Curated Video
Setting: It’s Simple
“Setting: It’s Simple” compares and contrasts the settings of two stories.
Curated Video
Comparing Similar Themes
New ReviewA video titled "Comparing Similar Themes" that details how different stories and elements like symbolism, setting, and figurative language can relate back to similar themes.
Curated Video
Exploring perspective in 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast two different perspectives of a setting. Key learning points: - Abdul Karim is a member of Queen Victoria’s household. He is teaching the Queen Hindustani. - Abdul Karim describes India in...
Mr. Beat
The Lost Generation Writers (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time there was city, named Paris, France. During the 1920s, lots of Americans moved there to escape institutionalized racism and the associated race riots, xenophobia, censorship, materialism, and Prohibition. Perhaps most...
Curated Video
Adding Details for Flow in Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of adding details to create flow in a story. They provide examples and guide students through revising a draft to improve the clarity and coherence of the narrative. The goal is to help...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The Earth's age in measurements you can understand - Joshua M. Sneideman
The Earth is 4.6 billion years old -- but how can humans relate to a number so colossal, and where do we fit on the geologic timeline? Comparing the Earth's lifetime to one calendar year, events like the extinction of dinosaurs and...
Oxford Online English
How to Talk About the Past in English
In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about the past in English. Talking about the past includes many things. Do you want to talk about interesting experiences you’ve had, tell a funny story, or talk about something you regret in the...
Curated Video
Using images to make comparisons and predictions in 'Mirror'
Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast images in 'Mirror'. Key learning points: - The Moroccan story is set in the Valley of the Roses; the Western (Australian) setting is based on a suburb of Sydney. - The two landscapes contrast...
Weird History
The Biggest Badass Woman In American History
All western schoolchildren have heard of Sacagawea, and even more know the story of Pocahontas either from class or the Disney movie. But who was the great – and comparatively unknown – Marie Dorion? No less than one of the most...
Curated Video
Band 9 IELTS Speaking Part 3: News and Photography
Today you’ll hear band 9 IELTS Speaking Part 3 answers about news and photography. Congratulations to Sueny, a 3 Keys student, who just got a 7 on her IELTS Speaking Exam! The questions I answer in today’s video are: 1. What are the...
Amor Sciendi
Florentine Baptistery: The Renaissance Begins
The competition that started the Renaissance (which is a thing). This is the story of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi. A note on my mistakes: The doors shown at the end of the video are not the doors Ghiberti made after 1401....
Curated Video
Tevye the Dairyman Episode 6 - ASSAULT: MATERIALISM
When Sholem Aleichem published the sixth of his Tevye stories, Jews in Eastern Europe were in dire straits. Violence against Jews was escalating, and pogroms led to a large, fleeing refugee population. During this time—1906-1907—Jewish...
Curated Video
Adding Details to Create Engaging Characters and Conflicts
Writers set up a conflict for their main character at the beginning of the story. Let's practice adding details to better explain a character's problem.
Barcroft Media
Inspirational Sisters Share Rare Facial Disorder
MARION, OHIO - March 03: TWO inseparable sisters born with facial deformities are proving that beauty doesn't have to be conventional. Asia Williams, 22, and India Walls, 20, were born with Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS), a genetic...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marvin Goldfried - Supporting LGBT Family Members
Dr. Goldfried's past work has been on the investigation of the process of change in psychotherapy, comparing different theoretical orientations for both common and unique processes. Currently, he is involved in clinical and research...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Martinez HoSang - How Struggles for Racial Justice Liberate Everyone Part 2
Daniel Martinez HoSang is Professor of Ethnicity Race and Migration and American Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science and serves on the Education Studies Advisory Committee. His most recent...
Oxford Online English
How to Talk About the Past in English
In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about the past in English. Talking about the past includes many things. Do you want to talk about interesting experiences you’ve had, tell a funny story, or talk about something you regret in the...
Curated Video
Smart Watch Review: Is the FitBit Versa 2 the Smart Watch For You? | Tech Review | NowThis
Trying to decide between an Apple Watch and the Fitbit Versa 2? Here's how the two compare. » Subscribe to NowThis Future: https://go.nowth.is/Future_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day...
GradeSaver
Gulliver’s Travels Video Summary
Visit us at www.gradesaver.com to read the full transcript and learn more about the classic novel: https://www.gradesaver.com/gullivers-travels/study-guide/video Gulliver's Travels is a fictionalized travel narrative written by Jonathan...
Curated Video
Why disco made pop songs longer
Disco, DJs, and the impact of the 12-inch single. Try Dashlane here: https://dashlane.com/vox. Get 10% off now with promo code: VOX Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab In the early 1970s, a musical sensation took over New...
World Science Festival
Your Daily Equation | Episode 15: The Planck Length - Why String Theory is Hard to Test
Episode 15 #YourDailyEquation: The Planck scale is often described as the arena in which both quantum mechanical and gravitational effects come into play. The Planck length is tiny (compared to the sizes of everyday things) and the...
NativLang
Tower of Babel vs Linguistics - the quest for the first language
Did one original language shatter into many? The Tower of Babel, the evolution of languages and the quest for Proto-World. Subscribe for language: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Follow my progress or...
Curated Video
DJ Didilong
The Story of Didilong Sitting across from us in his swivel chair is a young man named Lee Yinghong, also known as DJ Didilong. With a head full of wavy hair that falls just shy of his shoulders, Lee Yinghong wears a black...
Curated Video
The eclipse photo that made Einstein famous
In 1919, a total solar eclipse helped redefine gravity. Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring this video. Check them out at buyraycon.com/vox Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity,...