Curated Video
Marco Polo For Kids
Learn about Marco Polo, the Italian merchant, who traveled Asia to become one of the earliest European explorers to learn about its culture and people and return to write about it.
Weird History
Who Was Marco Polo?
The biography of Marco Polo tells the story of one of the most famous explorers of all time. Leaving Venice with his father and uncle, he spent 24 years going all the way from Israel to China, where he lived for 17 years. His life story...
Hip Hughes History
Marco Polo Explained: World History Review
A super quick overview lecture introducing students to Marco Polo and why he was so darn important in the context of World History.
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Perfecting Poetry - Soundscapes and Imagery (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
Poetry can be puzzling. But we’ll help you piece it together! In this second lesson, we’ll unravel soundscapes, imagery, figurative language, tone and voice. Afterwards, you’ll have some handy new tools to help you understand and analyse...
Oxford Comma
Drugs and Poetry: Kubla Khan
Inspiration can be cruel, and artists often feel lost without it. And when it won't show up, which will happen, creative types turn to a myriad of restorative methods: running, isolation, reading, and, most infamously, drugs. But while...
Schooling Online
English Essentials – Perfecting Poetry – Purpose, Forms and Structure of Poetry (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
What makes poetry so special? Watch our first lesson on Perfecting Poetry to find out.
We’ll introduce some ‘big picture’ techniques relating to poetic form and structure. You’ll learn all about different types of stanzas, rhyme schemes...