TED Talks
Linda Cliatt-Wayman: How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard
On Linda Cliatt-Wayman's first day as principal at a failing high school in North Philadelphia, she was determined to lay down the law. But she soon realized the job was more complex than she thought. With palpable passion, she shares...
TED Talks
Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning
At the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves -- while learning basic principles of science and design.
Crash Course
Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy
We’ve mentioned already that there’s a lot of money in media and a huge chunk of that money is spent on trying to get you to do something – buy something, vote a certain way, change a behavior. How does advertising work? And what’s the...
Curated Video
Only In Turkey 12 - Drum Record
Drum Record:Around 2,500 workers in Istanbul gather with their drums in an attempt to break the world record for the largest drum ensemble, showcasing musical unity.
Curated Video
What Ever Happened to Surge? The '90s Most Extreme Soda
Weird History is taking you back to the '90s for a big ol' can of Surge. Have you ever been browsing the insufficiently extreme soda aisle at your local grocery store and found yourself wondering, "What ever happened to Surge, one of the...
Curated Video
The Inconvenient Truth of Smokey Bear
This episode explores the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), cultural burns and traditional land stewardship in combating climate change and why Indigenous knowledge was for too long overlooked. A People's History of...
Curated Video
Why did the Colonies Declare Independence?
In the late 1770s, U.S. patriots banded together to declare independence from Great Britain. But why did they want their independence and what kind of country did they want the United States to be?
Curated Video
The Pledge of Allegiance
All across the United States, its citizens regularly stand, with hands on heart, to make the Pledge of Allegiance. But what is it, what does it mean and why is it so important?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Larry Sabato - Politics is a Good Thing
Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics and a university professor, discusses his life-long dedication to politics and civic engagement. Having been politically active since he was a seven-year-old...
Curated Video
Don Draper: In Mad Men, Advertising is Cool
Don Draper is a fictional character inhabiting a fictional representation of the 1960s US advertising industry, Mad Men. I don’t want to talk about the iconic social story lines, though. I want to identify some of the advertising...
All Ears English
1920 - Just Make It Easy! Use One Word to Get to the Core of Things in English
Do you ever hear native speakers use the word just? Today build the powerful skill to simplify and summarize in a positive or more direct way in English using the word JUST.
Curated Video
The Pledge of Allegiance
All across the United States, its citizens regularly stand, with hands on heart, to make the Pledge of Allegiance. But what is it, what does it mean and why is it so important?
Curated Video
Why did the Colonies Declare Independence?
In the late 1770s, U.S. patriots banded together to declare independence from Great Britain. But why did they want their independence and what kind of country did they want the United States to be?
Curated Video
Forms of Advertising
Forms of Advertising defines advertising and discusses the forms and purposes of advertising.
Curated Video
7+ IELTS Part 3 Vocabulary Advertising
Use these words and phrases to impress the examiner in Speaking Part 3. For many students, informal slang and idioms are harder to learn than academic, formal vocabulary. So-called high-level vocabulary you can find in textbooks....
Curated Video
KS2 Primary English Age 9-13 - Writing: Writing to Persuade Part 1 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Primary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners and skilled teachers. Ideal for ages 9-13, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in...
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1908
The 31st episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1908, Teddy Roosevelt anoints William Howard Taft as his successor, but William...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Ukraine & the Future of Europe: Q&A lightning round wrapup
Listen to final questions from the rest of the audience in response to the panelists presentation. Ukraine & the Future of Europe, Part 7
Curated Video
CISSP® Certification Domain 1 Security and Risk Management Video Boot Camp for 2022 - Intellectual Property
This video explains the concept of intellectual property. This clip is from the chapter "Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP Domain 1 - Security and Risk Management" of the series "CISSP® Certification Domain 1:...
Press Association
Labour’s working-people policies will transform lives for the better – Rayner
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said her party’s manifesto offer for working people is not “timid” and will “transform working people’s lives for the better”. She was campaigning in West Lothian on Saturday with Scottish Labour...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes from US election night, 1952: tallying votes; winner Eisenhower; defeated candidate Stevenson
Crowded room at Democratic headquarters in Washington, man on ladder and below to mark on big tally board, large sign reads Welcome Democrats in bg / crowd on floor, tally board in bg / crowded room, portrait of Stevenson next to board,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Korean War anti-Communist Chinese POWs board landing ship tank during Operation Comeback
WS POW with Taiwanese flag walking across rail track, two women serving tea to POWs, crowd holding signs and banners behind rope barrier in distance along rail track / side view of POWs with belonging on back, waving flags / CU POWs...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Connecticut First Lady Francesca Lodge campaigns for Dwight Eisenhower in New York City, March 1952
Title: "Mrs. Lodge Models New 'Ike Hat'" superimposed over Francesca Lodge, wife of CT Governor John Lodge with "I Like Ike Hat" on / MS Lodge and James Woodrum standing in back of a convertible unfurl poster of Ike / Pan down to...