Curated Video
Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410
This week on Crash Course Literature, John Green is continuing to talk about Shakespeare's dark, bloody, Scottish play, Macbeth. This time around, we're looking at the play's characters operate, how the play deals with gender, and the...
Oxford Comma
Children's Love of Poetry: The Swing
Open up almost any children's book and what do you see? Pages and pages of beautifully fun poetry! Children grow up learning to read poetry, so why do so few high school students appreciate it? And when does this shift take place? In...
Crash Course
To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210
In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association...
Curated Video
To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408
John Green teaches you about Virginia Woolf's modernist novel, To the Lighthouse. Let's face it. You're not reading To the Lighthouse for the plot. There's not a whole lot of plot, unless you count the tension about the beef stew. You're...
Boulder Creek International
C.S. Lewis: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of a Beloved Author
C.S. Lewis part 2 of11: The video is a collection of different scenes and quotes, showcasing the inspiration and legacy of CS Lewis, particularly in the creation of Narnia. It also highlights the recent opening of CS Lewis Square in...
Curated Video
Supporting the Main Idea- Literature
Supporting the Main Idea Literature analyzes literature by showing how examples of paraphrasing and quotes support the main idea about the text.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
M.W. Penn - Teaching Math Concepts to Young Children
MW Penn writes stories and poetry for young children to introduce them to the seminal ideas of mathematics. Her interests, math and literature, are not separate worlds. Children love stories and they enjoy the patterns of verse;...
Curated Video
How Lewis Carroll Transformed Western Perceptions of Children
New ReviewCharles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll, had a deep interest in the emerging art of photography, becoming a skilled amateur photographer. Among his subjects was Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind "Alice's Adventures in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Stephen D. Krashen - Teachers Make a Difference - Victoria Fromkin and John Oller
Stephen Krashen completed his Ph.D. in Linguistics at UCLA (1972), and is currently an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. Krashen is the author of more than 525 articles and books in the fields of...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" have a hidden message? - David B. Parker
In his introduction to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children's story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is...
Curated Video
Toni Morrison: Crash Course Black American History #48
Today, Clint Smith will teach you about the legendary writer Toni Morrison. Morrison is best known for her novels which chronicle the experiences of Black Americans throughout history. She was the first Black American Woman to win a...
Curated Video
Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Course Literature 202
In which John Green teaches you about one of the least family-friendly family dramas in the history of family dramas, Oedipus Rex. Sophocles' most famous play sees it's main character, who seems like he's got it all together, find out...
TED Talks
Sugata Mitra: Kids can teach themselves
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Stephen D. Krashen - Language Acquisition
Stephen Krashen completed his Ph.D. in Linguistics at UCLA (1972), and is currently an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California. Krashen is the author of more than 525 articles and books in the fields of...
The March of Time
MOT: 1938:Nazi Propaganda
Nazi antisemitic Propaganda literature, children in school learning from antisemetic books.
Crash Course
Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211
In which John Green teaches you MORE about To Kill a Mockingbird. In this installment, John teaches you about race, class, and gender in the American south, as seen through the eyes of Scout and Harper Lee. John will talk about how Scout...
Curated Video
Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214
In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'll warn you up front, this book is something of a downer. That's because it deals with subjects like slavery, the death of a child, a potential haunting, and a bunch of...
Curated Video
Remembering Dr. Seuss and How He Grew
Dr. Seuss is well known for his popular children’s books full of fanciful rhymes and whimsical illustrations. His earlier cartoons, however, include many racist and anti-Semitic images, which the artist later regretted. Listen to this...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: The Second Visit To The Witches
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Macbeth goes to visit the witches and ghosts tell him to be wary of Macduff and also that Macbeth himself is invincible....
Curated Video
The Evolution of YA
Young Adult Fiction (YA) is dominating literature, and more young people are reading now than ever before. Lindsay Ellis explores how YA carved a place in publishing with It's Lit! from PBS Digital Studios.
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How Manga Took Over American Bookshelves (Feat. Princess Weekes)
Astro Boy, Dragon Ball, Akira, Sailor Moon, Demon Slayer, Death Note all these interesting, iconic anime have something very much in common they started off as: manga. Manga, by its most simplistic definition, are comics or graphic...
Boulder Creek International
C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Magical World of Narnia
C.S. Lewis part 1 of 11: This video explores the inspiration behind CS Lewis's beloved children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Through interviews with Lewis's stepson and visits to locations in Northern Ireland, viewers will gain...
Boulder Creek International
C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Landscapes and Heritage that Shaped His Imagination
C.S. Lewis part 11 of 11: The video explores the influence of Northern Ireland's landscapes and heritage on the life and work of CS Lewis, one of the world's most famous children's authors. From his birthplace in Belfast to the quaint...
Weird History
Facts About of Victorian Opium Dens
When we think of opium dens of the 19th century, the conjured image is usually a hazy, smoke-filled room full of questionable characters, right? Well, at one point in the early 19th century, everyone and their mother was taking opium...
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