Curated Video
The Fiery History of Banned Books (Feat. Princess Weekes)
Since at least 213 BCE, book burnings have been a reaction to the power of the written word. When roasting paper in a giant circle went out of style (at least in the intellectual sphere), the governments would take it upon itself to ban...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Donna Marie Merritt - Teachers Make a Difference
Donna Marie Merritt is the author of seven books of poetry . . . Bible Poems for Reflection and Response (2020), No Winter Maintenance: Pass at Your Own Risk (2017), We Walk Together (2015), Her House and Other Poems, (2013), What’s...
Vlogbrothers
On Disease
Greetings to my brand new -itis. In which John discusses illness, and his experiences with it, and the way we imagine disease.
Curated Video
Suffrage, Work, Poetry: Women’s Voices in World War 1 and Scars Upon My Heart
Scars Upon My Heart: Women’s Voices from World War I by Professor Anne Varty ----- TeacherHub is an initiative created and co-funded by the Department of English at Royal Holloway, University of London for KS5 English Literature...
Reading Through History
History Brief: George Orwell
The following video provides a brief biography of the author known as George Orwell, including his childhood, young adult life, and writing career. For an educational unit on Orwell, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW *** Like our...
Lisa's Study Guides
Close Analysis with Cake from Like a House on Fire | Lisa Tran
EXTRA RESOURCES ↓↓↓ Learn how to perform a 'close analysis' of a text - looking at the literary techniques and how this shapes and adds to an author's meaning/message. A technique borrowed from VCE Literature. // related content If you...
World Science Festival
Science and Story: The Instinct for Curiosity
Award-winning writers take the stage to share their quirky, engrossing, and sometimes shocking insights about human anatomy and social psychology. Mary Roach, widely regarded as one of the country’s greatest popular science writers,...
TED-Ed
Everything You Need to Know to Read "Frankenstein"
It was a dark and stormy night in 1815 when Mary Shelley began drafting a ghost story in response to a competition suggest by Lord Byron. Find out more about Shelley, her life, and events that influenced what is called the first science...
British Council
Twelfth Night
Scholars experience Shakespeare's, Twelfth Night, with an engaging interactive. After watching the story, six activities extend the learning experience. Topics include characters, vocabulary, a sequence of events, comprehension, and...
Crash Course
Love or Lust? Romeo and Juliet Part II
"Do you believe that fate is inescapable, or that people forge their own lives?" This is the essential question at the heart of Romeo and Juliet, according to the narrator of a series on Shakespeare's tragedy. Short but dense, the video...