Instructional Video9:30
The Art Assignment

Try combinatory play with books. | Pablo Helguera | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
This week we meet Pablo Helguera, an artist, museum educator, and writer, at the Indianapolis stop of his Spanish language bookstore Librería Donceles. His assignment challenges you to give old books new lives through combinatory play.
Instructional Video1:17
Curated Video

Symbolism and Interpretations of the Whale in Moby Dick

9th - Higher Ed
The interpretations of the whale in "Moby Dick" are diverse, ranging from representing the Judeo-Christian God to critiques of imperialism and atheism. Scholars have debated whether Moby Dick symbolizes an inscrutable, omnipotent force...
Instructional Video2:06
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Artur Proidakov - Teachers Make a Difference - Natalya Filonenko

Higher Ed
Artur Proidakov is a Top 10 finalists Global Teacher Prize 2023 and the winner of Global Teacher Prize Ukraine.



He was born and grew up in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in Luhansk region, under Russian occupation since...
Instructional Video9:19
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Artur Proidakov - Teaching in Difficult Times: From Pandemic to War

Higher Ed
Artur Proidakov is a Top 10 finalists Global Teacher Prize 2023 and the winner of Global Teacher Prize Ukraine.



He was born and grew up in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in Luhansk region, under Russian occupation since...
Instructional Video2:43
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

The Project - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
The Project Read by Michael Rosen from The Hypnotiser You can browse and buy Michael Rosen Books hereref='http://bit.ly/MichaelRosenBooks' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here "I wrote a book of poems for children called 'The...
Instructional Video43:04
The Guardian

Guardian Books podcast: Moby-Dick Big Read and Robert Graves remembered

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Guardian Books podcast: Moby-Dick Big Read and Robert Graves remembered David Cameron and Tilda Swinton are among the readers of a new online version of Moby Dick; poet and novelist Robert Graves' last years on Mallorca are recalled by...
Instructional Video3:08
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Cara Erdheim Kilgallen - Humor in the Classroom

Higher Ed
Cara Kilgallen earned her B.A. in English and Spanish from Colby College in 2001M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University in 2010.Cara is a professor at Sacred Heart University in the department of Languages and Literatures. Her teaching...
Instructional Video4:01
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Cara Erdheim Kilgallen - Teachers Make a Difference - My Family and Herb London

Higher Ed
Cara Kilgallen earned her B.A. in English and Spanish from Colby College in 2001, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University in 2010.Cara is a professor at Sacred Heart University in the department of Languages and Literatures. Her...
Instructional Video2:56
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Jonathan Mooney - Teachers Make a Difference

Higher Ed
Jonathan Mooney is a dyslexic writer and activist who did not learn to read until he was 12 years old. He is a graduate of Brown University’s class of 2000 and holds an honors degree in English Literature. Jonathan is founder and...
Instructional Video8:09
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Jonathan Mooney - Reimagining Learning

Higher Ed
Jonathan Mooney is a dyslexic writer and activist who did not learn to read until he was 12 years old. He is a graduate of Brown University’s class of 2000 and holds an honors degree in English Literature. Jonathan is founder and...
Instructional Video5:03
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Robert Shetterly - Americans Who Tell The Truth

Higher Ed
Robert Shetterly was born in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated in 1969 from Harvard College with a degree in English Literature. At Harvard he took some courses in drawing which changed the direction of his creative life...
Instructional Video7:23
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Martin A. Lee - The Essential Guide to CBD

Higher Ed
Martin A. Lee is the co-founder and director of Project CBD and the author of several books, including Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana–Medical, Recreational and Scientific, which received the American Botanical Council’s...
Instructional Video21:01
Wonderscape

Great Authors: Dr. Seuss

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher discusses the life and legacy of Dr. Seuss. She highlights some of Dr. Seuss's most popular books and their impact on children's literature. The video also explores the text features and literary devices used...
Instructional Video2:43
Curated Video

Radclyffe Hall - LGBTQ History

12th - Higher Ed
National Archives: Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943)[1] was an English poet and author, best known for the novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall...
Instructional Video7:28
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sean D. Kelly - Teachers Make a Difference

Higher Ed
Sean Kelly earned an Sc.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.S. in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences from Brown University in 1989. After several years as a graduate student in Logic and Methodology of Science, he finally...
Instructional Video7:47
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Cathy Collins - Freedom to Learn

Higher Ed
Cathy Collins has worked as a Library Media & Technology Specialist for 23 years at the K-12 level. She is currently serving as a Library Media Specialist at Sharon Middle School. She holds a Doctorate in Education with a...
Instructional Video7:51
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Ernest Morrell - Media, Literacy and Student Engagement

Higher Ed
ERNEST MORRELL is the Macy Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is also a Class of 2014 Fellow of the American Educational Research...
Instructional Video27:13
TED Talks

Natalie Merchant: Singing old poems to life

12th - Higher Ed
Natalie Merchant sings from her poetry-inspired album "Leave Your Sleep," which pairs lyrics from poets -- from Gerard Manley Hopkins to a near-forgotten 10-year-old girl in Brooklyn -- with simple melodies and her unmistakable voice....
Instructional Video10:05
Vlogbrothers

John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down

6th - 11th
In which John Green reads the first chapter of his new novel, Turtles All the Way Down. In it, we meet Aza, a young woman whose obsessive thought spirals do not seem to make her a particularly good detective.
Instructional Video8:45
The Art Assignment

Artline Bling: Tattoos, Shia Labeouf, & Laughing at Art | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
This week we answer your questions from our art hotline* and talk about the legitimacy of celebrity artists, the embarrassment of being called an "artist", why we laugh at art, and more.
Instructional Video2:39
Curated Video

Richard Wright

9th - Higher Ed
At a time when Jim Crow laws made racial segregation legal across much of the United States, author Richard Wright gave voice to a struggle – as the first African American author to achieve widespread critical and commercial success.
Instructional Video1:46
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

You're Thinking About Tomatoes | CROWD FUND | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

Pre-K - 5th
Unbound - A graphic novel of You're Thinking About Tomatoes!https://unbound.com/books/youre-thinking-about-tomatoes/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Tomatoes! Help Michael Rosen make a new book and get limited edition copies for...
Instructional Video5:53
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Elizabeth Watts Bromery - Teachers Make a Difference - Leon and Jean Watts

Higher Ed
Elizabeth Watts Bromery, an English Professor at Broward County Public Schools, Florida, became an educator in 1990 as her parents raised her to equate education with social justice. She chose teaching to empower students to make...
Instructional Video15:58
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Elizabeth Watts Bromery - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - USA

Higher Ed
Elizabeth Watts Bromery, an English Professor at Broward County Public Schools, Florida, became an educator in 1990 as her parents raised her to equate education with social justice. She chose teaching to empower students to make...