Curated Video
Pip: Ambition, Identity, and Redemption
Pip is the main character of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. He is a young orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman. While working as a blacksmith's apprentice, he learns that an anonymous benefactor has bestowed him with...
Curated Video
Life for African-Americans after the Revolutionary War
Life for African-Americans after the Revolutionary War identifies significant groups that played a role in the American Revolution by examining how life changed for African-Americans after the Revolutionary War.
Curated Video
Examining Marine Bioluminescence
Marine biologist Edie Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association describes various aspects of bioluminescent life in our oceans.
Curated Video
The Most Interesting Man in the World | The Life & Times of Fritz Duquesne
The Most Interesting Man in the World | The Life & Times of Fritz Duquesne
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Sections 13-14 Summary
Finally! It is time for the party and Clarissa has never looked more glamourous. As the guests arrive, Clarissa’s anxiety boils over. What if the party is a failure and she looks like a fool? When she hears about a horrible event that...
Schooling Online
Art Spiegelman's Maus - Volume 1, Chapters 5-6 Summary
Despite Vladek and Mala’s hectic marital problems, Art continues to record his father’s story. In these chapters, Vladek describes what it was like for Polish Jews in the 1940s. Crafty hiding places, the terror of getting caught, narrow...
Schooling Online
Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Chapters 4-6 Summary
To Mr Utterson’s dismay, Dr Jekyll is still in touch with his dubious friend, Mr Hyde. When Mr Hyde is implicated in a brutal murder, Dr Jekyll promises he has cut ties with Hyde. But when Mr Utterson digs deeper, it seems that Mr Hyde...
Curated Video
The Great Escape - the true story of POW escape in 1944 (2009)
National Archives: This videocast is part of the War on Film series, created by The National Archives to mark the 70th anniversary of the Second World War. The series recounts the events that went on to inspire popular war films, using...
Curated Video
Princesse de Lamballe part 4: Imprisonment and Execution
Because Marie Therese, Princesse de Lamballe refused to denounce the royal family, she was imprisoned, interrogated, and eventually brutally killed at the hands of a mob. Over time, her death was mythologized and used for propaganda...
Debunked
What Happens When Your Body Is Exposed To Space?
It's depicted in so many different ways on the TV and in movies but what really happens to the human body when it's exposed to the vacuum of space. Do your eyes pop out, does your blood boil, do you suffocate or do you explode? Let's...
Physics Girl
What is a Black Hole? - Stephen Hawking's final theory
The black hole information paradox and Soft Hair. What does Stephen Hawking's last paper on black holes with soft hair say about the black hole information paradox?
Five Thousand Years
9 Chinese Hacks to Cool Down Naturally in Summer
The first modern electrical air conditioning unit was not invented until 1902. Have you ever wondered how ancient people survived summer heat with no refrigerators, no electric fans, and no air conditioners? Here are 9 brilliant summer...
Curated Video
Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy
She’s known as a savior of the enslaved – but few know that during the American Civil War, Harriet Tubman was an exceptionally capable Union Army spy.
Weird History
What It Was Like to Be a Prisoner In the Tower of London
What was it like to live in the Tower of London? That depended on a prisoner's social position and personal wealth; however, even the most notable prisoners were subject to horrible fates. Many prisoners in the Tower of London faced...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways To Survive A Plane Crash
Statistically speaking, planes are one of the safest ways of getting about. But, if you are one of the unlucky few to end up in a plane crash' here are a few tips that would be worth remembering.
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Aluminum Vs. Oobleck (Non-Newtonian Fluid)
The first Molten Aluminum video in a long time! After last weeks Oobleck video, many of you suggested for me to pour molten aluminum into Oobleck. It sounded like a fun experiment so I gave it a go!
Weird History
Being A Prisoner In The Tower Of London
What was it like to live in the Tower of London? That depended on a prisoner's social position and personal wealth; however, even the most notable prisoners were subject to horrible fates. Many prisoners in the Tower of London faced...
Curated Video
Talk It Out: How Addiction Enslaves Your Brain
In many surveys, the vast majority of teenagers report that when they do something their parents wouldn’t approve of, they’re just pursuing their freedom. This program begins the discussion of addiction and dependency from the point of...
Weird History
Here's What It's Really Like To Enter The Witness Protection Program
A highly-secretive program, the United States Federal Witness Protection Program protects witnesses before, during, and after a criminal trial. Also called the Witness Security Program (WITSEC), the program is a joint venture of the US...
The Backyard Scientist
Can a Person escape a human-sized Glue Trap?
After struggling with my mega-microwave I decided to have some fun. I got 4 gallons of bulk glue for mouse traps because I was curious if a person could escape from a human-sized glue trap. I never saw anybody try it before so I was...
AllTime 10s
10 Horrifying Tales From Inside North Korea
What is it like to live in North Korea? We bring you 10 horrifying tales from defectors about their time in the Hermit Kingdom.
Next Animation Studio
‘Dead zone’ growing, killing Oregon’s sea crabs
Fish can escape from the deadly water, but slow creatures like crabs get trapped and die.