Curated Video
Creating a List of Sources: How to Credit Your Research
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of including a list of sources in a research essay. They demonstrate how to compile a list of sources by reviewing their notes and organizing them in alphabetical order using the...
friEdTech
Sample Mystery Challenge Video Prompt
This video is an example of how a student mystery challenge prompt could be. This video is done with Screencastify and shows a screen recording instead of a webcam video. This is just ONE example of how the video prompt could look. This...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - English Basics – Basic Writer Tools (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Every author has a toolkit of techniques – they use these tools to build meaning and share important ideas.
In this video, we’ll teach you how to break down a range of texts. You’ll learn how to identify techniques in poems and...
PBS
Unreliable Narrators
Can an unreliable narrator help readers see the world through multiple lenses?
Boulder Creek International
C.S. Lewis: Exploring the Magical World of Narnia
C.S. Lewis part 1 of 11: This video explores the inspiration behind CS Lewis's beloved children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Through interviews with Lewis's stepson and visits to locations in Northern Ireland, viewers will gain...
PBS
The Evolution of Science Fiction (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Correction: At 1:49, we accidentally said that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1918, when it was published in 1818. We regret the error -- thanks to Stephen Pershing for catching this! Stories, tales, and myths from all...
Cerebellum
Understanding Romeo & Juliet: Setting The Scene
Romeo and Juliet is based on the long-standing hatred between two families, it is a tale of star-crossed lovers that is perhaps the greatest tragic love story in English literature. The scene is set. This video is part 2 of the series...
Curated Video
María Ruiz de Burton: Chicano Activist Writer
Latina author María Ruiz de Burton raised the plight of Mexicans in America with two satirical and revealing books at a time when female authors were few and far between.
Zach Star
Bayes Theorem and some of the mysteries it has solved
Bayes Theorem and some of the mysteries it has solved
Red Rock Films
Women's History Activator: Rachel Carson
Event: September 1962. Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring is published and word of how industrial chemicals harm nature begins to spread. Story: Rachel Carson is an author, scientist and environmentalist. Her books were praised as both...
Curated Video
Rachel Carson's Fight for the Environment
Marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson demanded that the US government take responsibility to protect people and the planet. Her book Silent Spring was a turning point in the modern environmental movement.
Englishing
ESL Writing - MLA format - Style of Documentation
In this lesson, Mr. P. will teach you how to cite a book, document, journal, website in your paper. He will go over each list and will give you examples for each. He used Faigley and Rubens Writing A Journey to provide examples and...
Englishing
ESL - What are Myths?
What is a myth, legend and folktale?. In this video, Mr. P. will find the answers to that question. He will also provide clear explanations on the difference between creation and heroic myths. This lesson is designed for intermediate...
Psychology Unlocked
5 Responses you could receive when submitting a paper to a journal - Research Methods
What happens when you submit a paper to a journal? How does the editor decide whose work to publish? And what are the potential responses you could receive from the editor once your submission has been reviewed?
Curated Video
Reading with Feeling: Showing Character Emotions through Voice
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...
Boulder Creek International
C.S. Lewis: His Friendship and War Experience
C.S. Lewis part 9 of 11: The video explores the life of C.S. Lewis during World War I, his friendship with fellow soldier Paddy Moore, and the pact they made to care for each other's families if one of them died. It also highlights how...
Curated Video
Organizing Your Evidence: Writing Supporting Paragraphs
In this video, the teacher explains how to organize evidence by writing supporting paragraphs. They discuss the importance of quoting and citing sources, and provide step-by-step instructions on how to expand similarities into sentences,...
Book Club for Kids
Fact and Fiction in "Al Capone Does My Shirts"
Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, was used as a prison for many years and held some of the most notorious criminals, including the mobster Al Capone. But inmates weren’t the only ones who lived on the island. The book Al...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Roaring Twenties - Flaming Youth
Just the Facts: The Emergence of America Uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades thats shaped Modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century,...
Curated Video
Maintaining a Consistent Tone in Your Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of tone in writing and provides examples and strategies for maintaining a consistent tone throughout a piece of writing. The video also emphasizes the importance of considering the purpose...
PBS
Who Can You Trust? Unreliable Narrators (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios
Who is the most powerful character in fiction? Villains may doom the world, heroes may save it, but no one has more control over the plot than the narrator - expositing the who, what, where, when and how directly into the reader’s mind....
Curated Video
Understanding Copyright: Why It Matters and How It Works
Discover how copyright protects creators' works from unauthorized use and how it supports artists and creators who make a living from their work. Learn the basics of fair use, what type of content can be copyrighted, and the importance...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Nailing Nonfiction – Analysing 'Politics and the English Language' (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
In today’s lesson, we’ll put all our non-fiction know-how into practice! We’ll apply what we’ve learnt about techniques in previous Nailing Non-Fiction lessons to George Orwell’s ‘Politics and the English Language’. Using our unique...
PBS
The Case for Fan Fiction (feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
For years writers of fan fiction were shamed, the butt of jokes, and even subject to copyright litigation. However, in the past few years, with the fan fiction writers of today becoming the published mainstream authors of today the past...