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Instructional Video4:38
C-SPAN

On This Day: Emmett Till and the Rebirth of the Civil Rights Movement

7th - 12th Standards
The murder of Emmett Till, a boy accused of whistling at a white woman in the deep South in the 1950s, galvanized the civil rights movement. His open casket—revealing the ugly horror of racism—reignited a movement. Clips include an...
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Instructional Video5:30
TED-Ed

Meet The Frog That Barfs Up Its Babies

3rd - Higher Ed Standards
Ever heard of Gastric-brooding frogs? Probably not, because this frog is extinct. But scientists are trying to de-extinct this interesting frog that literally throws up its babies after they undergo metamorphosis in their mother's...
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Instructional Video3:52
TED-Ed

Why should you read “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan?

9th - Higher Ed
Amy Tan was surprised by the reception of her story of four Chinese families that immigrated to the San Francisco Bay area. The vignettes about the mothers who make up the Joy Luck Club, and their daughters, models the experiences of...
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Instructional Video
Curated OER

Global Grover: Animal Rescue

Pre-K - K
Grover has just gotten back from Australia and he has brought a clip. The clip shows a little girl who mother rescues animals. This would be a great career day video.
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Instructional Video5:24
Be Smart

Do Animals Mourn Their Dead?

6th - 12th Standards
Dolphin mothers whose babies have died have been photographed in the wild, holding their young above the water and staying with them for days in what scientists believe is a period of mourning. Viewers explore grief and the mourning...
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Instructional Video12:03
Crash Course

The Apocalypse: Crash Course World Mythology #23

7th - 12th
Beasts, dragons, natural disasters ... modern-day zombie thrillers just don't measure up to ancient apocalypse stories! The 23rd video from the Crash Course World Mythology series is all about the end of days. Scholars learn about...
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Instructional Video6:37
The School of Life

Philosophy - Sartre

11th - Higher Ed Standards
What does it mean to be free? Is freedom possible? What are is joy and anguish associated with freedom? A fascinating video details Jean-Paul Sartre's key ideas and insights about freedom.
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Instructional Video1:48
Curated OER

Marie Curie Biography

6th - 12th
Double-Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie is the subject of a brief mini-bio that provides an overview of her life and research accomplishments.
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Instructional Video4:56
American Chemical Society

How Do We Know the Age of the Earth?

9th - Higher Ed
Some 4.565 billion candles would be needed for a birthday cake for Earth. Young scientists view a video to learn about historical attempts to determine the age of Earth. They see how advances in radioactive dating led to the currently...
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Instructional Video6:44
The School of Life

Political Theory - Adam Smith

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Can capitalism have virtue? Adam Smith thinks so! The 12th video in a series of 13 discusses Smith's political and economic views. Pupils discover these concepts and more through primary source photographs and examples that relate to...
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Instructional Video4:24
American Chemical Society

How Seashells Are Made

9th - Higher Ed Standards
What do chalk and seashells have in common? They are both primarily calcium carbonate! Learn how sea creatures use crystalline structure to their advantage as they build their shell homes. An installment of a larger series on reactions...
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Instructional Video13:51
VOA Learning English

Paul Bunyan, an American Folk Tale

3rd - 8th Standards
Paul Bunyan was a big guy—but not as big as his story has grown to be! Young readers listen and read along to the enjoyable story of Paul Bunyan, his big blue ox Babe, and the amazing imprint they left along the American landscape.

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