Reading Through History
The History of Mother's Day - Original version
For a newer and much improved version of this video, click here: https://youtu.be/hLng6M1jh4g A short video explaining the history of Mother's Day. For a wonderful Common Core aligned lesson concerning this content, click here:...
Reading Through History
The History of Mother's Day
This is a remake of our original Mother's Day video which had no background music and very poor audio. We also swapped out most of the pictures. Make sure to add this to your holiday playlists! *** For a wonderful Common Core aligned...
Curated Video
Sometimes Mom Says | Mothers Day Song | Lyrics | Kids Songs | Happy Mothers Day
The Kiboomers! Mothers Day Song! Lyrics! ★Find The Kiboomers on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mothers-day-songs-for-preschool/id1086271406 Watch our 'Sometimes Mom Says' music video with song lyrics and sing along with the...
TED Talks
TED: The US needs paid family leave -- for the sake of its future | Jessica Shortall
We need women to work, and we need working women to have babies. So why is America one of the only countries in the world that offers no national paid leave to new working mothers? In this incisive talk, Jessica Shortall makes the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The hidden life of Rosa Parks
Throughout her life, Rosa Parks repeatedly challenged racial violence and the prejudiced systems protecting its perpetrators. Her refusal to move to the back of a segregated bus ignited a boycott that lasted 381 days and helped transform...
TED Talks
Mia Birdsong: The story we tell about poverty isn't true
As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in...
StoryCorps
10-year-old Dezmond talks about the active shooter drills in his 5th grade classroom | StoryCorps
On February 14, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 17 people and injured 17 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, making it one of the deadliest school shootings in United States history. This has heightened the...
Curated Video
Hugs and Kisses Song | Hugs and Kisses for Mommy | Kids Songs | The Kiboomers
The Kiboomers! Hugs and Kisses song. Hugs and kisses for mommy. Kids songs. ★Find The Kiboomers on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mothers-day-songs-for-preschool/id1086271406 Watch our 'Hugs and Kisses for Mommy' music video...
Curated Video
Inside Butterflies by Morgan Jenkins
Morgan Jenkins is a six-year-old author who loves to draw, paint, and create ideas for books and businesses. The idea for this book came to her one day when she and her sisters couldn't go outside to play due to inclement weather. Her...
Curated Video
Lady Jane Grey part 5: Queen of England
On July 8th, 1533, Jane was crowned as Queen of England at the age of 16. She unexpectedly and dramatically threw herself to the floor and sobbed as her parents and in-laws bent the knee to her. Was this the behaviour of a naive young...
TED Talks
TED: When Black women walk, things change | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women -- and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million...
TED Talks
T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change...
T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women -- and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million...
TED Talks
TED: The work that makes all other work possible | Ai-jen Poo
Domestic workers are entrusted with the most precious aspects of people's lives -- they're the nannies, the elder-care workers and the house cleaners who do the work that makes all other work possible. Too often, they're invisible, taken...
TED Talks
TED: Woman, Life, Freedom in Iran -- and what it means for the rest of the world | Golshifteh Farahani
In this poetic and moving reflection, actor, musician and activist Golshifteh Farahani honors those who have fought for "Woman, Life, Freedom" following Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of Iran's religious morality police. Calling upon...
Schooling Online Kids
Arts and Crafts: How to make a Recycled Gift Box
Hi friends! Bella loves to give gifts to her friends and family but doesn’t want to waste too much paper when she wraps them up! Today, Bella is learning an awesome way to make a reusable gift box, so she can give presents to her friends...
StoryCorps
The Drill
“I’m a mother. And I don’t know what to say.” As active shooter drills become integrated into schools across the country, students must grapple with the threat of school shootings. This is the case for ten-year-old Dezmond Floyd, who has...
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...
Curated Video
Rent Party Jazz read by Viola Davis
Rent Party Jazz is written by William Miller, illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb and read by Viola Davis. This story is set in New Orleans in the 1930s. Sonny and his mother are scraping by to pay their rent. Mama works in a fish...
storybooth
I Didn't Feel Safe At Home Or In School
By Louis | Ready to "wear it out loud?” Merch store open, SHOP NOW: http://bit.ly/storybooth-merch | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/sub2storybooth | Record your story @ https://storybooth.com or our iPhone app for a chance to get animated....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kirsten Olson - Wounded by School
Kirsten holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she focused on issues of social justice and educational policy, and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Vassar College. Kirsten is a member of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kirsten Olson - On Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Kirsten holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she focused on issues of social justice and educational policy, and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Vassar College. Kirsten is a member of...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Newcomers | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Newcomers | POEM | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Michael Rosen reads his poem You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books here: https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/books/ MICHAEL SAYS: “So that is a poem that is true; I wanted to...
Curated Video
The Tooth read by Annette Bening
The Tooth is written by Avi Slodovnick, illustrated by Manon Gauthier and read by Annette Bening. Marissa loves candy—maybe too much. When she wakes up with a toothache, her mother takes her to the dentist, and on the way, Marissa...
PBS
Mother's Day | All About the Holidays
An informative video shares the history of the national holiday, Mother's Day. Follow along to find out how one mother came up with the idea during the Civil War and her daughter finalized the details to make their efforts come to...