TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why should you read Charles Dickens? - Iseult Gillespie
The starving orphan seeking a second helping of gruel. The spinster wasting away in her tattered wedding dress. The stone-hearted miser plagued by the ghost of Christmas past. More than a century after his death, these remain...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The power of a great introduction - Carolyn Mohr
Never underestimate the power of an intriguing start. When analyzing the literary greats like Charles Dickens and Kurt Vonnegut, be inspired by their craft and learn how to write a tantalizing introduction and strong thesis for your...
Oxford Comma
Why Are There So Many Adaptations of A Christmas Carol?
With close to 400 filmed adaptations and countless stage performances, A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted works of all time. And so it should be no surprise that many of these versions draw harsh criticism from viewers and...
Curated Video
Parallel Structure
“Parallel Structure” explains the grammatical technique of parallelism, giving an example of parallel structure from British literature.
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Die Affen rasen durch den Wald - Lied - Deutsch lernen
In this video I sing the German children's song "Die Affen rasen durch den Wald" (the monkeys are racing through the forest). It is a silly song about monkeys trying to figure out who stole the coconut. It is similar to the English song...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Responding to Evaluation Questions Part 3 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Curated Video
Christmas Stockings and the Legend of Santa Claus
Victorian Christmas part 7 A story of St. Nicholas tossing balls of gold into stockings combined with details from Clemenct C. Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (or The Night Before Christmas) to establish the tradition of Santa Claus...
Curated Video
A Christmas Carol Goes to Court: Charles Dickens in Chancery
National Archive: A Christmas Carol, published 19 December 1843 is one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved works and did much to create our image of an archetypal Victorian Christmas. But its success immediately caused its author trouble,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sylvia Nasar: Charles Dickens, Economist (1/5)
In part 1 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar talks about her book, Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius. She suggests that Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was an early work of economics. Dickens realized that the old view of...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Reading: Features of Structure at Paragraph and Sentence Level Part 1 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Demystified: Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
Learn about whether the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion actually exists.
Wonderscape
Great Authors: Charles Dickens
In this video, we learn about the life and work of the famous writer Charles Dickens. The video covers his early years, including his family's struggles with debt and his own experience working in a factory as a child. We also learn...
Getty Images
A Christmas Carol Press Conference
Robert Zemeckis on his approach to interpreting the Dickens story at the A Christmas Carol Press Conference at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
Press Association
Daily politics briefing: November 13
Daily politics briefing for November 13, as the Chancellor warned he will be playing Scrooge at the upcoming autumn budget.
Jeremy Hunt has promised a “rabbit-free” statement with a focus on delivering “certainty” to families and...