Instructional Video4:48
The Guardian

Exclusive: mother of Saudi teenager scheduled for crucifixion | Guardian interviews

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In an exclusive interview for the Guardian, the mother of Ali al-Nimr, the Saudi teenager on death row who is scheduled for crucifixion, speaks for the very first time about her family's ordeal....
Instructional Video1:00
One Minute History

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
Pripyat, Ukraine. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers are tasked with conducting a safety test of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the third shift engineers on duty have not been...
Instructional Video1:00
One Minute History

104 Chernobyl Disaster - One Minute History

12th - Higher Ed
Pripyat, Ukraine. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers are tasked with conducting a safety test of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the third shift engineers on duty have not been...
Instructional Video1:24
Curated Video

Controlled Burns: Safely Clearing Forest Hazards and Promoting Regeneration

3rd - 12th
Controlled burns are intentionally set fires conducted by professionals in the Forest Service to safely clear out hazardous wildfire fuel and promote forest rejuvenation. Scheduled during favorable weather conditions, these burns not...
Instructional Video6:19
The Guardian

'Fighting to love freely': counterprotesters dwarf white supremacy rally at White House

Pre-K - Higher Ed
More than 1,000 counterprotesters gathered near the White House in Washington DC on Sunday to rally against a scheduled Unite the Right rally. The demonstration was held on the first anniversary of a white supremacist rally in...
Instructional Video15:31
Curated Video

GR as Postmodern - Gravity's Rainbow #4

9th - 11th
The passage I read in the video is on page 427 in the Vintage 2013 edition of GR (previous editions will likely find it a few pages sooner): He will spend twelve hours then, face-up on the desert, a prehistoric city greater than Babylon...
Instructional Video18:59
Curated Video

Pynchon Fatigue? - Gravity's Rainbow #3

9th - 11th
The study on trauma mentioned in the video is Alan Gibbs' Contemporary American Trauma Narratives. You'll find it in the library of a college close to you, or you can get it on The Book Depository (yep I'm an
Instructional Video17:51
Curated Video

Pynchon & Germany - Gravity's Rainbow #6

9th - 11th
The essay I mention early in the video is Steven Weisenburger's chapter "Gravity's Rainbow" from the Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon. My discussion of German culture in Pynchon references and is informed by David Cowart's Thomas...
Instructional Video11:03
Grunge

The Worst Part Of The Chernobyl Disaster Isn't What You Thought

9th - 11th
On April 26th, 1986, there was a catastrophic accident at the USSR's nuclear power plant near Chernobyl. Despite the couple of immediate deaths caused by the explosion, other effects of the disaster were arguably much worse. Here are...
Instructional Video0:38
Next Animation Studio

Darfur yellow fever outbreak kills nearly 100

12th - Higher Ed
An outbreak of Yellow fever has killed nearly 100 people over the past six weeks in Sudan's Darfur region. The disease is spread by mosquitoes and symptoms are fever, vomiting, bleeding and in some cases death. The WHO estimates that...
Instructional Video12:48
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Crash Course

The Birth of Off Broadway: Crash Course Theater #47

9th - 12th Standards
Many Broadway shows, including Hamilton, got their start off the infamous street. Video 47 from the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist focuses on the creation of Off-Broadway theater. Discussion centers around specific theaters and...