Queen Victoria and her consort Albert have one of the most fascinating stories in English history. Victoria came to the throne at only 18, after a sheltered childhood. The handsome Albert of Saxe Coburg was an instant attraction for...

This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for lower-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of childhood. The subtitles are included at the bottom of the screen...

Stories about Jesus' birth are famous. But what about stories about Jesus' childhood? One early Christian text, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, invents some pretty crazy stories about the schoolboy Jesus. But what did this text mean for an...

This film explores some of the ways new communication technologies, such as mobile phones and surveillance software, impact on concepts of children and childhood in contemoprary societies.

Physics teacher Askhat Zhumabekov, from Nazarbayev Intellectual school of Physics and Mathematics, Semey, Kazakhstan, is a progressive educator who advocates a global viewpoint and differentiated learning techniques for each of his...

MOT 1950: SUPERVISED PLAYGROUND: Boys sitting on park bench cheering. MS Boy umpire trying to figure out which fingers to hold up, two strikes, three balls signal. Baseball game play, boy throwing ball, runner tagged out at home plate....

Discover how Dobson uses a childhood memory of meeting an old man to explore human connections.

An old man and a child gaze out over the landscape. A morning mist has spread out over the hills. The two individuals never talk – they...

As a child soldier in Sudan Emmanuel Jal was firing a gun when he was just nine. In an extraordinary turn of events Mr Jal swapped his AK-47 for a microphone and is now an international hip-hop star.

Kittens songs for kids: Three Little Kittens | Lyrics: Three little kittens lost their mittens playing in the grass. Oh, Mother, Mother we are sorry. The mittens we have lost. Oh no! Naughty kittens, please find your mittens! Or there's...

This video explores a classic observational study of non-traditional parenting. Bettelheim (1964) spent 7 weeks on a Kibbutz studying communal parenting.

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You'll end up having great conversations with friends and coworkers when you use today's native grammar structure! In this episode, we teach you how and share a very exciting invitation to our grammar and speaking course!

The rise of Hitler

The rise of Hitler

This is the real-life story of Chuck E. Cheese, the global pizza franchise - one of hubris, technological advancement, and the shifting entertainment tastes of the United States. What started as the brainchild of a video game guru...

The news cameras have largely moved on from Flint, MI, where government failures have resulted in elevated lead levels in the city's drinking water. But the effects on Flint's residents, particularly its children, may not show up until...

As the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolution and our country’s first president, George Washington was one of America’s most respected leaders. Washington spent his early years working on his family’s Virginia...

Access to healthcare in childhood has long term effects on health outcomes, but many children in the US are either uninsured or underinsured, meaning they often don’t have access to the care they need. Why is that and what can we do...

Human babies take a longer time to form attachments than other animals. This video introduces you to Schaffer and Emerson's (1964) four stages of attachment - based on their classic observational study of 60 children in Glasgow, Scotland.

C.S. Lewis part 7 of 11: The video explores the childhood home of CS Lewis in Little Lee, east Belfast, where he first started writing and creating stories with his brother. It also touches on the tragic loss of their mother and how it...

Here's a plain and simple look at life expectancy. Sure, we all are going to die. But at least we all now have a greater chance of living longer than ever before.

Throughout American history, young girls have worked in fields, factories and homes to provide for themselves and their families - and sacrificed their childhood. The same thing is still happening today.

Possibly the most famous experimental paradigm for exploring attachment in infants - Mary Ainsworth's (1969) Strange Situation places an infant in eight scenarios to observe their attachment behaviours.

The World is Coming Alive - Five Senses Song | Lyrics: I spy with my little eye a bird flying in the sky. I smell with my little nose a big, red, beautiful rose. I hear with my little ear the home team giving a cheer! Ba ba ba! The world...