On this website you can read and hear interviews with Frances Perkins which cover her advocacy to give governmental protection to the working class. The interviews were conducted as part of Columbia University's Oral History project.

Listen to one of Billy Sunday's sermons denouncing liquor and the government's taxing of it. [12:19 min.]

Listen to a speech by Aimee Semple McPherson, well-known evangelical preacher in the 1920s, where she talks about Prohibition. [12:19 min.]

Listen to this interesting interview historian Herbert T. Hoover had with Sioux tribal chief, Amos Owen. Owen discusses the pros and cons of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. [12:19]

Listen to an interview [12:19] with a Sioux tribal leader who discussed the positive changes brought by the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. It dramatically changed the federal government's policies toward Native Americans.

Marcus Garvey was a riveting figure in African American politics in the 1920s. Read about his ideas and disappointments before listening to one of his speeches in which he explained the mission of the Universal Negro Improvement...

Listen to BBC news headlines in Russian and English. Also get short lessons on vocabulary, phrases, and grammar with explanations in Russian. Great resource for middle and high school Russian-speaking students.

An audio discussion of the plot, themes, and characters of Shakespeare's Macbeth, interspersed with actors performing pieces from the play. [10:00]

Scientists explain what a magnetic field is, in everyday science and in astronomy. See examples of magnets and magnetic fields, as well as an example of an electromagnet. [8:25]

"Art:21," the PBS series about contemporary art, examines different types of humor found in the work of contemporary artists Charles Atlas, Eleanor Antin, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Murray, and Walton Ford. See video clips of the shows...

Explore materials science as it pertains to developing alternative ways to create clean energy. Subject matter is geared toward creating a sustainable future with a zero-waste world. [53:00]

This resource offers a series of film clips created by scientists studying this model organism. There are movies of embryos, larvae and adults and fascinating techniques. Great to supplement advanced study of cell biology and development.

Video demonstrations of many chemistry lab experiments.

Ken Burns' documentary, The Address, traces students from a school who are studying Lincoln's Gettysburg Address for meaning. How was this school capable of stirring students' curiostity about the famous speech? [1:01:56]

Video exploring the workings of the human brain. Medical scanner provides an inside look at the different areas of the brain and their functions. (Length: 4 min. 37 sec.)

Watch as antibodies in the blood stream prevent pathogens from attaching to healthy red blood cells, and mark them for destruction by macrophages. (Length: 53 sec.)

Doctor-narrated video explaining the parts of the human heart, and how they work together. Also discusses damage that can occur from heart disease. (Length: 3 min. 30 sec.)

Narrated three-dimensional computer animation explaining the complex structure of the human skull. (Length: 2 min. 51 sec.)

An introduction to the issue of global warming, what it is, what causes it, and its impact around the world. (Video Length: 3 min. 4 sec.)

Learn about how the world's oceans were created from the birth of the Earth, as well as from thousands of comets that struck it. (Length: 3 min. 46 sec.)

Experience what it is like to climb Mt. Everest as you follow a BBC volunteer making the trek to the base camp, which is located three-fifths of the distance to the summit. (Length: 2 min. 2 sec.)

Video examining the issues facing the ten African countries that are situated along and reliant on the Nile River, issues such as drought, erosion, and pollution. (Length: 5 min. 3 sec.)

See if a vortex of condensed air can knock three different huts down. [2:33]

Check out this awesome video clip of alkali metals creating an explosion in water. [3:17]