Crash Course
The French Revolution Crash Course World History
In which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror? All of this and more contributed to the...
Wonderscape
Exploring Anaphora: The Power of Repetition in Writing
This video focuses on anaphora, a literary technique involving the repetition of words or phrases at the start of successive clauses. It highlights its emotional impact, with examples from "A Tale of Two Cities," the Declaration of...
Curated Video
Revising Writing
This video discusses the purpose of, and techniques for, revising writing.
Packt
Improve the accuracy of an artificial intelligence system : Exploring Hyper Parameters to Improve the Accuracy
From the section: Building a Recommender System. In this section you will build a system that recommends restaurants based on similar user’s ratings, using collaborative filtering. You will also learn about exploring hyper parameters to...
Let's Tute
Reflection and its Types: A Quiz Session
The video discusses the concept of reflection, including the difference between specular and diffused reflection and how light interacts with irregular surfaces. It also includes a quiz to test the viewer's knowledge.
The Wall Street Journal
The New Global Art Market
Edward Dolman, chief executive of auction house Phillips, and Gagosian founder and owner, Larry Gagosian, speak with WSJ art market reporter Kelly Crow about how art will expand around the world.
Curated Video
The Core of Influence & Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos - Character, Reason, and Emotion
The earliest thinker in the Western tradition whose ideas about influence and persuasion come down to us was Aristotle. He asserted that we need three things to build a persuasive argument: ethos, logos, and pathos. In English, these...
Weird History
Being A Prisoner In The Tower Of London
What was it like to live in the Tower of London? That depended on a prisoner's social position and personal wealth; however, even the most notable prisoners were subject to horrible fates. Many prisoners in the Tower of London faced...
Curated Video
The 1-2-3 of a Successful Written Sales Proposal
In many sectors – especially professional services, where I have had my career – sales are often made with the help of a written proposal. And, while this could be a course all on its own, here are a few tips and pointers.
Curated OER
IELTS Writing Essays 6
Be more persuasive with these strategies! Specific to the IELTS essay, Robert Lewis talks about persuasive techniques, such as using reason and appeal to authority, and how to apply them to your writing.
Townsend Press
Argument
Form well-crafted arguments with the help of an educational video. Fourth graders study various examples of persuasive arguments, including thesis statements and cartoons, and observe the ways that supporting details can enhance the...
TED-Ed
History vs. Richard Nixon
Should we remember Richard Nixon only for his abuse of power and the scandal that resulted in the end of his presidency? Here is a fantastic TedEd video illustrating major highlights from Nixon's term as president of the United...