Instructional Video19:51
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Julie Batten - Homelessness and Writing: Glass House Shelter Project

Higher Ed
Julie Batten is the founder of the Glass House Shelter Project, a grassroots organization that brings college reading & writing courses into homeless shelters. She teaches writing courses at Brandeis University, Salem State University...
Instructional Video3:57
Healthcare Triage

Condoms Prevent STD, Too Many Kids are Homeless, and Environmental Factors and Homicide

Higher Ed
Three quick hits today. All from JAMA Pediatrics. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Instructional Video28:36
The Guardian

Our House

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Brian was down on his luck and sleeping rough in Liverpool. Lawrence was a successful hotelier and property developer. David was a self-proclaimed hippy in a dead-end job. Together they formed an unlikely alliance and created a homeless...
Instructional Video13:05
The Guardian

My life in a hotel room: Ireland’s hidden homeless crisis

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Nuala and her teenage daughter, Laura, were suddenly evicted from their Dublin home when their landlord of 10 years was forced to sell by his creditors. They haven’t been able to find a new place to rent. Despite having been on the...
Instructional Video11:42
The Guardian

Crisanto Street documentary

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the shadow of Silicon Valley, a hidden community thrives despite difficult circumstances. For one resident, eight-year-old Geovany Cesario, impending change is bittersweet. When the time comes to leave Crisanto Avenue, which Geovany...
Podcast3:51
KERA

Counting Homeless Youth

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Every year, volunteers from Youth Count comb the streets of Dallas looking for homeless youth. The group’s goal is to accurately count the number of young people living on the streets and collect data to help the city better meet their...
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Trash by Andy Mulligan

5th - 9th
This video includes an animated video of Andy Mulligan's novel Trash. In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three "dumpsite boys" make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Poverty, Welfare and Power: Lesson 2

9th - 10th
This lesson will define and explore poverty and explore the impact of poverty as well as welfare and power. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Poverty, Welfare and Power."
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: How Widespread Is Student Homelessness?

9th - 10th
Student homelessness in the US is a tricky thing to quantify. HUD -- the federal government's Department of Housing and Urban Development -- controls most of the money used to help the homeless. But, that agency misses about 4 in 5...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Poverty, Welfare and Power: Lesson 3

9th - 10th
This lesson will define and explore poverty and explore the impact of poverty as well as welfare and power. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Poverty, Welfare and Power."