SciShow
Can’t Sleep? Blame the Climate Crisis
Today, we bring you two surprising effects of the climate crisis: less sleep and more dying trees.
Wonderscape
Exploring Plot: The Heart of Storytelling
This video breaks down the concept of plot, an essential component of storytelling, using the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an illustrative example. It explains how plot structures a narrative and makes it compelling,...
Makematic
Story surprises
"Stories spark listeners’ curiosity and help children aged 3-7 understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Children become engaged when they use their creative ideas to change familiar stories. In this activity, children...
Makematic
Let's Build Stories
Whether we start with a personal experience or by looking at art, when we ask questions, we build stories. Your imagination helps bring the characters, setting and plot to life.
Curated Video
Solving Word Problems Involving Weight Using Diagrams
In this lesson, students will learn how to solve word problems involving weight by using a diagram. They will practice converting units and calculating to find the answer to the given question.
Curated Video
Theme Development
A video entitled “Theme Development” which explores specific examples of how the theme of a personal narrative can be indirectly conveyed.
Curated Video
ChatGPT for Creatives - Generating a Story
In this video, we talk about the process of generating a story for manga or comics, discuss the importance of having a central idea or theme and building the story around it. It also explains how to develop characters, create plot twists...
TED Talks
TED: How I'm working for change inside my church | Chelsea Shields
How do we respect someone's religious beliefs, while also holding religion accountable for the damage those beliefs may cause? Chelsea Shields has a bold answer to this question. She was raised in the orthodox Mormon tradition, and she...
Story Seeds
Exploring Identity: The Hungry Mirror
Like plants, stories often begin with small seeds of ideas and grow into beautiful flowers, full of rich details, exciting plot twists, and lovable characters. In this audio story, an author helps a young writer grow her story seed into...
R Programming 101
Lollipop Graph using ggplot.
If you're interested in Data Visualization then you've come to the right place. Ggplot (or ggplot2) is an extremely powerful package used in R programming to develop plots and graphs. A lollipop graph is an excellent example of how you...
Wonderscape
The Power of Narratives and Literary Devices
This video explores the significance of communication through storytelling, emphasizing the power of the pen in shaping perceptions and actions. It introduces five key literary devices—narrative, plot, tone and mood, setting, and...
Curated Video
Adding Value to Products and Services in Business
The video discusses the concept of how businesses add value to their products and services. It explains that adding value is the process of marking up the price of a product against its overall production cost. The video illustrates this...
The Cynical Historian
Silence (2016) | Based on a True Story
Silence has the makings of a good movie, but it bombed at the box office, and for a good reason. The plot is fascinating, and the history behind it is even more so. But the movie ended up being a boring mess. I think there is a gem...
Kids Academy
The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Animated Bedtime Story for Kids
Peter Rabbit is a fictional animal character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902 and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. Spinoff merchandise includes...
Kids Academy
Fairy Tales for Kids | Rapunzel | Three Little Pigs | Princess and the Pea | Bedtime Story for Kids
Get a well of joy and entertainment with the newest collection of the most popular fairy tales for children by Kids Academy! Kids Academy has compiled the best fairy tales for children in one collection. Now your kids and you can read...
The Cynical Historian
The Stanford Prison Experiment | Based on a True Story
This great unethical psychology experiment is famous enough to warrant a movie. Many of you may not have heard of this film, but it is a model of accuracy that brings up truly powerful historical questions. It’s the Stanford Prison...
NativLang
Telling a Scary Story: history of prose horror (with Critical Lit)
Prose scares. Poetry haunts: http://youtu.be/lcq0S4TD0Vg Subscribe to Critical Lit: http://www.youtube.com/CriticalLit The history of a scary story formula... There's a Halloween horror checklist for the prose narrative of movies, novels...
The Learning Depot
How to Write a Hook: 10 Ideas for Narrative, Expository, Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
A hook is a sentence or group of sentences that will capture or “hook” your reader’s interest and lure him or her to keep reading. The hook, also called the lead, will set the tone and mood for your essay and establish A hook can be a...
Food Farmer Earth
An Urban Farm Feeds Local Neighborhood with Help from Disabled
Tim Donovan, who calls himself "a farmer and maker," leads the agriculture team at Project Grow, a program of Port City Development Center, an arts and farming organization that works with adults with disabilities. The project brings...
Curated Video
Mastering Transitions in Writing: Keeping Your Reader Engaged
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of using varied transitions in writing to keep readers engaged. The teacher provides examples of time and place transitions and discusses the use of punctuation. Through interactive...
Food Farmer Earth
Supa Fresh Youth Farm: Helping Underserved Teens Learn Life Skills
Mia Bartlett, a career specialist with YouthSource, a program of the Oregon Human Development Corp., was walking her dog one day near Tigard. It wandered off, and she found it in what looked like an overgrown garden full of blackberries...
Curated Video
GCSE Secondary English Age 13-17 - Writing: Planning Creative Writing Part 3 - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary English videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key skill in English Reading and Writing that students need to master in clear and easy to...
Reading Through History
What is Animal Farm?
For a unit covering this material, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW The following video provides a short introduction to the novel Animal Farm, including a plot summary, as well as a history of the book's purpose, and critical reception...
ProTeachersVideo
Sabrina Broadbent's Masterclass: More Ways into Shakespeare's Othello
In her second masterclass on Othello, Sabrina Broadbent illustrates a variety of techniques to engage KS4 students with the plot and the language of the play. This is the second of two Shakespeare masterclasses where Year 10 students...