Instructional Video9:34
Schooling Online

English Essentials - Next Level Knowledge - Breaking Down Questions and Formulating Arguments (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)

3rd - Higher Ed
Continue conquering comparative essays in this lesson as we break down a theme-based question. Not only will we show you how to break the question down, but we’ll also show you how to formulate a strong thesis (argument). Enjoy our easy...
Instructional Video7:10
Extra Credits

A Canticle for Leibowitz - Dystopias and Apocalypses - Extra Sci Fi

9th - 11th
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a book about cycles and violence--about the cost of progress. But it is also about the persistence of humanity's quest for knowledge and endless resilience. Unlike other post-apocalyptic fiction tropes, it is...
Instructional Video11:21
PBS

What's the Most Realistic Artificial Gravity in Sci-Fi?

12th - Higher Ed
2001: A Space Odyssey introduced a lot of people to the idea of rotation based artificial gravity, but in sci-fi, it’s far from the only one to implement the idea! Babylon 5, Halo, and Ringworld also used rotation-based artificial...
Instructional Video8:41
The Art Assignment

Be a news photographer. | Alec Soth | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
Order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes this + new assignments!) Alec Soth is a photographer who works on large-scale projects that play with the boundaries...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Art of the Short Story: Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

9th - 10th
Learn about the rise of mass media and the popularity of the short story in this video [4:07] from the American Masters film Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. Poe wrote more than seventy short stories and created his own set of rules for...