John Wilkes Booth: The Actor/Assassin
John Wilkes Booth was born May 10, 1838 in Bel Air, Maryland. At age 17, he made his acting debut. In the 1850s, he joined the No-Nothing Party. During the Civil War, he was a Confederate secret agent. In March of 1865, his attempt to kidnap President Lincoln failed. On April 14, 1865, he assassinated Lincoln at Ford Theater. Booth was killed on April 26, 1865 in Port Royal, Virginia. In this video clip, learn more about John Wilkes Booth. (5:31)
Journey Through Space HD
Teachers will want to preview this first. You may also wish to push the 'play' cursor to access different parts of the video. This is a slow-moving video that could be used in the following ways: as a 'teaser' to introduce students to the science of astronomy, to show students the rotation of the Earth, to show younger students the 'night' side of the Earth, and to show students the what the planet looks like at night powered by electricity. According to the producer, this is a marvelous journey
Indira Gandhi: Betrayed by Bodyguards
In this video clip, learn more about India's first female prime minister and how she led the nation for 15 years only to be shot down by her own bodyguards. (5:12)
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Lesson 05 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 5 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to say that you're learning Romanian. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
George Lakoff on the 2012 election
George Lakoff talks about the 2012 election, and the differences between Republican and Democratic styles of politics, with the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley.
George Lakoff is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. An expert on political communication and framing, he is the author most recently of "The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic" with Elisabeth Wehling.
Protein Folding Pioneer
Cures for neurodegenerative diseases are more likely to be found when scientists better understand protein folding mistakes in cells. UMass Prof. Lila Gierasch is a leading authority on how proteins fold and why they misfold.
Skip Counting By 12 Song
The Counting By Twelves Song by Have Fun Teaching is a counting song that teaches skip counting by twelve. The video counts up to 96. Great for learning fact families. (03:30)
The Marxian Strategy [This article is excerpted from volume 2, chapter 12 of An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (1995). An MP3 audio file of this chapter, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach, is available for download.] Reuters Today: IMF, EU spar over how to fix Greece ART100 Session 11 Fall 2012 Meet Shanghai's 'Guy Tais,' house-husbands with style Herhalingsoefening : Publieke dienstverlening Herhalingsoefening over RSZ, OCMW, van bruto naar netto, ... Deportation from Hamburg to Theresienstadt in July 1942. Testimony of Renate Adler. Reflections on Senator McMaster - Narration by Dr. Charles Johnston '49 How to Paraphrase Sonnets Mercury II Decomposition Cinderella by Sylvia Plath (poetry reading) VocabDigitalStory3
Nov. 13 - Eurogroup's Juncker and IMF's Lagarde are at odds over how to ease Greece's debt burden, with European leaders now aiming for a meeting on November 20th to strike a deal.
Looking at Art with Kirstin Ellsworth
Nov. 21 - With more women coming to Shanghai on fat expat packages, the city is seeing a rise in trailing husbands, and they're banding together. Call them the 'Guy Tais'. Jane Lee reports.
Excerpt from the testimony of Renate Adler, describing her deportation from Hamburg, the conditions during the trainride and the arrival to Theresienstadt in July 1942. Interview conducted by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.
http://db.yadvashem.org/deportation/transportDetails.html?language=en&itemId=5092374
Dr. Charles Johnston is a 1949 Humanities graduate of McMaster University, and he is a Professor Emeritus of History at McMaster University. From 1965 to 1970, he was a member of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. He is the author of a two volume history of McMaster University and E.C. Drury: Agrarian Idealist for which he received the Floyd Chalmers Award. In 1989, Charles Johnston was given the Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award by McMaster University. Since his retirement
This presenter explains how to paraphrase sonnets. Things to include are: the subject, tone, and the theme of lesson from the sonnet. (02:29)
This is a video showing Mercury(II) thiocyanate decomposition by heating. The video shows the experiment being performed with captions signifying what chemical is being used. This would be fun for students to watch to learn about changing substances with heat. (03:10)
It's blacker than Disney's version. To give you a clue, it's about feeling alienated.
Here's the Grimm version of Cinderella.
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/grimm/bl-grimm-cinderella.htm
I always wondered about the golden slipper fitting business when I was a kid. Why didn't she just show him the other slipper?
The first painting was by Gustave Doré (1832--1883)
The Cinderella tiles were designed by Edward Burne-Jones and painted by Lucy Faulkner in 1862. There are ten
