Instructional Video2:17
Makematic

Take Action for No Poverty (Ages 5 - 11)

K - 8th
Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 1: No Poverty
Instructional Video2:53
Makematic

UN Global Goal 1: No Poverty (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty for teenage students
Instructional Video1:54
Makematic

UN Global Goal 14: Life Under Water (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Under Water for teenage students
Podcast3:39
KERA

Martin Luther King Jr. Inspires Service

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Since 1994, Americans have observed a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr on the third Monday in January. Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service. One group of volunteers in Dallas, Texas spent the...
Instructional Video2:27
Curated Video

Barbara Jordan: The Black Texan Politician who Broke the Glass Ceiling

9th - Higher Ed
At a time when women and people of colour were all but excluded from the US government, one woman stormed the corridors of power and made them her own. This is the story of Barbara Jordan, the African American from the South who defied...
Instructional Video2:09
Curated Video

John Rollin Ridge: the Native American Novelist Like No Other

9th - Higher Ed
We've had some great American Novelists? You've read some of them in school, right? But one writer you've probably never heard of is John Rollin Ridge, aka Yellow Bird: the first Native American to ever publish a novel about a fictitious...
Instructional Video2:20
Makematic

Take Action for Responsible Consumption and Production (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Instructional Video2:09
Makematic

Take Action for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Instructional Video2:12
Makematic

UN Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions for teenage students
Instructional Video2:06
Makematic

Take Action for Zero Hunger (Ages 5 - 11)

K - 8th
Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Instructional Video2:34
Makematic

Take Action for Life Below Water (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 14: Life Below Water
Instructional Video2:56
Makematic

Take Action for Clean Water and Sanitation (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Instructional Video2:30
Makematic

UN Global Goal 2: Zero Hunger (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger for teenage students
Instructional Video2:00
Makematic

Take Action for Decent Work and Economic Growth (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Instructional Video2:26
Makematic

UN Global Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation for teenage students
Instructional Video2:35
Makematic

UN Global Goal 4: Quality Education (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education for teenage students
Instructional Video2:25
Makematic

Take Action for Quality Education (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 4: Quality Education
Instructional Video2:04
Makematic

Take Action for Zero Hunger (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Instructional Video1:42
Makematic

Take Action for Good Health and Wellbeing (Ages 5 - 11)

K - 8th
Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
Instructional Video6:12
Curated OER

The Greensboro Sit-Ins

9th - 12th
Imagine an old 1960s diner. There's a long, L-shaped counter top and classic diner stools covered in vinyl dotting the counter space. Sounds like your typical diner, doesn't it? A piece of this diner now sits in The Smithsonian. Why?...
Instructional Video9:43
Curated OER

Little Rock Nine

9th - 12th
A compelling account of the Little Rock Nine, the first nine students to attend a desegregated school in Arkansas. Stills and video clips illustrate the tumultuous first year at Little Rock High School. Use this video to stir discussion...
Instructional Video13:09
Curated OER

The Freedom Rides

9th - 12th
"We're going on to New Orleans. No matter what happens, we're dedicated to this. We'll take hitting; we'll take beating. We're willing to accept death." In 1960, a group of students, both black and white, journeyed across the south and...
Instructional Video25:47
TED-Ed

SMU Commencement 2012

9th - 12th Standards
While being educated is undoubtedly a privilege, it also comes with great responsibility. Listen as former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice impresses upon her audience the responsibilities that members in a community of...
Instructional Video5:28
Curated OER

Freedom Summer

9th - 12th
"We came together because we had to." A group of 300 volunteers worked together to head down to Mississippi and help push the Civil Rights Movement. Learn about some of their struggles and discuss the idea of social responsibility with...