How to Improve Your Grammar
Don’t be intimidated by the complexity of English grammar; take it one step at a time and you’ll be fine.
About Taking the SAT
This informative video features information from Brian Leaf, M.A.,who is the author of McGraw-Hill's 'Top 50 Skills for SAT/ACT Success' series. (01:19)
Fixing Run-On Sentences in Essays
Fixing Run On Sentences in Essays. Part of the series: How to Write an Essay. Learn how to fix run on sentences in essays in this video on writing essays. (01:43)
Researching Your Speech Topic
Researching Your Speech Topic. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. Evidence is important to any speech. Get tips for finding evidence for your public speaking occasion in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Picking a Public Speaking Topic
Picking a Public Speaking Topic. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. Trying to find a great speech topic? Get tips for picking a public speaking topic for your needs in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Types of Public Speeches
Types of Public Speeches. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. Learn about persuasive, informative, and motivational public speeches in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Analyzing Your Audience for Public Speaking
Analyzing Your Audience for Public Speaking. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. A great speech topic depends on your audience. Get tips for analyzing your audience before speaking in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Tips for Interesting Speech Topics
Tips for Interesting Speech Topics. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. Everyone wants to deliver a moving speech. Get tips for finding a great speech topic in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Narrowing a Speech Topic
Narrowing a Speech Topic. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. Need public speaking tips? Learn how to narrow your speech topic in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Finding the Purpose in Speech Topics
Finding the Purpose in Speech Topics. Part of the series: How to Pick a Public Speech Topic. Public speaking is an art! Get tips for identifying the purpose of speeches in this free video clip from a professional public speaker.
Writing a GREAT speech - Public Speaking Rules!
In this video learn that to leave a lasting impression with your audience through positive words you need a winning attitude and confidence with knowing what you're doing. Communication that reflects clarity of your main points and ideas, eye-contact, pronunciation, are all essential to your success. Your purpose isn't to be just "good," and you don't want to be just "better." What you want is to be GREAT!
How to Cite the APA Manual in APA Format
How to Cite the APA Manual in APA Format. Part of the series: Research Papers. When citing the APA manual, the author being referenced is a corporate author, called the American Psychological Association. Learn about citing the edition of an APA manual with help from an...
Fresh Vegetable Burritos
In this video, you will watch the kids work with an adult to make fresh vegetable burritos. Â The video makes it easy to make on your own.
How to Mulch a Garden
A demonstration in a garden of the steps involved in mulching a garden. The supplies needed to mulch a garden are bow rake, weeder, and hose. The narrator explains that gardening doesn't have to be a lot of work, especially if you use mulch in your vegetable and ornamental beds and pathways. Mulch is a huge garden timesaver because it helps prevent weeds, reduces the need to water, moderates soil temperatures, adds organic matter to the soil as it breaks down and helps your gar
Andy Warhol Influences
Learn about what made Andy Warhol so famous from a successful
artist and history teacher in this video. Andy Warhol was influenced by the pop culture around him, and he created some of the most controversial and talked-about pieces of his time. (2:02)
500 NATIONS (PART 19) - Tecumseh
This is a clip from the six-hour documentary series 500 Nations, which is a comprehensive history of Native American history in the US after the arrival of explorers from other countries. Vintage photos are included in the video.
500 NATIONS (PART 20) - American Southeast: Southern Removal
This is a clip from the six-hour documentary series 500 Nations, which is a comprehensive history of Native American history in the US after the arrival of explorers from other countries. Vintage photos are included in the video.
500 NATIONS (PART 22) - The Cherokee
This is a clip from the six-hour documentary series 500 Nations, which is a comprehensive history of Native American history in the US after the arrival of explorers from other countries. Vintage photos are included in the video.
500 NATIONS (PART 23) - The Cherokee, continued
This is a clip from the six-hour documentary series 500 Nations, which is a comprehensive history of Native American history in the US after the arrival of explorers from other countries. Vintage photos are included in the video.
New Deal Programs
With unemployment the highest it had ever been in the nation's history, the most pressing problem facing Roosevelt when he took office was to get people back to work. His first request to Congress was for the Unemployment Relief Act, which created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Over the course of its existence, the CCC employed some three million young men on conservation projects such as flood control, draining swamps, and planting trees. The CCC did more than just provide jobs—it kep
