OER Project
Unit 3 Overview | Big History Project
In the overview video for Unit 3 of the Big History Project course, our fearless narrator Rachel Hansen turns our gaze on the Stars and Elements that came into being before our planet existed. We’ll see how our collective learning over...
OER Project
Genealogy and Human Ancestry | Big History Project
In this video, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explains how three types of genetic tests helped him understand his own family history, and then goes on to explain how these same tests can help scholars reconstruct the past 60,000 years of human...
TED Talks
Jon Lowenstein: Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail
For the past 20 years, photographer and TED Fellow Jon Lowenstein has documented the migrant journey from Latin America to the United States, one of the largest transnational migrations in world history. Sharing photos from his...
OER Project
Unit 6 Overview | Big History Project
Before diving into the many lessons and activities in this unit called “Early Humans” let’s get an overview of what’s inside. We’ve reached that point in human history where humans exist! And where they started writing things down! As...
OER Project
Unit 4 Overview | Big History Project
In the Unit 4 overview, Rachel Hansen gives us a preview of the topics covered in Our Solar System & Earth. It’s an astronomical reminder that human history goes back long before humans, and that without humans like Alfred Wegener, Marie...
OER Project
WHP 1750 | Frames in Unit 7 | World History Project
This period of history is usually viewed through the lens of two different struggles: the Cold War and decolonization. But if we look at both of these using our course frames then we begin to see how these struggles were intertwined. As...
The Art Assignment
Take a photo of a family member you don't know very well. | Laurel Nakadate | The Art Assignment
Laurel Nakadate makes art by connecting with strangers, and she wants you to do this, too! She gives us the challenge of finding little known family members and making their photographic portrait. Sarah also discusses photography as an...
Curated Video
Emperor Hadrian: Face & History Revealed, Along with Lover Antinous
Hadrian is considered to be one of Rome's "Five Good Emperors." But he was a man of many shades of grey. After a shaky beginning to his rule, Hadrian embarked on some truly amazing building projects, and stopped the aggressive...
Curated Video
Dallas Holocaust Museum and Senator's Family
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum recently opened with the help of former Texas Senator, Florence Shapiro. Shaprio is a first-generation American whose family faced tragedy throughout the Holocaust. As she grew up, Shapiro...
Natural History Museum
A royal visit to the Urban Nature Project | Natural History Museum
On Tuesday 22 June, the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Museum to hear about how the Urban Nature Project will redevelop the Museum's Wildlife Garden and work with organisations across the UK to inspire the next generation to care for...
The Art Assignment
Create a vehicular palette. | Jesse Sugarmann | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Jesse Sugarmann, whose artwork considers how the automotive industry shapes the way we live and construct our identities. His assignment asks you to think about the way car consumerism, and the aesthetic choices...
MinutePhysics
Quantum SHAPE-SHIFTING: Neutrino Oscillations
Thanks to the Heising-Simons Foundation for supporting this video: http://www.heisingsimons.org CRAZY Double Pendulum Footnote: https://youtu.be/gbJYK7q5ejY This video is about the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, which is where...
Curated Video
96 Ranch Rodeo and Barbecue (1951)
A video from the American Folk Life collection depicts life on the Ninety Six ranch in Paradise Valley, Nevada. Les Stewart's film “96 Ranch Rodeo and Barbecue” (1951) documents a harvest celebration on the Ninety-Six Ranch. Les’s...
Curated Video
Four of Our Favorite SOHO-discovered Comets
On June 15, 2020, a citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO — the 4,000th comet discovery in the spacecraft’s 25-year history. The comet is nicknamed SOHO-4000,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jessica Lander - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Lowell, MA USA
Jessica Lander is a teacher, author, and advocate. In 2021, Jessica was a Top 50 Finalist, Global Teacher Prize, Varkey Foundation. The finalists were chosen from more than 8000 nominations from 121 countries around the world. She...
Curated Video
Fun Facts About Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is a talk show host, media executive, actress and billionaire philanthropist. She's best known for being the host of her own, wildly popular program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired for 25 seasons, from 1986 to 2011. In...
Curated Video
NASA | Reach, Strive, Achieve: Sandra Cauffman's TEDx Talk
On October 23, 2014 Sandra Cauffman was invited to talk at the TEDx PuraVidaJoven at the National Auditorium in San Jose, Costa Rica, where she was born. Her story is how a Costa Rican girl from a poor family nurtured an improbable dream...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Weissbourd - Teachers Make a Difference
Richard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program. His work focuses on vulnerability and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Weissbourd - Love Lessons
Richard Weissbourd is currently a senior lecturer in education at HGSE and at the Kennedy School of Government. He is also faculty director of the Human Development and Psychology master's program. His work focuses on vulnerability and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sheena Graham - "As a Woman: Life is Challenging"
Sheena Graham was educated in the Public School System of Ansonia, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in Music Education from Western Connecticut State University, and 30+from St. Joseph's and Southern CT State Universities. She became...
Curated Video
Remembering Frank Sinatra: A Tribute to the Chairman of the Board
New ReviewThis video provides a glimpse into the life and legacy of Frank Sinatra, one of the greatest male popular song vocalists of all time. It showcases previously unseen home movies of Sinatra, highlighting his impeccable phrasing, timing,...
American Museum of Natural History
Analyzing Anemones: Students Discover New Species
During a year in the Museum’s Science Research Mentoring Program, two high school students discover more than just new lab skills: they discover a new species of anemone. See how Elena and Sebastian’s project analyzing some of the...
American Museum of Natural History
Microbes of New York
Inspired by THE SECRET WORLD INSIDE YOU exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, a project began to document some of the thousands of microbial species that inhabit New York City. Here are five of their stories. The...
American Museum of Natural History
The Guts and Glory of Object Conservation - Shelf Life #15
In the Museum’s Objects Conservation Laboratory, walrus intestines, birch bark, and reindeer hide are all in a day’s work for conservators trying to preserve Siberian anthropology collections for the future. Check out our 360 video about...