Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn...

Howcast -Learn how to avoid misplaced modifiers from Gotham Writers' Workshop instructor Stephanie Paterik in this Howcast grammar video.

The sacred cave temples. These subterranean sanctuaries, hewn from solid rock, served as places of worship, meditation, and monastic life for centuries. This video will explore the depths of these remarkable spaces, their unique...

Discover Claudette Colvin's courageous 1955 bus protest, predating Rosa Parks, in Montgomery.<br/>

In this video, children learn about the importance of personal hygiene and how to fight germs. They discover that bacteria and microbes are otherwise known as germs and that good personal hygiene habits, such as washing hands and taking...

English ESL teachers and ESL students will love our Insects and Bugs Guessing Game video. Teachers or parents can make this into a fun guessing game if they choose. There are 10 insects (9 insects + 1 spectacular bonus insect at the...

Discover Claudette Colvin's courageous 1955 bus protest, predating Rosa Parks, in Montgomery.

This video presents a staged series of interviews with key characters from Act 3, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," including Hamlet, Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern. It delves into their personal perspectives and motives,...

English conversation lesson about how to respond appropriately to hearing bad news. Speaking gambits and examples.

This live-action video program is about the word carnivore. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word carnivore through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...

Residents of Batlow on the south west slopes of New South Wales have begun to assess the damage.

The ‘70s were a big decade for Lucifer. The Exorcist came out in late ‘73, Anton LaVey was really feeling himself with the growing popularity of his Church of Satan, and his book, The Satanic Bible, was really hitting its stride. This...

VS US Soldier delivering sermon (unconfirmed) w/ Bible in hand, other

soldiers gathered around for prayer, religious service, on Iwo Jima beach / VS US Marines examining water pipes set up along Iwo Jima beach, checking distillation...

MOT 1939: US TERRITORY OF GUAM: Silhouette of man throwing fishing net into water w/ palm tree FG. Indigenous people praying in church. Priest. Spanish-American War cannon. Chamorro (Mariana Islands Indigenous people) U.S. Navy sailors...

After watching this lesson, you will be able to support your discussion of Hamlet’s themes with detailed textual analysis!<br/>
This lesson unpacks quotes from characters other than Hamlet, including Claudius, Gertrude and Ophelia.

John L. Stanizzi is the author of the chapbook, Windows. His full length collections are Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall Antrim House Books, and After the Bell, and Hallelujah Time!, Big Table Publishing...

On Safari with Nala - Praying Mantis

MS US General Holland McTyeire Smith (aka 'Howlin' Mad') (L), Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, & General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (R) standing on deck of ship talking / LA WS Flags flying on ship, including US flag / VS...

How did Dr. Vecht come to have a certain stamp and what was unique about it? Why is it important for himie to tell these stories?<br/>
Voices of the Victims: Romeo Vecht, Part 2

Homes remained bone-dry into Friday morning, as the Department of Environmental protection began inspecting the leak.

The NYPD is still searching for a man they say entered the Muslim Community Center on East 28th and Voorhies Avenue, where he stole that jacket with a wallet that had $700 and six credit cards.

A shooter opened fire on students attending Mass on the third day of school, authorities said. The assailant fired through the school's chapel windows at students sitting in pews and then committed suicide, officials said. The children...

Nicole Jones says the past three days have been "a nightmare."

An enormous fire engulfed Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral on Monday evening, destroying most of the 800-year-old wooden structure and leading to the collapse of its main spire.



The blaze was a shocking...