Instructional Video6:47
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Seeing the Invisible | Op-Docs | The New York Times

9th - 11th
This animated documentary celebrates the 17th-century citizen scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, whose discovery of microbes would change our view of the biological world. Produced by: Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck Read the story...
Instructional Video3:52
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There Is No Escaping Shakespeare | The New York Times

9th - 11th
Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his influence on language and culture remains. Produced by: Louis Bayard, Robin Stein, and Taige Jensen Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/243OlUf Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and...
Instructional Video2:41
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Did Asteroids Bring Water to Earth? | ScienceTake

9th - 11th
Lab experiments to recreate what happens when asteroids hit the Earth show how these rocky objects could have transferred water to terrestrial rock in the intense heat of impact. More from The New York Times Video: Subscribe:...
Instructional Video3:04
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The Grapes of Wrath' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

9th - 11th
A. O. Scott reviews John Ford's 1940 film based on John Steinbeck's novel about the Great Depression. Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week:...
Instructional Video9:46
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The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K. | NYT Celebrating Pride

9th - 11th
"Who threw the first brick at Stonewall?” has become a rallying cry, a cliche and a queer inside joke on the internet — never mind the fact that it’s not clear whether bricks were ever thrown during the riots at all. Find all of our...
Instructional Video13:42
The New York Times

I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit. | 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs

9th - 11th
In the mid-1990s, the singer and songwriter Kim Hill met a young rapper who suggested they start making music. That rapper’s name was will.i.am, and his group was a rising Los Angeles underground hip-hop crew called The Black Eyed Peas....
Lesson Plan3:16
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Kiev in Chaos: Teaching About the Crisis in Ukraine

8th - 12th Standards
Provide a historical context for the political unrest between Russia and Ukraine that began in late 2013. Learners review their prior knowledge and chronicle new understandings with a KWL chart, watch a video explaining the Ukrainian...