Harvard University historian David Armitage describes how a decision to spend a few hours in a library investigating notes from a 19th century lawyer combined with daily news reports of the insurgency in Iraq stimulated his work on the...

Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt shares his novel idea of how scientific prizes can be improved to the benefit of all.

USC legal scholar and author Elyn Saks describes the many false stereotypes of mental illness that still pervade the public consciousness, explaining that there are many more accomplished people than we thought who suffer from various...

Legal scholars Nita Farahany (Duke) discusses the current societal preoccupation with neuroscience.

Celebrated scientific polymath Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study, describes how he is "more interested in the details than the big picture", and explains why he thinks that it is vital to not just search for overall equations,...

Tana Ruder is a Technology Integration Specialist in Wichita, Kansas.

She is a Kansas G Trainer, a Google for Education Certified Trainer. Her first love and job is being a mother. Her second love and job is teaching teachers how...

A Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on P-12 school leadership, deeper learning, technology, and...

The Keystone Project explores the Keystone Project and its effects on environment.

In this episode of Alexa's 'Practise Your French' series, Alexa helps you understand the difference between Emmener VS Amener.

“My Main Man or Woman” models how to identify characters, especially main characters, in stories.

The story of George Washington’s life and legacy as father of our country.

These are anxious times given the recent coronavirus outbreak. And if that wasn't stressful enough, now we have to add social distancing on top of it. If you're anything like me, you've taken your responsibility to flatten the curve...

There is more than one way to be a man. So why are so many men expected to act a certain way? As we can see from both personal experience and from research, traditional masculinity can be harmful. Masculinity in and of itself is not a...

Tales from the Strangest Crusade | People's Crusade, Holy Land

"What Is a Flood?" explains what a flood is and gives examples of the effects of floods on people and the environment.

“Comparing Elements of Plot” discusses the five elements of a plot and explains how each can be used when comparing and contrasting two folktales from different cultures.

In this video, you will learn how to write an introduction for your personal narrative story. We discuss different strategies, such as using sound, dialogue, questions, and describing the setting.

In this video by Grace from Can Do U, she introduces the concept of National Random Act of Kindness Week (Kindness Week) and highlights the importance of kindness in our lives. She acknowledges that being kind can be challenging at...

HipHughes takes you through what you need to know about the elusive Compromise of 1850.

Learn the basics about America's first original gangster, George Washington. What did he like to do in his spare time, were his teeth really wooden, and most importantly what actions did he take to help create the foundations of our...

In the concluding episode of our goal-setting series, we tackle the all-important subject: achieving your goals. Join us on In-Control as we break down two crucial elements – personal responsibility and self-discipline – that can make or...

One of the simplest ways to intuitively understand what "common sense" means is by dividing it into two words – “common” and “sense.”



“Common” implies that there is something available to everyone that can be freely used by...

In which John discusses things that are warm or make him feel warm, because 1. it is cold outside, and 2. there's an ice pack on his groin right now.

In which John looks at the vicious cycles of poverty and poor health in Sierra Leone, including how the ebola crisis happened and why a center of diamond mining has become one of the poorest regions in the world. For the last year and a...