check for understanding is also available. [3:58]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Identifying Symbols

9th - 10th
This lesson explains how to identify symbols in fiction writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [9:26] with the lesson's content.