News Clip1:36
Bloomberg

Disney Becomes A Barometer for The Economic Reopening

Higher Ed
May.12 -- Disney is set to release its earnings after the U.S. closing bell on Thursday. The company's businesses cross various sectors, including sports, travel, lodging, entertainment and media. Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde drills down...
News Clip6:33
Bloomberg

Kenzo Paris Japan's Okochi on LGBTQ Equality in Japan

Higher Ed
Motoki Okochi, president at Kenzo Paris Japan, discusses his views on the social and corporate advocacy for LGBTQ rights in Japan and shares his own experience. He speaks with Bloomberg's Haidi Stroud-Watts and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg...
News Clip6:00
Bloomberg

IMF Warns of Global Debt Risks Amid Low Interest Rates

Higher Ed
Oct.17 -- Vitor Gaspar, director of fiscal affairs department at IMF, and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Jason Furman discuss global fiscal policy and the IMF's latest Global Financial Stability Report. They speak on "Bloomberg...
News Clip4:08
Bloomberg

Private Equity Will Continue to Grow as Public Markets Shrink, Says Pantheon's Steers

Higher Ed
Mar.03 -- Helen Steers, Partner at Pantheon, discusses private equity themes accelerated by the pandemic. She speaks with Francine Lacqua on "Bloomberg Surveillance: Early Edition."
News Clip3:02
Bloomberg

Airbnb Revenue Forecast Exceeds Estimates

Higher Ed
Airbnb Inc. gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that easily surpassed Wall Street's estimates as the company sees "substantial demand" for travel heading into the busy summer season. Our crew on "Bloomberg Markets: The...
News Clip1:59
Bloomberg

Vaccine Investments Will Have Tremendous Return: IMF's Gaspar

Higher Ed
Apr.08 -- IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Director Vitor Gaspar says investing in Covid-19 vaccinations will lead to big benefits for the global economy. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
News Clip3:15
Curated Video

Progressives Reject Democratic Platform, Ready To Push Biden Left

Higher Ed
Behind the heavily choreographed primetime programming, progressives prepare to push Joe Biden to the left if he's elected.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Developing Research Questions

6th - 8th Standards
This YouTube video lesson focuses on developing research questions by choosing topics of personal interest; filtering them for theme, time, and place; and choosing questions that are debatable, plausible, and consequential.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles 1: What's in a Name?

9th - 10th
Students explore major themes and the importance of characterization in this excerpt from MASTERIECE's 2008 version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. When the young and naive Tess Durbeyfield first meets her "cousin," the...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles

9th - 10th
In this collection of these three video clips from MASTERIECE: Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," discover how the literary themes of love, honesty, and betrayal are conveyed in the film adaptation of Hardy's classic novel "Tess...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Let's Learn: Let's Share a Story: "Alfie"

Pre-K - 1st
Read "Alfie" with Emmy Weissman from NYC Children's Theater. This story, written by Thyra Heder, is about a girl and her pet turtle who disappears. [12:30]
Instructional Video
Other

The Only Way You Will Ever Need to Teach Theme [You Tube Video]

9th - 10th
Middle school teacher Sara Johnson describes how she teaches the concept of theme. This video combines a sound explanation of the term and some classroom techniques she uses to reinforce understanding with her students.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Motif

9th - 10th
Notes introducing and providing examples of motif. A chart also helps students understand the difference between motif, symbol, and theme. Examples are provided from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Ethan Frome by...
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine a Text's Central Idea by Analyzing the Author's Claims

9th - 10th Standards
In this video, you will learn how to determine an author's central idea by analyzing the author's claims. [3:51]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Infer an Author's Message

5th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to make inferences about an author's message by looking at character development. A slideshow and student handout are included with site login. [7:43]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine an Author's Message by Analyzing Character Development

11th - 12th Standards
In this video, you will learn how to determine an author's message by analyzing character development. RL.11-12.3 Auth choice story elem [5:56]
Instructional Video
Imagine Learning Classroom

Learn Zillion: Determine the Theme of a Myth

7th
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the theme of a myth by identifying its purpose. Login gives access to two additional videos. [2:58]
Instructional Video
Other

Flocabulary: Five Elements of a Story

4th - 8th Standards
A music video [3:42] about the five elements of a story: setting, plot, characters, conflict, and theme. Includes downloadable student handouts.
Instructional Video
EngageNY

Engage Ny: Grade 5 Ela: Theme of a Story Rl 5.1, Rl 5.2, Sl.5.1

5th Standards
In this teacher-modeled lesson with a fifth-grade class, students are guided in how to find text evidence that demonstrates the challenges the main character is facing, how to relate those challenges to the themes in the story, and how...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Theme

9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video [2:26] from WNET.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: The Civil War Era: Words Like Freedom

9th - 10th Standards
This video presents a "poetic concert" featuring the words of three African-American writers: Sojourner Truth, Naomi Long Madgett, and Nikki Giovanni. Included are teaching tips and additional background information. [8:10]
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Toys in Space by Mini Grey: Book Trailer

K - 1st
This video [0:37] is a book preview for Mini Grey's children's book entitled Toys in Space. A very silly (not-too-scary) story about losing a beloved toy. From ever-inventive, award-winning author-illustrator Mini Grey comes a hilarious...