SAT Prep: Test 4, Section 2, Part 1
Students, improve your math SAT score! The instructor uses an electronic chalkboard to model problems. This video is appropriate for high school students. Uses a textbook (the official SAT study guide) commonly found in bookstores, but it is not absolutely necessary as the narrator does all work on the screen.
Joshua Chapter 15 - New International Version of the Bible
This video contains a high quality narration of The Book of Joshua, Chapter 15, from the New International Version of the Bible. Scriptures read by professional voice actors, along with good music and sound effects. No moving images.
Exodus Chapter 9 - New International Version of the Bible
This video contains a high quality narration of The Book of Exodus, Chapter 9, from the New International Version of the Bible. Scriptures read by professional voice actors, along with good music and sound effects. No moving images.
Exodus Chapter 10 - New International Version of the Bible
This video contains a high quality narration of The Book of Exodus, Chapter 10, from the New International Version of the Bible. Scriptures read by professional voice actors, along with good music and sound effects. No moving images.
Love You Forever, picture book by Robert Munsch
In this story, a young woman holds her newborn son and sings to him lovingly, "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be."  The story continues on through the entire life of this family.  This reading of the story is done by Robert Munsch himself, with some guitar picking in the background.  The book illustrations by Sheila McGraw are shown on screen. (6:44)
Fractals: On the Defense
Though many colleagues initially scorned Mandelbrot's work, his mesmerizing fractal images launched a popular culture fad. More importantly, his book The Fractal Geometry of Nature explained how his ideas could be applied in the real world. Mandelbrot's ideas inspire an ever-increasing number of applications, including the fractal antenna.
Moby Dick Class Presentation
This is a very short video of a Moby Dick Presentation. done by a class. There are some text passages from the book and illustrations accompanied by musical background.
'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville
In this video pivotal moments and passages in book are red and discussed. The narrator in this video reads parts in the book when Ahad announces to crew the true purpose of the voyage. He was then to attempt to win over his first mate, Starbuck.
ORSON WELLES in Moby dick [1/3]
Orson Welles narrates Herman Melville's Moby Dick. He reads passages from the book and the background is dark and ominous. This is part one of three.
ORSON WELLES in Moby Dick [2/3]
Orson Welles narrates Herman Melville's Moby Dick. He reads passages
from the book and the background is dark and ominous like an ocean at night. This is part two of three.
ORSON WELLES in Moby Dick[3/3]
Orson Welles narrates Herman Melville's Moby Dick. He reads passages
from the book and the background is dark and ominous. This is part three of three.
Excerpts From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in Text-to-speech Voice
An excerpt from the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. The video shows the text from the novel while a computerized text to speech voice reads with soft music in the background.
Great Expectations
This is an overview of the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for an English class. The novel is summarized with text on the screen with music in the background.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This is a video of a school project that several student made. The students enact scenes from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Text passages from the book are shown on between scenes.
HOLES by Louis Sachar - book review
Book Review of Holes by Louis Sachar. This book is about Stanley Yelnats who is unjustly sent to Camp Green Lake where he and other boys are sentenced to dig holes to build character. The sound is out of sync on this video but you can still and understand what is being said by the narrator.
Inkheart' -- Cornelia Funke's Fantasy Bestseller hits the Silver Screen
Children's book author Cornelia Funke is one of Germany's most
internationally successful writers. Her best known work is the 'Ink'
trilogy. Now the first volume Inkheart has been filmed in Hollywood.Cornelia Funke worked on the script and co-produced the movie.
Cornelia Funke is interviewed by Ideas In Writing Kids Club r
Author, Cornelia Funke is interviewed about her book. They discuss this new book, Inkdeath, and discuss her writing process.
Inkheart Book Slide Show
Book trailer for Cornelia Funke's Inkheart. This slide show presentation with images and music provides a good summary for the book.
Video images of the real Little House on the Prairie
Lovely video images of the childhood homestead of the real Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is in Indian Territory -- Wayside, Kansas, near Independence. This is the site of her book "Little House on the Prairie". This video is part of the "Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl" collection located at http://www.liwfrontiergirl.com (2:00)
The Graveyard Book Trailer Narrated by Neil Gaiman
Nobody Owens is an unusual boy. He was raised in a graveyard by
ghosts and has learned the secrets they keep, like the ability to fade
and dream walk. And he'll need all of those skills to face what is
waiting for him on the outside. This book trailer, narrated by Neil
Gaiman with illustrations from the book by Dave McKean, will give you a taste of Gaiman's novel, The Graveyard Book.
