Instructional Video4:20
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Esperanza De La Vega - Language, Literacy and Culture

Higher Ed
Esperanza De La Vega, PhD, coordinates the award-winning Bilingual Teacher Pathway (BTP) program in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. She earned her PhD in language, literacy, and culture in education at UC Berkeley. Her...
Instructional Video7:34
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Diane Moore - Teaching Understanding

Higher Ed
Diane L. Moore focuses her research on enhancing the public understanding of religion through education from the lens of critical theory.



Her current project is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) through HarvardX...
Instructional Video3:32
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Dr. Julene Reed - Making a Difference in the World

Higher Ed
Dr. Julene Reed is an international consultant, presenter, researcher, instructional designer, instructional coach, and education author with over twenty–five years of experience in K-12 education. Julene holds a doctorate in...
Instructional Video9:00
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Brandon Wiley - Global Education

Higher Ed
As a full-time educational consultant, Dr. Brandon L. Wiley works with schools, districts, networks and educational organizations around the world to help them with continuous improvement and planning. He has experience leading a range...
Instructional Video4:28
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz - Teacher as Interrupter

Higher Ed
In courses such as The Teaching of Writing, Writing Non-Fiction, and Teaching English in Diverse Social/Cultural Contexts, Sealey-Ruiz, who started her career as a high school English teacher in 1993, seeks to “guide...
Instructional Video4:38
Wonderscape

The 15th Amendment: A Milestone in American Voting Rights

K - 5th
Explore the pivotal role of the 15th Amendment in shaping the democratic landscape of the United States. Enacted as the third of the Reconstruction Amendments post-Civil War, this amendment aimed to safeguard the voting rights of all...
Instructional Video16:48
Wonderscape

History Kids: Marching with Martin Luther King Jr.

K - 5th
This video explores the history of the civil rights protests in Selma, Alabama in 1965, focusing on the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the march from Selma to Montgomery. It highlights the obstacles African-Americans faced in...
Instructional Video8:47
Curated Video

Organizing Ideas in Opinion Writing

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher guides students on how to organize their ideas in opinion writing. They discuss the structure of paragraphs, with a focus on the introduction, body, and conclusion. The teacher provides a draft essay on food...
Instructional Video2:42
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Esperanza De La Vega - Teachers Make a Difference

Higher Ed
Esperanza De La Vega, PhD, coordinates the award-winning Bilingual Teacher Pathway (BTP) program in the department of Curriculum and Instruction. She earned her PhD in language, literacy, and culture in education at UC Berkeley. Her...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Reporting - Safety and Abuse Tool

7th - 12th
Keep your charges safe online with instruction on how to report problems on YouTube. After providing learners with information on the Safety and Abuse Tool, demonstrate how to use the tool and discuss the feature. In groups, learners...
Instructional Video3:51
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Federal Reserve Bank

The Fed Explains the Payments System

9th - 12th Standards
How is the Federal Reserve like your body's circulatory system? A short video explains the ways the Fed keeps money moving through the economy much like blood passes through veins and arteries. Focusing on retail payments, the video...
Instructional Video9:29
The School of Life

Philosophy - Schopenhauer

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Are love and the will to life at odds? Arthur Schopenhauer's take on human nature and the importance of love—as well as the unimportance of happiness—is the focus of a philosophy video that compares Schopenhauer's worldview to Buddhism.
Activity7:11
Lehigh University

Glory (1989) - Should it be Shown in Class?

11th - 12th Standards
This is a fantastic activity that prompts learners to think like educators and consider the value of a historically based film beyond just the accuracy of information. Your young historians will work in groups to do a close reading and...
Instructional Video8:51
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Crash Course

Productivity and Growth

9th - 12th Standards
The citizens of some countries have a higher standard of living and quality of life than others. Discover the connection between productivity and economic growth in countries around the world with an entertaining economics video.
Instructional Video
US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: Skills to Pay the Bills

9th - 10th
This collection of brief videos focuses on what soft skills are and how they make an employee valuable in the workplace.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Retro Report: The War on Drugs: The New Face of Heroin

9th - 10th
This 14-minute video provides students with historical context that explains how the United States committed to a multi-decade war on drugs that resulted in mass incarceration and racially unequal outcomes in the criminal justice system....
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Retro Report: Love Canal and the Environmental Protection Agency

9th - 10th
This 11-minute video provides students with a compact and engaging introduction to the history and environmental science surrounding the toxic pollution underneath the community of Love Canal near Niagara Falls, New York. The video shows...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The History of Special Education and Reform: Becoming Helen Keller

9th - 10th
Learn about Helen Keller's work toward special education and reform in this video from the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary Becoming Helen Keller. Using video, discussion questions, teaching tips and an activity focused the Individuals with...