Instructional Video17:07
TED Talks

Philippe Starck: Design and destiny

12th - Higher Ed
Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question "Why design?" Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not.
Instructional Video12:37
Crash Course

Frankenstein Part II: Crash Course Literature 206

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green continues to teach you about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You'll learn about romantic vs Romantic, the latter of which is a literary movement. John will also look at a few different critical readings of Frankenstein,...
Instructional Video5:53
TED Talks

Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa

12th - Higher Ed
In this short, provocative talk, financier Sangu Delle questions whether microfinance — small loans to small entrepreneurs -- is the best way to drive growth in developing countries. "We seem to be fixated on this romanticized idea that...
Instructional Video9:11
NativLang

First Contact Survival Kit - learn an undocumented language from scratch

9th - 11th
Wandering off your map, you meet people whose language is totally unknown to linguists. Can you learn to speak? Yes. Here's how. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NativLang Become my patron:...
Instructional Video5:01
TED-Ed

Everything You Need to Know to Read "Frankenstein"

9th - 12th
It was a dark and stormy night in 1815 when Mary Shelley began drafting  a ghost story in response to a competition suggest by Lord Byron. Find out more about Shelley, her life, and events that influenced what is called the...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?

9th - 12th Standards
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...