Instructional Video4:22
Curated Video

When Music and Cultural Heritage Combine, You Get the Young Students of INTEMPO

3rd - Higher Ed
In a sun-filled church in Stamford, Connecticut, a small group of young students sit with their musical instruments. Among them are many instruments you'd expect to see in a classroom—like violins and...
Instructional Video15:17
TED Talks

TED: The enchanting music of sign language | Christine Sun Kim

12th - Higher Ed
Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of her life, that it was a hearing person's thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language...
Instructional Video15:14
TED Talks

TED: A one-man musical phenomenon | Jacob Collier

12th - Higher Ed
Jacob Collier is a one-man band and force of nature. In a dynamic, colorful performance, he recreates the magical room at his home in London where he produces music, performing three songs in which he sings every part and plays every...
Instructional Video12:47
TED Talks

Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego: "Top Knot Turn Up" / "Bad Habits"

12th - Higher Ed
"Music is so much more than sound simply traveling through the ear," says sign language interpreter Amber Galloway-Gallego. In a spirited performance, musician and activist Madame Gandhi plays two songs -- "Top Knot Turn Up" and "Bad...
Instructional Video6:42
Two Minute Music Theory

The ART of Music Theory

12th - Higher Ed
Music theory is often confused as being mostly about identification, but really - it's more about interpretation. Music Theory is an art. And it's an artform that is both valuable and practical for all musicians throughout their...
Instructional Video16:11
Curated Video

Is 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X real country music? (feat. Blanco Brown)

12th - Higher Ed
It’s often been said that music is a universal language. So why was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X initially removed from the country Billboard charts? Hallease and Evelyn use this hit record to talk about the business of music and how it...
Instructional Video16:01
PBS

Is 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X real country music? (feat. Blanco Brown)

12th - Higher Ed
It’s often been said that music is a universal language. So why was “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X initially removed from the country Billboard charts? Hallease and Evelyn use this hit record to talk about the business of music and how it...
Instructional Video6:06
Curated Video

Exploring Popular Culture: From Music to Fashion and Art

Pre-K - 3rd
In this video, Nova takes kids on an exploration of popular culture, including pop art, pop music, and fashion trends throughout different decades. They learn about the influence of popular culture on society and how it evolves. The...
Instructional Video8:32
Curated Video

Exploring Pop Art and Culture: Connecting Through Interconnectedness

Pre-K - 3rd
This video explores the world of pop art and culture, highlighting its importance in connecting people and celebrating everyday objects. It introduces key concepts such as interconnectedness and accessibility, emphasizing that pop art is...
Instructional Video5:04
Curated Video

Deaf Choreographer Creates Touching Ballet For Deaf And Hearing Communities Alike

3rd - Higher Ed
BalletNext's search for innovation led the New York City-based company and its Artistic Director Michele Wiles to a first-of-its-kind production, a ballet called "Follin."



"Follin" is a performance that...
Instructional Video16:52
TED Talks

Es Devlin: Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology

12th - Higher Ed
It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work -- including iconic...
Instructional Video4:39
NativLang

My Scars: a personal story about what language meant to me

9th - 11th
It's time I share a bit more about me, about my early life, and how language distracted me from my scars. Become my patronf='https://www.patreon.com/NativLang/overview' tlanguageblank' rel='nofollow'>patron I talk much more about...
Instructional Video12:30
NativLang

Altaic: Rise and Fall of a Linguistic Hypothesis

9th - 11th
Languages throughout Asia are startlingly similar, but are they all part of one huge family? Thus began the biggest fight in the history of historical linguistics. Subscribe for
Instructional Video8:57
NativLang

The Caucasus: Mountains Full of Languages

9th - 11th
This region has a new language around every mountain. Over 50 languages and 7 language families! Learn why the Caucasus is one of the world's language hot zones. Subscribe for
Instructional Video6:51
NativLang

Euroversals - Are all European languages alike?

9th - 11th
Europe is full of languages! Actually, it may be full of ONE kind of language... Meet Standard Average European! Subscribe for language'https:patronyoutube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang' target='_blank'...
Instructional Video7:42
NativLang

What Montezuma's Aztec Sounded Like - and how we know

9th - 11th
The Aztecs didn't call him Montezuma. Nor Moctezuma. They didn't call chocolate "chocolate". Heck, they didn't even call themselves Aztec! Though they were an oral culture, we have an idea of what their language really sounded like....
Instructional Video0:55
NativLang

Code Meets Language - a short series with CompChomp

9th - 11th
We're teaming up to explore the intriguing intersection between computer programming and natural language! Jessica ( asks us: Are computer languages really...
Instructional Video6:34
NativLang

What Shakespeare's English Sounded Like - and how we know

9th - 11th
Botched rhymes, buried puns and a staged accent that sounds more Victorian than Elizabethan. No more! Use linguistic sleuthing to dig up the surprisingly different sound of the bard's Early Modern English. Subscribe for
Instructional Video15:14
NativLang

OSV: Why is this word order so rare in languages?

9th - 11th
There are six basic word orders. Which languages have different ones and where? Why is this one so rare? Sources=Support//docs.google.com/document/d/1W9zHIS1T34aq2giAwWev1HKZkJ2_8gIyvfub96mOvSk/' target='_blank'...
Instructional Video17:03
NativLang

Why is this the most popular word order across languages? – SOV

9th - 11th
When languages around the world build a basic sentence, 43% arrange the words this way: subject - object - verb. Who does this? (Hint: not English!) How is it unique? Why is it so popular? Subscribe for
Instructional Video18:48
NativLang

New Guinea - lessons from a cradle of agriculture and languages

9th - 11th
This island is home to bananas, sugarcane and more languages than anywhere else. Watch how words, crops and people connect in a place now known to be an original cradle of agriculture.
Instructional Video1:39
National Theatre

'The Oresteia' (1981): Music and Language

9th - 12th
This film was created for our online exhibit on Greek theatre productions at the National Theatre='http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/greek-drama-at-the-national-theatre/gQY_KfFn' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Theatre...
Instructional Video8:31
Institute of Art and Ideas

Language and Philosophy

Higher Ed
The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...
Instructional Video50:12
Institute of Art and Ideas

The Word and the World (long form version)

Higher Ed
The power of words is a wonder, and language perhaps our greatest skill. Yet the gap between the sound of a bell and its description is huge. Are the limits to language so profound that the big questions of science and philosophy are...