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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: An Ode to the Romance Novel
Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre. Its history is long and winding, and romance novels are full of tropes reflected upon its history. It has been the subject of intrigue, derision, and shame in...
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: How Fantasy Reflects Our World
Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic! Okay, there's some of that. But it's also a lens to what our society finds important to our pasts, our presents, and future. [5:59]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Why Did They Make Me Read This in High School?
What makes a book important? Why are some books required reading in high school, while others are lost to history? Check out this video essay. [5:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: The Case for Fan Fiction
For years writers of fan fiction were shamed, the butt of jokes, and even subject to copyright litigation. However, in the past few years, with the fan fiction writers of today becoming the published mainstream authors of today the past...
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: The Beauty and Anguish of Les Miserables!
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables is one of history's most famous novels and one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history. On this special episode of It's Lit! we explore how Les Miserable became both a national and revolutionary...
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: How Greek Mythology Inspires Us
Ancient Greek Mythology has worked its way into modern pop culture so deeply that it would be an almost Sisyphean task to compile every way it's manifested! [10:08]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Death as a Character
Death as a character reveals how we process one of life's greatest mysteries, and there's a lot more breadth to how the grim reaper is depicted than you might think. [8:57]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Feasts & Fiction: Famous Food in Literature
Food varies wildly from place to place and from culture to culture; since humans are such sensory creatures, using words to evoke the experience of eating is an excellent way to bring a text to life. [8:57]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Unreliable Narrators
Can an unreliable narrator help readers see the world through multiple lenses? Check out this video [7:35] to find out.
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Fear of Ghost...writing
What is ghostwriting and why does it exist? The answer is less frightening, but more complicated, than you'd think. [8:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
Get to know the story behind some of literature's most iconic book covers in the latest episode of It's Lit video essay. [7:43]
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Pbs Learning Media: It's Lit!: Why Sci Fi Is a Mirror on Society
While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries. Check out the origin of science fiction with Lindsay Ellis in this video. [6:09]
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Dr. Steve Silvestro: So Your Kid Wants a You Tube Channel
Before a child starts a YouTube channel and becomes a YouTube star, THIS is the conversation you need to have. [3:03]
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Watchwellcast: Safe Web Surfing: Top Tips for Kids and Teens Online
It's easy to forget that the information we put on social media is visible not only to our actual social circles, but to our friends' friends and their friends' friends. This video breaks down the importance of setting strict privacy...
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National Science Foundation: Opinion Polls & Random Sampling
During political elections, news organizations often use public opinion polls to help gauge which candidate is the front runner, and why. University of Michigan's Dr. Vincent Hutchings explains the science of random sampling that makes...
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Google: A Tour of Google Forms
An overview of Google Forms. Learn how to create a form, add questions, share your form with collaborators, send it to friends, and view responses to your form. [3:30]
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Tarver Academy: Online Classroom Video Etiquette: Zoom and Google Meet
This educator explains behavioral guidelines to follow when participating in or delivering online learning in Zoom or Google Meet. [6:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Ask Ruff Ruffman: Squeaky Toy Edition
Focusing on searching safely on the internet, the much-loved character Ruff Ruffman addresses some of the questions kids have about technology and media use. [2 min, 28 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Ask Ruff Ruffman: Monkey Boy Edition
Focusing on texting, the much-loved character Ruff Ruffman addresses some of the questions kids have about technology and media use. [2 min, 16 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Ask Ruff Ruffman: Poodle Edition
Hear advice on how to use search engines responsibly from the much-loved character Ruff Ruffman. [2 min, 3 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Searching and You!
Learn to use internet search engines like a detective. [3 min, 4 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Texting and You!
Watch Ruff Ruffman show that while texting can be fun, creative, and a great way to stay in touch, it also has some drawbacks. [2 min, 31 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Technology and You!
Watch Ruff Ruffman as he searches for an appropriate balance of technology and media use. [2 min, 33 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Ruff Ruffman: Privacy and You! Bonus Scene
Learn about privacy when texting from the much-loved character Ruff Ruffman. [1 min, 20 sec]
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