A summary of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 including a look at John Hinkley Jr and the effects of the shooting.

Nick Higgins is the Chief Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library in charge of public service across Brooklyn. In concert with other members of the senior management team Nick leads the leads the development of transformative library...

Have you ever thought about what school options look like for the deaf and hard of hearing? In this video I give you a breakdown of all of those options.



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Learn ASL sentence structure with this lesson on Topic Comment. American Sign Language Grammar is just as important as the vocabulary. This lesson is a great start in understanding how to take the signs and words you know and put them in...

Are you learning tons of signs and ready to put them to practice? In this video I'm teaching you ASL phrases you need to know. The best way to learn sign language is with others. Consider taking one of our courses or joining our...

Sarah talks about her experience with losing her hearing at the age of 4 from spinal meningitis. She grew up oral and later learned ASL in college.

The Hurricane of 1900 striking Galveston, Texas, is known as the deadliest weather disaster in the United States. An estimated 8,000 people were killed by a hurricane that arrived with little notice, leaving over 10,000 people homeless,...

On a trip to a border city in Texas, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration's ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon's...

On a trip to a border city in Texas, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration's ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon's...

Situated in Central Texas along the Colorado River is a city known for its eclectic style and diverse culture. As the capital of Texas, Austin is home to a music, art and food centered community that has shaped the city into one of the...

Dallas, Texas August 22, 1984 Protesters marched through the streets, destroyed property, spray-painted walls, broke windows, and threw dirty diapers and beer cans just outside of the Republican National Convention. Someone stole an...

Tyler, Texas 1975 Under the leadership of James Plyler, the Tyler Independent School District begins charging $1,000 a year for unauthorized immigrant students to attend school there. It had justified this decision by a recent Texas law...

The 15th Presidential election in American history took place from Friday, November 1, to Wednesday, December 4, 1844. This was the last presidential election to be held on different days in different states. All future presidential...

Austin, Texas 1851 As promised in the Compromise of 1850, the United States Congress pays the state of Texas $10 million in bonds. Flash forward to February 1, 1861, and both Texas citizens and members of the Texas state legislature vote...

Yesterday's election results have a lot of impact on health care in the United States. The new Democratic House of Representatives and the ACA, expansion of Medicaid in red states, and medical and recreational marijuana are all affected...

Situated in Central Texas along the Colorado River is a city known for its eclectic style and diverse culture. As the capital of Texas, Austin is home to a music, art and food centered community that has shaped the city into one of the...

One in five North Texas children live in poverty and more than a quarter million are hungry. A recent report by Children’s Health, a hospital network in Dallas, found that children living in poverty are seven times more likely to be in...

Mexican Fruit Fly Texas Short

In the first episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat explains one of the most controversial cases in American history- Roe v. Wade. A young woman named Norma McCorvey was single, pregnant, and scared about her future. She wanted an...

Upon viewing the Exploring Grassland Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: Describe some of the basic characteristics of grasslands: - grasslands receive 25 to 75 centimeters of rain a year - grazing by large...

The 56th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 2008. This was the first election in which I voted in the primaries, and there were a lot of exciting candidates to vote for. But first, let's see how George W....

Martin Van Buren was an interesting fellow. He was the first president born after American independence from Britain, so he was the first president actually born an American citizen. Also, he was the first president of non-British...

Construction has begun on a solar plant in North Texas that will become the largest facility of its kind in the U.S.

Hurricane Harvey rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, before making landfall in Texas, as one the strongest hurricanes there in over 50 years. The high wind quickly faded after landfall, but the rain continued as the storm...