Instructional Video6:00
PBS

How Fantasy Reflects our World (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)

12th - Higher Ed
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Fantasy is a lens to explore what we as a society find important to our pasts, our presents, and future. Fantasy and science fiction often fall under the umbrella of “speculative fiction” -...
Instructional Video14:22
Cerebellum

Rings, Kings and Things - Monsters

9th - 12th
Explore and learn about the Monsters of Fantasy in this episode. This is part 2 from the series 'Rings, King and Things'.
Instructional Video10:14
Easy Languages

Carnival | Easy Brazilian Portuguese 27

9th - 12th
Carnival | Easy Brazilian Portuguese 27



Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...
Instructional Video10:52
msvgo

Add Using 100's Chart

K - 12th
This nugget demonstrates the addition of two digit numbers using the hundreds chart.
Instructional Video9:38
Curated Video

Music

Pre-K - 3rd
Theo learns about sound and music, but will his anxiety stop him from singing a song?
Instructional Video27:12
The Guardian

Garth Nix answers your questions: on JRR Tolkien, gaming and pronouncing characters' names

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In an ongoing series, Guardian Australia is getting kids and young adults to do the hard work instead of us – by interviewing their favourite authors. Here, the author of the Old Kingdom/Abhorsen, Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom...
Instructional Video9:47
Curated Video

The Balanced Diet

Pre-K - 3rd
Theo is eating too many sweets, so Wendy teaches him about a balnced diet.
Instructional Video8:08
Curated Video

More Than Less Than

Pre-K - 3rd
As Theo learns about more than/less than, an intruder breaks in!
Instructional Video4:14
Infognostica

The Science of Yoga (Part 8 - Sexual Transmutation /NoFap)

9th - 12th
A Yogic look at sexual transmutation, and Brahmacarya.



This is particularly relevant to the growing internet sensation - Nofap. The aim of nofap is one and the same - to transmute our sexual energy. This video gives us some...
Instructional Video14:18
PBS

The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)

12th - Higher Ed
Tolkien is widely regarded as the most influential author on the fantasy genre… period. But one of the less-discussed aspects of his work is the way Tolkien used constructed language in his writing. Nowadays authors are constantly...
Instructional Video14:42
Amor Sciendi

The Many Meanings of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

12th - Higher Ed
A close reading of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère through many different critical lenses.
Instructional Video9:32
Curated Video

Building A Story

Pre-K - 3rd
Theo learns about putting a story together. Is this a case for Sherlock Theo?
Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

Mastering the Jump Cut

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this video, the concept of the jump cut editing technique is explored. Viewers are taken through the history and origins of the jump cut, as well as its various applications, such as special effects and creating illusions. The video...
Podcast6:07
Book Club for Kids

James and the Giant Peach

Pre-K - Higher Ed
James and the Giant Peach is a classic fantasy and adventure story that explores friendship, family relationships, and the fortunes of a young orphan. James is living with his cruel aunts when a peach magically sprouts in the yard. When...
Instructional Video5:54
Cerebellum

Rings, Kings and Things - Dragons

9th - 12th
An introduction to the Dragons and Monsters of high fantasy. This is part 3 from the series 'Rings, King and Things'.
Instructional Video10:09
The Art Assignment

The Case for Surrealism | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
"Surrealism" has become shorthand for the bizarre, the irrational, the hallucinatory. But what IS it? Or what WAS it? Today we delve into the history of Surrealism, as it formed in post-World War I Europe and as it has infiltrated our...
Instructional Video1:21
Cerebellum

The Elements Of Fiction - Summary

9th - 12th
The Elements of Fiction - Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson . these are just three of the renowned authors whose work is cited in The Elements of Fiction, which explores: Plot elements, character, conflict, flashback,...
Instructional Video5:59
PBS

How Fantasy Reflects Our World

12th - Higher Ed
Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic! Okay, there's some of that. But it's also a lens to what our society finds important to our pasts, our presents, and future.
Instructional Video4:40
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read “Kafka on the Shore”?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2005. A short video provides insight into the many threads that form the tapestry of the prize-winning novel.
Instructional Video2:39
PBS

The Chronicles of Narnia

6th - 12th Standards
C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia is about far more than the adventures of a group of children in an imaginary kingdom. Find out what else it's about in a short Great American Read video.
Instructional Video3:07
PBS

One Hundred Years of Solitude | The Great American Read

6th - 12th Standards
One Hundred Years of Solitude introduces readers to magic realism. Told in a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Nobel Prize-winning novel is a candidate for The Great American Read program and aficionados...
Instructional Video4:01
PBS

George R.R. Martin Discusses Lord of the Rings

6th - 12th Standards
George R.R. Martin, famous in his own right for heroes, villains, dragons, and direwolves, offers his rationale for why viewers should vote for J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings with its elves, wizards, and hobbits as part of the Great...
Instructional Video7:32
The Great War

J.R.R. Tolkien - The Father of Lord of The Rings

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Best known as the author of the  Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien may have used some of his trench warfare experiences to create Middle Earth. While the trilogy is not entirely autobiographical, many scholars agree that...
Instructional Video6:00
PBS

How Fantasy Reflects our World

7th - 12th Standards
History inspires fantasy. That idea forms the basis of an informational video about the genre. Through the video, viewers learn about different subgenres of fantasy and discover its key characteristics. The video discusses many popular...