AIDS Education Part I
Find out how HIV/AIDS education might not give kids the information they need to protect themselves.
Playing Fair--Title IX
Using Title IX to ensure your daughter has equal opportunities in school sports.
Bicycle Safety--Smart Cycling
Rules your children can follow to stay bicycle safe.
Strengthening Character in Physical Education
This is a very good slideshow that gives information about how to strengthen character in a physical education setting. Skip to slide 6 to get to the 'meat' of the slide presentation. (39 slides)
Physical Education
Over the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years tripled for children aged 6-11 years. At present, approximately nine million children over 6 years of age are considered obese. (17 slides)
Active Gaming Research
In this video, the university shares the information they have learned about active gaming, along with the impact it has had on students' lives. The active gaming labs use technology to improve learning along with a new type of physical education within the schools and encourages children to use technology while still being physically active. Run time 03:04.
No Excuses
This video begins by showing many different students stating many excuses for not practicing their sports, etc. Then the athletes go on to explain why none of the previous reasons are valid because they all have the common goal to succeed and the desire to prove themselves. ( 2:16)
Student Athlete Faces Diabetes
This video features an interview with an athlete facing diabetes while serving on the swim team. The segment also contains comments from his coach on how the swimmer deals with the challenge. ( 1:31)
Writing Lessons : How to Teach Summarizing in Writing
Teaching children summarizing in writing helps students to be concise, to think clearly and become better speakers. Develop powerful writing skills with tips from a credentialed teacher in this video on summarizing.
The Tale of Psyche and Cupid
This student-made video of the myth of Psyche and Cupid features stop motion animation and other special effects. While the video follows the myth (from Ovid's Metamorphoses) closely enough in the beginning, the ending is very different from the original.  This movie won 1st place in the audio visual category of the 2009 Ontario Student Classics Conference. Music and text, no narration, live video and still photography. (5:01)
Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli
You may have heard this piece as the K9 Advantix theme song in the 2004 TV commercial with the cute singing puppy, which is a take-off on Alan Sherman's 1963 comedy routine, "Hello muddah, hello fadduh... here I am at Camp Grenada." The music for the dancing ostriches, hippos, elephants and crocodiles in the 1940 Disney animated film "Fantasia." Choreography by Victoria Lyras. Performed in May 2008 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, Indianapolis, Indiana.
What is The Importance of Team Collaboration in The Lesson Study process?
One of the key components of Lesson Study is team collaboration. Find out more about strategies that facilitate collaboration and ownership of the Research Lesson. Run time 03:23.
Gay Marriage
Video Documentary- Gay couples struggle with the values of family and society as they make plans to walk down the aisle.(Caution: This video concerns non-traditional relationships.)
Domestic Concerns
After the war-ravaged times of the 1940s and early 1950s, Americans turned their attention to domestic concerns. President Eisenhower's strong yet pleasant demeanor was the antithesis of Truman's cold scowl and helped usher in a more friendly and family-oriented era. While the Republican accepted much of the previous administration's New Deal, he also promoted policies that nurtured the growing economy. The philosophy of the Eisenhower administration—labeled by many as "dynamic conservatism"â€
Sociology - What is Socialization?
Learn about socialization and some of the aspect and concepts of socialization in this short video. English subtitles on the left side help to underscore points. (01:24)
Global Population Growth
The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you'll see). As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now he looks at the bigger picture of social and economic development. Run time 10:04.Â
The Founding Fathers Unite
Who wrote which parts of the anonymous Federalist Papers? Madison and Jefferson disagree. This is for older students, but it is excellent for getting students to understand the difficulty in attributing some work to some Founding Fathers.
Declaration of Independence - Set to Music
Michael Greenspan and family have set the first few lines of the Declaration of Independence to music, making it fun and easy to learn a bit of this very important document. Run time 01:30.
Declaration of Independence
Interviews about how the Declaration came to be and the many issues and what was happening at that time are explained. Goes over some of the major phrases and what they meant as written in the Declaration.
American Revolution by Sesame Street Part 1
The Muppets teach about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. You could also use this vintage video to review rhyming schemes because the Muppets use words that rhyme with Quill.(4:17)
