Crash Course
PC Gaming: Crash Course Games
Today, we're FINALLY going to talk about PC Gaming. So the personal computer is the precursor to the console, but it's not quite accurate to say that it just led to the console. PCs and the video games created on them have and continue...
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Board Games: Crash Course Games
Today, we're going to talk about board games, but instead of trying to trace their histories, which we've already covered a bit of in ep2 on ancient games, we're going to look really closely at just two board games - Monopoly and The...
SciShow
Do Animals Appreciate Music?
Animals might be music lovers, but how can we know? Is the ability to perceive and appreciate music a shared human and animal experience?
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English Theater After Shakespeare: Crash Course Theater #17
This week on Crash Course Theater, Shakespeare is dead. Long live Shakespeare. Well, long live English theater, anyway. Actually, it's about to get banned. Anyway, we're discussing where English theater went post-1616. We'll talk about...
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Open World Games: Crash Course Games
Today we're going to talk about open world games. Open world games are different than most video games because although they often have goals and tasks, they usually encourage what is known as ��_emergent stories.��_ These are...
TED Talks
La place de la femme dans l'espace public
La place de la femme dans l'espace public Au milieu de travail, l'égalité des sexes et l'équité ne sont pas les mêmes, explique l'entrepreneuse Marie Treppoz. Elle encourage les entreprises à mettre en place des aménagements spécifiques...
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Dances to Flute Music and Obscene Verse. It's Roman Theater, Everybody: Crash Course Theater #5
Today, Mike Rugnetta takes you from our beginnings in ancient Greek theater, and moves on to the development of Roman theater. Which, it turns out, is A LOT like Greek theater. Because the Romans were real Grecophiles, they modeled their...
PBS
Are Mashups the End of Music Genres?
Some of the best things to be found on the internet are music mashups! It's a strangely pleasing experience to listen to totally unrelated artists commingling on the same music track. Mashups are awesome because they break genre...
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Rap and Hip Hop: Crash Course Black American History #47
Music is an integral part of Black American culture. Today, Clint Smith will teach you about rap & hip hop, and the cultural significance of artists including Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, N.W.A., Queen...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding? | Jill Dash
After witnessing the atrocities of his fellow man in World War II, William Golding was losing his faith in humanity. Later, during the Cold War, as superpowers began threatening one another with nuclear annihilation, he was forced to...
Curated Video
Genres
New ReviewThis video, entitled "Genres," explains and describes different genres of poetry.
Curated Video
Parody and Spoof
New ReviewA video entitled "Parody and Spoof" which analyzes parody and spoof.
Curated Video
How to Shuffle Genres while DJing
Howcast - Learn how to shuffle genres in this Howcast DJ video with Rock and Soul DJ School.
Curated Video
3 Manga Drawing Tips
Howcast - Learn three manga drawing tips from art instructor Chris Hart in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
What Is Beatboxing?
Howcast - Learn what beatboxing is in this Howcast video with Beatboxer Entertainment.
Curated Video
What Is Reggae Dancehall?
Howcast - Learn about reggae dancehall from the founders of Str8FramYaad Dancehall Aerobics in this Howcast dance video.
Curated Video
Animal Farm: Orwell’s structural and stylistic choices
Pupil outcome: I can explain why Orwell has made specific choices about structure and style. Key learning points: - Orwell uses a simple and detached style to get his message across. - Orwell uses and subverts the conventions of a fairy...
Curated Video
Exploring the genre of fairy tales in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Pupil outcome: I can name the features of a traditional tale. Key learning points: - Traditional tales are stories that are retold again and again and can be retold in different ways. - Some traditional tales have magical aspects such as...
Curated Video
Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through personal reflection
Pupil outcome: I can understand my reader identity by reflecting on my reading experiences. Key learning points: - Reader identity is a reflection on who you are as a reader and why you read. - Reading is a very personal experience; it...
Curated Video
Understanding the genre of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how I know that ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a comedy. Key learning points: - The First Folio divides Shakespeare’s plays into tragedies, histories and comedies. - An additional genre - tragicomedies - has...
Curated Video
'A Christmas Carol': a Victorian ghost story
Pupil outcome: I can explain why Dickens used the ‘ghost story’ genre to underpin his didactic message. Key learning points: - Dickens was influential in establishing the ghost story as a popular genre in the Victorian period. - Dickens...
Curated Video
Introducing the Gothic in 'Jekyll and Hyde'
Pupil outcome: I can understand how Stevenson conforms to, and subverts, Gothic conventions in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Key learning points: - Gothic fiction is fascinated by strange places, yet Stevenson sets his story in London. - The figure...
Curated Video
Developing reading skills by responding to Murakami's 'After Dark'
Pupil outcome: I can apply effective reading skills to an unseen fiction text. Key learning points: - We can use context to help us make predictions about the text. - We can use other words in the sentence to help us clarify meaning of...