Instructional Video3:29
Vlogbrothers

Zaatari: Thoughts from a Refugee Camp

6th - 11th
In which John visits the Za'atari refugee camp in northern Jordan and talks with refugees there about their hopes, ambitions, fears, and complex lives.
Instructional Video3:16
Curated Video

Barbara Jordan: Statement on the Articles of Impeachment

9th - Higher Ed
In 1974, US House Representative for Texas, Barbara Jordan delivered an impassioned speech on the power and meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Delivered on primetime television to critical acclaim during the coverage of the infamous...
Instructional Video3:56
Vlogbrothers

Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story

6th - 11th
In which John meets with Syrian refugees Mufak, Nada, and their five kids in Amman, Jordan, and then a few months later shortly after the family's resettlement in Rockford, Illinois.
Instructional Video4:54
Curated Video

The rise of the refugee startup

12th - Higher Ed
Refugee camps are unlikely hotbeds of untapped entrepreneurial talent. The UN estimates that there are 3,000 businesses inside the Zaatari camp in Jordan, generating $13m per month, even though refugees there are not in theory allowed to...
Instructional Video4:47
Curated Video

Reading with Feeling: Showing Character Emotions through Voice

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how good readers can effectively show the feelings of characters when they are talking. The teacher provides examples and guides the students through the process of identifying feeling hints and...
Instructional Video2:27
Curated Video

Barbara Jordan: The Black Texan Politician who Broke the Glass Ceiling

9th - Higher Ed
At a time when women and people of colour were all but excluded from the US government, one woman stormed the corridors of power and made them her own. This is the story of Barbara Jordan, the African American from the South who defied...
Podcast4:14
Bedtime History

How Michael Jordan Became the Best at Basketball

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Michael Jordan is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. From 1982, when he helped North Carolina win the NCAA title, to his retirement in 2003, he dominated basketball and became a global phenomenon whose stardom...
Instructional Video1:09
Next Animation Studio

Scientists find ‘Sodom’ was wiped out by air-bursting meteor

12th - Higher Ed
An ancient city near the Dead Sea was destroyed centuries ago by a meteor that exploded above the city and burned it to a cinder.
Instructional Video1:22
Next Animation Studio

Chinese rocket crashes back to Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Remnants of the Chinese Long March 5B rocket that was launched last month have crashed back down to Earth and into the Indian Ocean.
Instructional Video2:24
Science360

World Oceans Day

12th - Higher Ed
In a special World Oceans Day episode, Jordan and Charlie chat about ocean temperatures, new marine species and metacognition in chimpanzees.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Bordering on Instability

9th - 10th
NPR reports on the neighboring countries to Iraq in the Middle East: Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. How are these countries coping with the violence so close at hand? The report contains audio and a series of pictures taken in...