PBS
Can ‘cultural proficiency’ among teachers help close student achievement gap?
Racial disparity in academic achievement remains a leading problem in American education, both at the K-12 and the college levels. A number of studies show greater diversity in the teaching profession can address some of those concerns....
MinutePhysics
Simpson's Paradox
This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's grouped. The paradox can arise in medical studies,...
Crash Course
Racial/Ethnic Prejudice & Discrimination: Crash Course Sociology
What’s the difference between race and ethnicity? Today we’ll look at how definitions of races and ethnicities have changed over time and across places. We also discuss the terms minority and minority-majority and how races are defined...
Healthcare Triage
Medical Training Can Reinforce Racial Bias
Racial disparities are rampant in healthcare. In addition to structural inequalities, the issues are partly due to racial bias among healthcare workers. These biases stem, in part, from the way race is presented in medical curricula.
Healthcare Triage
The Diversity Problem in Medical Education
Racial bias is pervasive in American medicine. Part of that can be attributed to the way we train doctors, and another part stems from WHO gets trained as doctors. The barriers to entering medical school and going on to become medical...
Curated Video
The Mexican Culture in America
Dr. Forrester talks about the Mexican-American culture and how it has influenced our culture in the United States.
Curated Video
The Blowouts
In 1968, thousands of Latino students walked out of school in Los Angeles to protest against racial inequality in the classroom. Their collective action, known as the Blowouts, was a defining moment of the Chicano Movement.
Curated Video
Sandra Cisneros
A trailblazer in more ways than one, Sandra Cisneros was the first Mexican-American woman to be published by a mainstream publisher. Her work brought Hispanic culture to a wider audience of readers.
Curated Video
The Hispanic Culture
Miss Palomine explains that most people in Latin America speak Spanish. The people from these countries who now live in the United States are called Hispanics. She then describes Hispanic dress and culture and teaches the student some...
PBS
Why Do We Say "Latino"?
The first thing to pop into your mind when you hear "Latino" is probably people from Latin America - places like Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, etc. But where exactly did the history of that word come from, and has it always meant Central...
Señor Jordan
02 Spanish Lesson - Neutral demonstrative pronouns
Here's the fourth and final video for now on demonstratives! Sometimes we don't know the gender of our words, when that's the case we'll use the neutral forms! Enjoy!
Curated Video
Spanish Words Kids Love: La Ropa from Spanish Playground
Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by focused images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can apply in many situations. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An interactive...
Curated Video
Spanish Words Kids Love: ¿Qué tiene? from Spanish Playground
Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by beautiful images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can transfer to their lives. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An interactive...
Curated Video
Spanish Words Kids Love: Medios de transporte from Spanish Playground
Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by focused images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can transfer to many situations. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An...
Curated Video
Spanish Words Kids Love: Los juguetes del mercado from Spanish Playground
Spanish Words Kids Love videos: - Full sentences supported by beautiful images. - Native-speaker audio. - A limited number of vocabulary words to allow for retention. - Basic structures that kids can transfer to many situations. -...
Curated Video
Spanish Words Kids Love: Las Verduras from Spanish Playground
Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Native-speaker audio. - Full sentences supported by beautiful images. - A significant cultural component in both the video images and the vocabulary. - Printable games and activities to extend...
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: The Shapes and their Roots Part 1
Learn how to say the words for different shapes in Spanish and the roots of these words.
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Building Sentences - Adjectives
Learn how to build simple sentences in Spanish. This lesson will focus on common Spanish adjectives.
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Learn the Spanish words for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Also learn how to say "I'm hungry" and "I'm thirsty" in Spanish.
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Commands using -ir verbs
Learn how to give commands in Spanish. This lesson covers command verbs ending with -ir.
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Body Parts Plural Form
Learn the plural form for the parts of the body in Spanish.
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Articles of Clothing Part 2
Learn how to say different articles of clothing in Spanish.