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Instructional Video5:59
TED-Ed

Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?

11th - Higher Ed Standards
What is Bloomsday? Why would thousands travel to Dublin on this day to visit sites depicted in a novel that is ridiculously hard to read? Why even bother with reading such a book? Find out by viewing a short video that suggests the...
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Instructional Video7:54
Bill of Rights Institute

Constitutional Principles: The Rule of Law

9th - 12th Standards
Invite your young citizens to consider the depth, significance, and necessity of the rule of law. This video focuses particularly on the American commitment to rule of law since the nation's inception with the Constitution, referencing...
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Instructional Video5:58
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TED-Ed

The Great Conspiracy Against Julius Caesar

6th - 12th Standards
What would you do if you thought your country was on the path to tyranny, and one man was gaining too much power? This animated video will engage your young historians with a thought-provoking query as it reviews the personal and...
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Instructional Video6:00
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TED-Ed

The Train Heist | Think Like A Coder, Ep 4

6th - 12th Standards
Robots come in handy when planning a train heist. The hero and her robot continue their quest to find artifacts to save the world. They must locate and steal the Node of Power on a specific car of a train by writing computer code for the...
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Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

The Princess Who Rewrote History

9th - 12th
Byzantine princess Anna Komnene took the motto, “If you want it done right, do it yourself,” to heart, penning a 500-page history of her father’s reign. Her tales of Byzantine Emperor Alexios’s reign attempt to balance truth with family...
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Instructional Video4:35
TED-Ed

Should We Be Looking for Life Elsewhere in the Universe?

5th - 12th
Is there life beyond Earth? If so, should we make contact with that life? Carl Sagan, along with other astronomers, packed the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 with sounds of the Earth and Earth's inhabitants, hoping to reach life beyond...
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Instructional Video4:55
TED-Ed

How does anesthesia work?

7th - 12th Standards
Many people know the feeling of counting backward from 100 before a surgical procedure begins, but what actually happens between number 99 and waking up after surgery? Watch a short video about the different types of anesthesia, the...
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Instructional Video13:43
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Crash Course

Macroeconomics

9th - 12th Standards
Get out of the textbook and into real economic issues with an innovative video. Crash Course Economics takes learners through a tour of macroeconomics and applies the three major factors of macroeconomics—gross domestic product,...
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Instructional Video11:21
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Crash Course

The Economics of Immigration

9th - 12th Standards
Immigration is a topic that likely affects every member of your class, no matter how many generations of their families have been born in the United States. Learn about the reasons economists argue that immigration is ultimately helpful...
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Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to G. W. F. Hegel’s The Phenomenology of Spirit

9th - 12th Standards
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit was an influential contribution to 19th century philosophy. High schoolers explore what happens when two conscious beings, both sure of their own freedom without restriction,...
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Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan

9th - 12th Standards
No discussion about the importance of government influence in society is complete without Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. As explained in a short analysis video, his 17th century work details the restrictions of individual freedom, and how...
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Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to William James’s The Principles Of Psychology

9th - 12th Standards
Is psychology a natural science? A brief video explains William James's theory of psychology as it connects to physiology, known as the James-Lange Theory of Emotion, and his belief that the mind and body work together to create one's...
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Instructional Video6:33
TED-Ed

Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?

2nd - 12th Standards
Are animals capable of understanding language, or are they responding to the emotion in their owners' voice and movements? An informative video explores how the dog-human language connection works, including how much language dogs can...
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Instructional Video7:45
TED-Ed

How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity.

9th - 12th Standards
Imagine living in a neighborhood where the houses on your street keep moving farther away until your house is the only one in the reachable vicinity. That's what is happening in our universe, except your house is our galaxy, and the...
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Instructional Video8:48
TED-Ed

Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich

6th - 12th Standards
It's a question economists, anthropologists, and sociologists have asked themselves since the first regional lines were drawn in the sand. Are there common factors that destine one country to thrive and another to struggle? An...
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Instructional Video6:51
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TED-Ed

The Prison Break | Think Like A Coder, Ep 1

6th - 12th Standards
Break free from monotonous lessons. An engaging video introduces the computer coding series and describes the ongoing context. Robots have taken over, and the hero needs to escape from prison and save the world by solving a set of clues....

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