Instructional Video13:52
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Crash Course

Futurism and Constructivism: Crash Course Theater #39

9th - 12th Standards
Politics and theater go hand-in-hand. The 39th video in the Crash Course Theater and Drama series introduces plays from the futurist and constructivist movements, including works from an Italian fascist. A summary of "The Storming of the...
Instructional Video12:15
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Crash Course

Expressionist Theater: Crash Course Theater #38

9th - 12th Standards
Darkness. Murder. Emotion. These traits characterize expressionist theater. A video, number 38 on the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist, discusses key themes and works from the period. An overview of Spring Awakening, which...
Instructional Video12:26
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Crash Course

Dada, Surrealism, and Symbolism: Crash Course Theater #37

9th - 12th Standards
Video 37 in the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist discusses surrealism, as well as symbolism and dadaism in the world of theater. Playwrights the narrator discusses include Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Fort, Lugne Poe, and Andre...
Instructional Video11:53
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Crash Course

Synge, Wilde, Shaw, and the Irish Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #36

9th - 12th Standards
Some of the greatest plays contain only one act. A video, the 36th in the Crash Course Theater and Drama playlist, provides an overview of playwrights connected to the Irish Renaissance, particularly J.M. Synge, who was known for his...
Instructional Video3:00
Homeschool Pop

Facts about Jackie Robinson for Kids

4th - 6th
A short video spotlights Major League Baseball's first African American player, Jackie Robinson. Engaging photographs, fun graphics, and a clear narrator detail Robinson's life starting with his military background to his induction...
Instructional Video5:06
TED-Ed

Did the Amazons Really Exist?

6th - 12th
Who were the warriors most feared by the Egyptians, Greeks, Persians Central Asians, and Chinese? The mighty women called Amazons, that’s who. Secondary viewers learn that the understanding of the Amazons, who were originally assumed to...
Instructional Video3:49
TED-Ed

The Irish Myth of the Giant's Causeway

6th - 12th Standards
When an Irish giant and a Scottish giant face off in a mythical duel, it is a cunning woman who determines the outcome with her clever tricks. Introduce viewers to geomythology—myths that explain the occurrence of natural features—with...
Instructional Video4:38
TED-Ed

Did Ancient Troy Really Exist?

8th - 12th
Because the monsters Scylla, Charybdis, and Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey are fictional, scholars may assume the Iliad is also entirely fictional. A carefully researched video describes Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the...
Instructional Video13:32
PBS

Did Raptorex Really Exist?

6th - 12th
Ancient fossils have many stories to tell. Scientists must use different strategies to read these remnants. A video lesson explains how archeologists use different strategies to date each specimen. The timeline of a fossil helps identify...
Activity5:34
PBS

Math with Jake: Ratios and Fractions

6th - 8th Standards
And the beat goes on. The installment of the Math at the Core: Ratios series introduces time signatures in music. A musician shows the relationship between different types of musical beats. Working in pairs, classmates create beat...
Instructional Video3:48
PBS

Math with Jake: Frequencies and Pitch

6th - 8th Standards
Be an octave above the rest. A musician explains how to write music in different time signatures. An interesting resource continues to demonstrate ratios using the pitch of musical notes and hertz. Pupils use a pitch table and determine...
Instructional Video3:44
PBS

Real-Life Math — Production Scheduler

6th Standards
Use unit rates to find the number of parts needed to produce a given number of units. A production scheduler shares the different ways schedulers use math to ensure the required amount of parts are available to manufacture air...
Instructional Video4:00
PBS

Math with Jake: Transposition Using Ratios

6th - 8th Standards
The star of the show is ratios. The informative resource explains how to transpose music using ratios. Individuals transpose the song "Twinkle, Twinkle" in the activity by applying their ratio skills. The activity challenges class...
Instructional Video4:02
PBS

Math with Jake: Music Transposition

6th - 8th Standards
What's that sound? Transpose music proportionally using a ukulele. A ukulele artist explains how math is beneficial in transposing songs written in one key to another. The video demonstrates that transposing keeps the ratio between the...
Instructional Video4:46
PBS

Graffiti Art: Supplies

6th - 8th Standards
Just how much spray paint does a mural require? Using proportions, graffiti artists determine the amount of supplies needed to complete a mural. The creative resource shows how to determine the area of composite figures and uses that...
Instructional Video3:04
PBS

Area and Volume in Kapa Cloth Making

6th - 8th Standards
Using an installment from the Math at the Core series, pupils learn about Kapa cloth, which is made from bark. The video shows how much cloth one cup of bark makes. Then classmates, working in pairs, determine the number of cups of bark...
Instructional Video11:48
PBS

Can We Get DNA from Fossils?

6th - 12th Standards
Just how long can a fossil preserve DNA? It seems that DNA becomes unreadable after about 6.8 million years. Learn about the science that helped make this conclusion and the mistakes made along the way in a lesson from a PBS Eons video...
Instructional Video11:48
Crash Course

Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31

9th - 12th Standards
Marie Curie overcame limitations to become the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. A video presentation outlines her work and discoveries in radioactivity. The narrator gives a timeline of her achievements as she sacrificed her...
Instructional Video7:12
The Great War

The Fightinest Marine - Dan Daly

9th - 12th Standards
Dan Daly was the quintessential Marine, best known for his military exploits spanning multiple military conflicts. Daly's video biography discusses these adventures and points out his character and unassuming personality.
Instructional Video10:42
The Great War

Australian General John Monash

9th - 12th Standards
It is unlikely Americans have heard of Australian General John Monash. Despite that, he played a key role in the leadership of Allied forces during World War I. Young historians learn of the less famous warrior of the Great War,...
Instructional Video9:08
The Great War

George Patton and Douglas MacArthur In World War 1

9th - 12th Standards
Have you ever wondered about the man behind the corncob pipe? Or the brains behind the motivational speeches to troops? Young historians examine how Douglas MacArthur and George Patton cut their teeth in the battlefields of World War I....
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PBS

The Teotihuacan Fire Ceremony

6th - 12th Standards
Fire and light play an almost universal role in world religions, and the predecessors for the Aztecs were no exception. Using an animation, the enlightening video recreates the Teotichuacan Fire Ceremony with rich details and features...
Instructional Video7:52
The Great War

Henry Johnson And The Harlem Hellfighters

9th - 12th Standards
Although Americans identify the concepts of democracy and freedom as the motivation for the country's entry into World War I, they often don't associate that period with racism and racial segregation. The 369th Infantry Regiment from...
Instructional Video1:12
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Genetic Engineering

9th - 12th Standards
No matter where you stand on the controversial topic of genetic engineering, the science that makes it possible is extraordinary. An animated video describes a process of genetic engineering involving bacteria. The quick...