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Brainwaves Video Anthology
Antoinette Brim-Bell - 'Thank You Note to Picasso'
Antoinette Brim, author of These Women You Gave Me, Icarus in Love and Psalm of the Sunflower, is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a...
Weird History
Life As A Victorian Chimney Sweep
The jaunty image of the Victorian child chimney sweep is indelibly romantic, evoking the picturesque London glamorized in Mary Poppins. But the truth is that chimney sweep kids β and children living in Dickensian squalor, in general β...
3Blue1Brown
The most unexpected answer to a counting puzzle
A puzzle involving colliding blocks where the number pi, vey unexpectedly, shows up.
Brian McLogan
Applying substitution to solve a system of equations with a consistent independent solution
πLearn how to solve a system of equations by substitution. To solve a system of equations means to obtain a common values of the variables that makes the each of the equation in the system true. To solve a system of equations by...
Rachel's English
How to Pronounce VACATION -- American English
Learn the pronunciation of 'vacation' in this Word of the Week video.
Visual Learning Systems
What Is an Insect?: Video Quiz
This fascinating program takes a look at the major characteristics of familiar and unusual insects that swarm the planet. Concepts and terminology: invertebrate, six legs, and exoskeleton.
Brian McLogan
Evaluating the limit of a continuous function
π Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function involving polynomials. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value is the number/value which the function approaches at that time. The limit of a...
Crash Course
The Progressive Era Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Era in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th century in America, there was a sense that things could be improved upon. A sense that reforms should be enacted. A...
Makematic
Hey, Where's My Girlhood?
Throughout American history, young girls have worked in fields, factories and homes to provide for themselves and their families - and sacrificed their childhood. The same thing is still happening today.
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Progressive Era - Industrialisation
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Progressive Era uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era...
PBS
Labor Day | All About the Holidays
Labor Day isn't just a day off at the beginning of the school year! Learn all about the workers who fought for labor laws and workplace safety with an informative video about the origins of Labor Day.
PBS
Grace Abbott | Unladylike2020
A short video compares the work of 20th century reformer Grace Abbott with that of 21st century activist Christina Jimenez. The digital short focuses on the commitment of both women to immigrant rights, child labor, and health care.
A&E Television
History.com: Child Labor
A good summary of child labor in the United States and the development of the child labor laws. [1:56]
Other
The Industrial Revolution: A Boon to Industry, a Bane to Childhood
A video describing what life was like during the Industrial Revolution in the United States. What did the development of factories do to families and children's lives during the era? Eventually laws were established out of necessity to...