Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ralph Morelli - Computer Science The Challenge
Professor Morelli graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1969 with a B. A. in Mathematics. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy, as well as an M. S. in Computer Science from the University of Hawaii. He has been teaching at...
Religion for Breakfast
How Did the Nicene Creed Form?
How Did the Nicene Creed Form? This famous statement of Christian orthodoxy is recited all over the world today. But it was actually composed in the 4th century during a theological controversy. What was this controversy? And what can it...
Religion for Breakfast
The Conversion of Constantine: What Really Happened?
Emperor Constantine the Great famously converted to Christianity in the early 4th century CE. But how did this happen? What did Constantine really believe?
KERA
Dinosaur-Eating Crocodile
A teenager recently discovered what turned out to be the fossil of a large, dinosaur-eating crocodile in northern Texas. Many amateur fossil hunters enjoy looking for ancient animals’ bones in this rocky area. At the site, for example, a...
One Minute History
189 - Theocracy - One Minute History
The word ‘Theocracy’ originates from Ancient Greek words meaning, “the rule of God.” First used by Flavius Josephus in the 1st century AD when referring to the government of the Jews; a Theocracy derives authority from a religion and its...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Making the Business Case for Renewable Energy
Provides case studies and arguments for why renewable energy is producing more jobs and more economic security for the U.S.
Prime Coaching Sport
6 Physical Education Fitness Circuit activities | Grades K-8
Try out these 6 (out of 36) dynamic P.E activities: 1. Toe reaches 2. Ski hops 3. Mountain climbs 4. Pistol squats 5. Bench dips 6. Squat & push Have your students work on the 6 components of fitness necessary to keep them healthy and...
Religion for Breakfast
What Would Jesus Drink?
The Last Supper is one of the most famous scenes from the Gospels. It is a story that has inspired the Eucharist, the central ritual of most Christian worship. But what sort of wine was available to Jesus in the early first century CE?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elsa Elisabeth Jones - Freedom Schools
Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Childhood Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As an Independent...
Big Think
Why the U.S. is an anomaly among democracies | Eboo Patel
- From the time of the ancient Greeks, political philosophers believed the only way to have diversity in a society was for it to be an empire or a dictatorship. They thought homogeneity was the core of democracy: one ethnic group, one...
Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. | A Crusader For Liberation | Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King, although he was an initial skeptic to religion he eventually became a Baptist minister, a civil-rights activist and had a seismic impact on race relations in the United...
The March of Time
1953: PANAJI (PANJIM), GOA, INDIA
MOT 1953: PANAJI (PANJIM), GOA, INDIA: VS Buildings along Mandovi River & hill BG, WS Town intersection. OLD GOA: People walking FG, market stalls & St Francis of Assisi Church BG. MAPUSA: VS Crowded market, mother & daughter Paulina...
The March of Time
1952: ALLIED-OCCUPIED VIENNA
MOT 1952: ALLIED-OCCUPIED VIENNA: VS Wiener Saengerknaben (Vienna Boys Choir)in semicircle in front of alter singing 'Ascendit Deus' by Jacobus Gallus. VS Boys singing. (Sound bridge CHURCH BELLS) HA XWS Stephansdom (St. Stevens...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Brenda Wineapple - Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation, explains her interest in the 1925 Scopes Trial, a pivotal moment in American history that captivated the nation. The trial was covered...
Crash Course
The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?
Walk your learners through the progression of the Crusades, discovering the political and religious motivations along the way, learning about such famous figures as Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, and considering the real historical...