Reading Through History
Biography Brief: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
http://readingthroughhistory.com/ This is a short biography of the Women's Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Transcript: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was a tireless, good-humored reformer who battled to increase the role women...
IT'S HISTORY
Jane Austen - A Biography of Pride and Prejudice I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Nowadays, Jane Austen is one of the world's most well known female authors. Just about everybody has heard of her books like Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. But when her books were published for the first time, her name was...
Reading Through History
Jimmy Carter Biography
Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory/ Check out our TpT store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Reading-Through-History *** Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, on October 1st, 1924. He was...
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Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast analyzes the presentation of the same event by different authors by comparing and contrasting the authors' viewpoints of the event.
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Jane Austen: What Did She Look Like? | Her Story & Face Revealed | Royalty Now
Jane Austen: What did she really look like? Facial Re-creations of the famous author of Pride and Prejudice & History Documentary. Timestamps: 0:00 Early Life & First Writings 3:28 First Love 5:22 Prolific Period 7:25 Time in Bath 10:58...
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Unraveling the Myth of Ernest Hemingway (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Here’s the problem with tackling Ernest Hemingway—Ernest Hemingway himself. While the iconic author is mostly known for his feats of literary prowess, from The Sun Also Rises to For Whom the Bell Tolls, to countless short stories—perhaps...
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Leo Lionni
Miss Palomine tells the student about the biography of Leo Lionni and gives examples of some of his best-loved storybooks.
Biography
Mark Twain - Writer | Mini Bio | BIO
Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to author several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures...
Biography
Oscar Wilde's Turbulent Love Life
Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England, known for his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. After...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Late, 1971-1976 - Paul Kildea and Mark Milhofer
'In the history of art late works are the catastrophes,' proposed Theodor Adorno. In this illustrated lecture Paul Kildea, author of the first major biography of Benjamin Britten in twenty years, disputes the narrative of decline that...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Early, 1913-1945 - Paul Kildea and Mark Milhofer
On the day Penguin publishes Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century, the first major biography of Britten in twenty years, author Paul Kildea traces the emergence of the greatest English musician of the last century. In this...
Reading Through History
History Brief: George Orwell
The following video provides a brief biography of the author known as George Orwell, including his childhood, young adult life, and writing career. For an educational unit on Orwell, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW *** Like our...
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On Being Archived: Will Self, Hanif Kureishi and Guests
Will Self’s archive includes drafts of novels, his cartoons, a full hard-drive, family documents and letters received from other writers. At this event he meets fellow author Hanif Kureishi, also archived at the Library. They explore the...
Life Noggin
1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?
What kind of future did the people of the 1950s predict? Did people get the tech they wanted? Watch more: Could You Handle Being An Adult In The 70s?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQwXGubNjg Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin |...
The Guardian
Charles Dickens's London with Simon Callow - the Guardian
On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, actor Simon Callow - author of a new biography of Dickens - walks us through some of the London locations that were important to him, from the Strand -- where Dickens's parents married...
The Guardian
Comandante Hugo Chavez dies: controversial Venezuelan president remembered
Comandante Hugo Chavez dies: controversial Venezuelan president remembered Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Hugo Chavez had died aged 58 after a long battle against cancer. Rory Carroll, author of a new biography...
The Cynical Historian
Woodrow Wilson (pt.1) | Historians Who Changed History
Time to finally tell you why I've Woodrow Wilson as a bit of a rhetorical punching bag. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. This part will cover his life and scholarship before the presidency. It's going to be quite a trip. Part 2:...
World Science Festival
The Moth: With a Little Help From My Dad - Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman recounts his transition from scientist to writer, with a little help from his dad. Scientists, writers, and artists take to the stage to tell stories about their personal relationship to science. The result is a collection...
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Ron Chernow: Washington & Hamiltons Relationship
This video segment is part of an interview with Mr. Ron Chernow, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of biographies on Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, and Dr. Douglas Bradburn, Founding Director of the Washington Library at Mount...
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Washington & Hamilton: Contemplating a New Government
This video segment is part of an interview with Mr. Ron Chernow, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of biographies on Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, and Dr. Douglas Bradburn, Founding Director of the Washington Library at Mount...
Gresham College
Did George Sand Write like a Woman? - Professor Belinda Jack
Who better than the author of an highly regarded biography to discuss the writing of George Sand? Belinda Jack here answers questions of gender and literature; did George Sand have a feminine voice, is there such a thing and does it...
The Royal Institution
Einstein's Greatest Mistake - with David Bodanis
Albert Einstein is widely considered to be the greatest genius of all time. But in the final decades of his life, he was mostly ignored by his colleagues. Writer David Bodanis explores the genius and hubris of the titan of modern...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Middle, 1945-1970 - Dr Paul Kildea
The success of Peter Grimes caught Britten by surprise. It gave him enormous capital, but for the most part he chose to spend it outside London, away from the emerging music institutions the new Labour government was determined would...
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Susan Campbell - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard Massa
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
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