Schooling Online
English Essentials - Powering Through Prose - Narrative Style, Techniques & Figurative Language in Prose Fiction (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Our second lesson will zoom into the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll tackle narrative style, techniques and figurative language. You’ll discover a writer’s number one rule – show, don’t tell. Soon enough, you’ll have all the tools...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Herb Kohl - On Rosa Parks
"Herb attended the Bronx High School of Science and studied philosophy and mathematics at Harvard from 1954-1958. At Harvard he was president of the Signet Society and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating with an AB degree in 1958....
Curated Video
Rommel's Worst Defeat: Second Battle of El Alamein | Animated History
Erwin Rommel is one of the most instantly recognisable military figures in history. His exploits in the early part of The Second World War defined the concept of armored warfare, and played a major part in the swift conquest of France....
Curated Video
The Story of American Barbecue
Today, barbecue is a big part of American culture. But did you know that this staple of the great American menu is actually older than the United States itself?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Danielle McGuire - From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power - Part 2
Danielle McGuire, PhD, is an award-winning historian, public speaker and author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Danielle McGuire - From Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power - Part 1
Danielle McGuire, PhD, is an award-winning historian, public speaker and author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance-a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power...
Barcroft Media
I Shot Myself In The Head - And Survived
MONTGOMERY, MN - SEPTEMBER 02: A MAN who shot himself in the face astonishingly survived with barely a scar on his face. Every year on 2 September, Kevin Amundson holds a party; there’s food, drink, laughter and music; family and friends...
Science360
When Nature Strikes - Landslides
Landslides occur when material like debris, rock, and soil become dislodged from the earth and slide downward at speeds that can approach 100 miles per hour. David Montgomery at the University of Washington studies past and present...
60 Second Histories
Rosa Parks: refuses to give up her seat on the bus
In the second of 3 clips, Rosa Parks tells the story of how she made a protest against the segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Curated Video
Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks
You know the story of David and Goliath, right? Well, America has its own version. Only our hero is 15-year-old African-American, school girl Claudette Colvin and in 1955, she took on the State of Alabama for real. The original Rosa Parks!
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Alabama
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Alabama.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? Martin Luther King, Jr.
Explore the life and accomplishments of American Baptist minister and social activist Martin Luther King, Jr.
60 Second Histories
Rosa Parks: segregation
In the first of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains what segregation was like for her.
60 Second Histories
Rosa Parks: Montgomery bus boycott
In the last of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains how her protest and arrest prompted the Montgomery bus boycott which lasted for 381 days.
PBS
Is the Rosa Parks Story True?
We all know Rosa Parks as the tired old lady on a bus who unknowingly sparked a civil rights firestorm by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But is that true? Not entirely. Rosa Parks was a radical, civil right activist...
Mazz Media
Standing Up For Freedom: The Story of Rosa Parks
In December of 1955 Rosa Parks made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. Her act of defiance was the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was the spark that ignited the modern-day Civil Rights...
Bridgeman Arts
Churchill in Germany with Montgomery and Eisenhower inspecting damage, 1945
Scenes of Churchill with Montgomery and Eisenhower in Germany taking food from a field kitchen for dignitaries, and later crossing the Rhine in a landing craft to inspect the damage done to a bridge. Churchill walks up the rubble with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, and Matt Ridgway on Paris tarmac after Ridgway's 1952 arrival
VS USAF airplane taxis on runway at Orly airfield in Paris; honor guard stands nearby / US Gen. Matthew Ridgway and wife Mary ('Penny') deplane as officials wait on tarmac at bottom of airstairs / Ridgway and Penny reach bottom of...
Getty Images
Operation Smile's 8th Annual Smile Gala
Poppy Montgomery (l), Roselyn Sanchez (c), Eric Winter (r) at the Operation Smile's 8th Annual Smile Gala at Beverly Hills CA. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
Getty Images
2002 Academy of Country Music Awards
gentry and montgomery at the 2002 Academy of Country Music Awards on May 22, 2002. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
Hearst Metrotone News
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
Bridgeman Arts
Messina Strait, preparation and landing of allied men and material, scenes from Casablanca conference
Bernard Law Montgomery and Dwight David Eisenhower at Messina Strait, preparation and landing of allied men and material, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill at Casablanca conference
Curated Video
EPA reports trace of radiation reaches Alabama
HEADLINE: EPA reports trace of radiation reaches Alabama.
CAPTION: The EPA says radioactive isotopes from the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been detected in air filters at monitoring sites in Alabama and eight other...
Bridgeman Arts
Allied invasion fleet arrives at Normandy beaches. Montgomery, Eisenhower and de Gaulle. France 1944
Allied invasion fleet arrives at Normandy beaches. Montgomery, Eisenhower and de Gaulle. France 1944