Class of the Titans - Episode 50 - "Golden Boy" - Part 3 Mexico City 1968: The Games of the XIX Olympiad The Games of the XIX Olympiad, held in Mexico City, Mexico. Video shows pictures of the Olympic mascot and pictures of athletes, with “Black Power” fists, and other athletes. Video gives facts about how many nations participated, and the problems leading up to the games. (2:04) Ischemic Strokes How it feels to have a stroke #24 How to Use a Metronome: Why is a Metronome Important? Lesson #3 How to play the Piano Scales How to Read Sheet Music : Pick-Up Notes: How to Read Sheet Music Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address President Franklin Roosevelt 1933 Inauguration Cold War: The Wall Comes Down - part 4/5 Cold War: The Wall Comes Down - part 1/5 How to Play a Melody from Reading Piano Sheet Music Learn how to play a melody from reading piano sheet music. In this video the viewer is shown the keys of the piano and notes are above the keys and the instructor plays the keys. This video shows how to play Mary Had a Little Lamb. Overturn of Same Sex Ban in California. Supreme Court: Original Intent Supreme Court: Precedent and its Implications The Supreme Court: Today's Supreme Court Political Parties and Their Functions When the Moors Ruled in Spain (1 of 11) Mormonism: What Mormons Believe - Mormon Church
Short video has a doctor explaining what an ischemic stroke is and uses animated diagrams to illustrate points. 1 min.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: one morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened, as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another. From http://www.ted.com. (20:11) {MSHS 2}
In this lesson, I explain why we need a metronome, and what are some good exercises to use with metronomes. Metronomes can help keep us steady and on beat. These little things might drive you crazy, but they are SO worth using.
This lesson works on chords, scales, and triads. Andrew talks about how chords start on the tonic (first note of the scale) and is the strongest chord of all. Broken and solid chords are demonstrated. You should practice at least 15 minutes every day.
This is one of the most basic starting points of music. The individual note or tone is played and explained. Tone is a sound that occurs at a specific frequency. Notes are the individual keys on the piano; there is a group of two black notes and a group of three black notes. Scales are the combinations of whole and half steps. There are major and minor scales.
Pick-up notes are basically part of an incomplete measure and can be found at the very beginning of a piece of music. Learn how to read pick-up notes in sheet music.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt giving the Pearl Harbor Address to Congress - "a date that will live in infamy" (2:37)
Newsreel footage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inauguration on January 20, 1933.
Part 4 of 5 about the significance of the Berlin Wall and its destruction during the Cold War years.
Part 1 of 5 about the Berlin Wall and its impact and significance during the Cold War.
Journalist Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, spoke by phone about a federal court judge's ruling that overturned California's ban on gay marriage. A good lesson about checks and balances and the judical branch and civil rights. A short video that goes through the elements of the case and it sets the stage for a debate in class as well as the importance of reporters and journalism in letting people know what is happening in the world
Experts disagree on how the Constitution should be handled in modern times; is it, for example, a "living" document? What is the original intent of the document, and how does this limit judicial review? An actual case is discussed as well as cruel and unusal punished debated. A good video for older students. Ends abruptly.
The concept of precedent and its implications as a limit to judicial review are explained. This is usually a difficult idea for students to understand and this four minute does supply some examples. It is for older students and does not examine the overruling of existing cases at times.
Today's Supreme Court is likely to be called on to decide cases that will affect many people, including rights for minorities, the right to bear arms, and the powers of law enforcement versus people's right to privacy. This video needs to have an explanation of judicial review before it is shown. The content is about some decisions that may change society.
Great teachers from outstanding universities give instruction on federalism in this video from Thinkwell's online American Government series. This video will discuss: Political Parties and Their Functions. The video uses lecture format and pictures to aid in the explanations. Run time 10:17.
'The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim) people of Berber and Arab descent from North Africa, some of whom came to conquer and occupy the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years' (Moors,Wikipedia, 2009). This video is suitable for older middle school and high school students.
President Gordon B. Hinckley shares his testimony of the origins of Mormonism, better known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church or "Mormonism"). What do Mormons believe? Do Mormons believe in latter-day prophets? What do Mormons believe about Joseph Smith? Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ and God appeared to a young boy? How was Mormonism started? Video produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.













