A History of Scotland Part 1 Introduction, BBC Scotland
A history of Scotland starting with the very first clan/tribe. This BBC documentary is suitable for middle school and high school students.
Ancient Warriors - The Highlanders 1/3
The beginning is purposely blurred as an artistic effect. This is a History Channel documentary regarding the Highlander's fight against the English in the 14th century that is suitable for high school students.
Battle Of Midway - WWII in colour
This is part from WWII in colour series. This one deals with the Battle Of Midway. All footage is in color and in good quality.
Happy Groundhog Day - a song for young children
A song about the significance of the groundhog seeing or not seeing his shadow on February 2nd.
Sentence Diagramming 3: Prepositional Phrases Again
Yossarian the Grammarian shows that prepositional phrases can contain other prepositional phrases.
SAT Parallelism
This video explains the concept of parallelism and gives examples. Then it explains the relevance of parallelism in the context of the SAT test.Â
If the parts of speech were people
Reid and Kristen read to us their responses. If nouns, verbs, and adjective were people, what would they be like?
The Black Panther Party
A tribute to the Black Panters. In Oakland Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton founded the Black Panthers in 1966 with a ten-point platform for addressing racial and economic inequality in America. (5:57)
Dissociation of Salt
This brief video uses computer animation and narration to explain the dissociation of salt (sodium chloride) in water -Â creating a sodium chloride solution. Run time 0:52.
A close look at carbon fiber
A three minute video that shows how carbon fiber is made and some uses. Brief, but usable for older students.
Solving Exact Differential Equations
Now, let's learn how to solve exact differential equations. Video starts with a problem and then goes through the steps to solve the problem.
Spanish Vocabulary - Descriptive Adjectives
This video teaches a group of basic Spanish adjectives. It is presented in Spanish and English, but has great illustrations, and the words are written and pronounced in both English and Spanish. Very easy to follow.
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
The video begins with examples in Spanish using the demonstrative adjectives "este/esta, aquel/aquella" and the equivalent in English. There is some practice at the end.
Demonstrative adjectives in Spanish part 1
In this video the speaker clearly explains how to use the words this and that in spanish. The use of pictures and the printed word is very helpful.
Conversation in a Restaurant
This is a French language video only, however the words appear on the screen and the conversation hovers between beginner and intermediate.
Common French Phrases : Common French Phrases for Food
Learn common French phrases for restaurant food from expert Stéphanie Hourie Morrow who is a French language speaker. Speaker says each word three times while the words appear on the screen.
Legislation: The Government Steps in
This video is accompanied by text. "The rapid expansion of industry and the concentration of ownership by fewer and fewer people changed the way many Americans felt about the role of government in economic affairs. With the growing number of trusts in America, reformers in the late nineteenth century began to voice their concerns about the expanding gulf between the rich and the poor. Although the new class of millionaires brought economic and material progress, they also created deepening class
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Part 3 of 3
This is the happy ending of the animated Simsala film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," adapted from Grimms' fairy tale classic, which is waiting for us inside a handsome book on the bookshelf! Part 3 of 3 (5:19)
Palestine 1930-1948 - 5 of 14
A small minority of Arabs opposed the policies imposed by the British and they reacted against the British. More Jewish settlements were built. There is footage of the moments settlements were created. There is reference to immigration of Jews to other places such as Australia and how this increased hostility in Palestine. Immigrants to Palestine were only admitted in restricted quotas controlled by the British. There are images of the precautions taken in Palestine as WWII started. AmericaÂ
Palestine 1930-1948 - 6 of 14 (The Holocaust)
This video begins showing images of WWII. There is reference to the way the war result affected Palestine. There was propaganda showing apparent Jew's well being which was not true. The Jews in Palestine learnt the truth. This caused violence and revolts. There is an account of the Political places that took place. There are images of WWII bombing and a description of the disastrous results in Europe. There are images of the concentration camps and of the dead bodies found (rather shocking image
