"The Weary Blues" Poem by Langston Hughes
This is a video in black-and-white that includes footage of Cab Calloway playing saxophone jazz at Roseland, and a dancing man, while Langston Hughes' poem "The Weary Blues" is recited like a languid croon. Blues music accompanies the recitation. Street scenes shown the streets of New York City, The Savoy, The Plantation, a dancing woman's shadow, a singing man, Bop City,  No text is included. The picture quality is vintage; sound quality is exceptional. This poem won first prize in the poe
Paintings of Rene Magritte
A selection of Rene Magritte's surrealistic paintings.  He was a bBelgin artist T that started his career painting in an impressionistic style. The images are set to some very surrealistic music as well which adds to the feel of the paintings.
Meet Ezra Jack Keats: A True New Yorker
A biography of Ezra Jack (Jacob) Keats includes photos, jazz music, watercolors, collage. Female narrator talks about his life, his boyhood, the death of his father. He took classes at night and worked during the day, then joined the army. Discusses the beginning of his writing career for children.  It touches on the controversy of his drawing and writing about African American children. Why are his books so loved by so many? He really understands New York City. Photos of him with
How do changes in Earth's magnetic field and ionosphere affect us? - Part 3
Part 3 in a discussion on How do changes in Earth's magnetic field and ionosphere affect us? Kyle Johnson – University of Colorado. Talks about meteor entry into the atmosphere (large flaming balls and little pieces of sand) leaving a trail visible on radar. They use the meteor trails to model affects on the lower atmosphere. Our daily lives depend on the Sun so it’s important in understanding the nature of that energy balance; it’s not a direct connection, but its all connected. He had al
Making Cheese
The owners of this family dairy combine farming and culinary skills to create memorable artisan cheeses. This video could also possibly be used during a lesson on the real-life application of pasteurization. Run time 07:51.
Test your French skills - La Nourriture (Food), Part 2
Test your French skills. Look at the Part 1 of this series, then come watch this video and see if you can remember the French vocabulary. There is no sound...just the images and a countdown to test your recall.
Sustaining Success Reflection Task 3
Sustaining Success Reflection Task 3
Exploring Wisconsin Our Home-Interacting With Our Environment
Interacting with Our Environment - The interaction between people and the environment is the focus of this program. It will show the fragility of both humans and the environment, how people use the environment to sustain life, and the mutually dependent relationship between people and the land. Over time, the Wisconsin environment has undergone many changes. Once, most environmental changes were caused by natural phenomena. Today, most are caused by people. This program will help students
How To Make Compare and Contrast Map, Hierachy Map, and Concept Map
Having students create their own graphic organizers with key
words or phrases, images, connections, color, and layout can be a great way for them to develop visual literacy and thinking skills, construct and represent knowledge, and show the connection between their ideas and understandings. In this video three different kinds of graphic organizers are created using Glogsteredu, Prezi, and Powerpoint to make three different types of graphic organizers:
- Compare and Contrast Map
Bears Race with Turtle | Cause and Effect | Third Grade
This is a story about how Bear learned a lesson from Turtle. There are no moving images in this video; it just has narration. (04:37) Great for improving listening skills.
Did You Ever See a Turkey?
Did You Ever See a Turkey is a great song for preschoolers to sing around Thanksgiving time. It features color recognition and number skills, that help in the development of young children.
One Pink Valentine Song
Song is sung to the tune of "Ten Little". Song reinforces counting skills.
Where to Practice for the ACT & SAT for Free
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. (Note: A small ad appears before the video starts.)
Basic Information on Preparing for SAT
This informative video features advice from Brian Leaf, M.A.,who is the author of McGraw-Hill's 'Top 50 Skills for SAT/ACT Success' series. The speaker says students can definitely prepare for the SAT re-taking the test also helps your score increase. The sections on SAT are Math, Reading, Writing, and Essay. Mr. Leaf goes over the predictability of each section.Â
Tips for Problem Solving on the SAT
This video has expert advice from Brian Leaf, M.A., who is the author of McGraw-Hill's 'Top 50 Skills for SAT/ACT Success' series.
How to Improve in Organization, Content, Word Choice, Voice and Sentence Fluency Part1
This program is a comical mock essay contest with cartoon character judges such as Aristotle. It will enhance student writing skills by helping them improve in organization, content, word choice, voice and sentence fluency. They will enhance these skills through the understanding of standard English conventions and through revising and editing their compositions. Students will learn to demonstrate their writing skills in a variety of writing styles, including: Narrative - Descriptive -Exposito
BrainingCamp Review
BrainingCamp online middle school math software features rich and engaging content that enables students to apply their knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems.
Jackson Pollock
This original documentary follows his life, beginning with his Depression-era days working for the WPA through the optimism and Cold War paranoia that laced the 1950s, and straight through to his interesting career as an artist. This contains live footage of the artist at work.
Writing Lessons : How to Teach Personal Narrative Writing for 3rd Grade
Teaching personal narrative writing to third graders is a great way to help children develop powerful writing skills and show them how to find their voice. Improve writing skills in children with tips from a credentialed teacher in this video on writing lessons.
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.
