Cheese History 2
What year was the first U.S. cheese factory built? And how do people make large batches of cheese? Find out in this episode of Cheese Cubed! (3:43)
Cheese History 3
Why does Swiss cheese have holes? Find out in this episode of Cheese Cubed! (2:19)
Big Ideas for Geograph
ideas for projects involving either the Geograph Website, or the Geograph Image Archive
The University of Memphis School of Communication Sciences and Disorders.
The University of Memphis School of Communication Sciences and Disorders hearing aid research.
Lecture with Adam Lowry
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Michael L. Jackson: What Matters to Me and Why
Michael L. Jackson, USC vice president for student affairs, addressed the topic of "What Matters to Me and Why" on February 1, 2012.
Jackson has been vice president for student affairs and a professor of higher education in the USC Rossier School of Education for the past 16 years. Prior to his arrival at USC, he was dean of students at Stanford University.
At USC, Jackson and his colleagues in the Division of Student Affairs are responsible for programs and co-curricular learning and developm
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Ghana Empire
This two minute video is about the Ghana empire, located in West Africa. It tells how it became a wealthy empire because they were in the center of the caravan routes and taxed other Muslims, during the gold-salt trade. The people of Ghana didn't want to adopt the Muslim religion, but later on, the desert Arabs invaded their territory and forced them to practice the Muslim religion, or else they would be killed.
Northeastern Men's Basketball Press Conference - at William & Mary - Feb. 11, 2012
Northeastern men's basketball head coach Bill Coen meets with the media following Northeastern's 79-54 loss at William & Mary on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Va.
Chinese Civilization (11) The Golden Age of Arts / Part 01 2/2
This 13 minute video explains the Golden Age of Arts in China using a narrator and images of the various arts of this time, Southern and Northern dynasties. Very well done. Excellent for art classes as well as history and social studies. A timeline would be of value while viewing this video.
Prehistoric Astronomy: How the Ancients Looked at the Heavens (1/4)
Join award winning teacher Jonathan Bergmann as he interactively teaches Astronomy: Prehistoric Astronomy: How the Ancients Looked at the Heavens. Mr. Bergmann describes how ancient people observed the sunrise, phases of the moon, changing seasons, and the brightness of stars at night. Ancient people identified constellations. This video also shows a diagram of the celelstial sphere. ( 10:55)
Story Behind National Anthem
This 11 minute provides some background to the writing of the song as well as the man who wrote it.
Geograph Quickstart Guide
An explanation of image classification, and why the distinctions are needed.
MLK Breakfast 2012: Susan Hockfield Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Susan Hockfield, President of MIT
Dealing with Density
Mr. O from the Children's Museum in Houston explains density. He also includes a simple experiment at the end of the video 4:20 video. The video moves rapidly and may have to be stopped to allow the teacher to check for understanding.
Reading Music: Part 1 - The Staff
A cartoon that teaches the names of the notes on the staff. Stars Woody, mascot of GuitarGames.net. Covers the treble clef, ledger lines, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, and Face. 2:48
Five Pillars of Faith
This short video is shown as a call in television show. The question asked by the called is about the 5 Pillars of Faith. The host's answer is that there is only 1 God, according to the 1st pillar, which is Allah. The third pillar tells the more wealthy to charitably give to the
less fortunate. The other pillars are also explained.
Medieval Europe
This six minute video is in the form of a lecture with projected images. It is well done and hits on all the major areas such as Charlemagne's empire lasting from 768- 843 and the kingdom being divided into West Frankish Kingdom, Central Kingdom and the East Frankish Kingdom.
The Black Death and the Byzantine Empire
This three minute video uses actors and a narrator to help explain the Byzantine Emperor Justinian's plans to reunite the Roman Empire and how they were thwarted by an unlikely foe.
One Nation Under Gods: Negeria's Sectarian Crisis
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/nigeria-lagos-religion-sectarian-crisis-christian-muslim
Even for a country that has spent the majority of its 50-year existence careening from one crisis to next, the past few months in Nigeria have been without precedent. A campaign of Christmas Day church bombings by the shady Islamist sect Boko Haram heralded the expansion of an insurgency that now threatens to engulf the entire Muslim north. Meanwhile, tens of thousands took to the streets nat
