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Curated Video
Informational: Problem/Solution
“Informational: Problem/Solution” video lesson explores informational texts, focusing on the problem and solution structure and explaining how to identify problems and solutions in texts.
Hip Hughes History
Thomas Jefferson: The Louisiana Purchase and the Constitution -- US History Review
Why did Jefferson acquire the Louisiana Purchase? How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States? A fun and clear explanation of a critical moment in American history by a seasoned Social Studies Teacher.
Mythology & Fiction Explained
Paradise Regained | The Devil's Forgotten Story You Were Never Told
Mythology & Fiction Explained explores the various legends and stories surrounding Paradise Regained
Curated Video
Game Theory: An Introduction to Payoff Matrices and the Prisoner's Dilemma Game
The video describes the basic concepts of game theory and uses the example of the prisoner's dilemma game to explain the Nash equilibrium. The video also discusses the use of the payoff matrix as a tool for analyzing outcomes within a...
Curated Video
What is an Ethical Dilemma?
An ethical dilemma is a conflict between alternatives where, no matter what a person does, some ethical principle will be compromised. Analyzing the options and their consequences provides the basic elements for decision-making.
Brian McLogan
Learn how to use a rectangle to factor and solve a quadratic equation
we find two factors of the product of the constant term (the term with no variable) and the coefficient of the squared variable whose sum gives the linear term. These factors are now placed in separate brackets with x to form the factors...
Poetry Foundation
Omar Holmon reads "The 4C Complex"
Omar Holmon (he/him/his) reads his poem, “The 4C Complex
Food Farmer Earth
Carlo Petrini - Now We Have a Dilemma
From the archives: Tracing through a brief summary of philosophers and scientific thought from Galileo and Descartes to Francis Bacon and finally Edgar Morin, Carlo Petrini argues that society has become too individualistic, too...
Food Farmer Earth
Urban and Rural Reserves: Balancing Growth and Preservation
The urban and rural reserves process in the Portland metro area aims to delineate land for future urban development and conservation over a 40-50 year period, balancing the need for expansion with the protection of agricultural and...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Do we need borders and nations?
The nation, the tribe, the union, are all sources of strength. But they are also a means to entrench advantage and exclude others. Are borders and boundaries really about privilege? Should we strengthen them so we have greater power and...
Crash Course
Crash Course Philosophy #33: Divine Command Theory
In this video episode "Crash Course Philosophy #33: Divine Command Theory," Hank looks at the divine command theory, the most common ethical theory. As he ventures into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the...