In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Colonel Stone Johnson describes how civil rights activists were physically attacked for their work. [3:27]
Learn about the origins, objectives, and makeup of Black Lives Matter, an activist black youth-led movement that campaigns against police brutality and other forms of racism, in this video from Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now. The movement, which grew from "a love note to black people" that appeared on social media, attracts a broad range of social justice supporters. Its key objectives include building up the black community, electoral politics, revisiting Civil Rights - era ideas like freedom schools, and expanding the conversation beyond U.S. borders. Support materials are provided. [3:02]
In this 1998 FRONTLINE interview, Harvard sociologist Dr. William Julius Wilson explains why, despite an overall increase in the standard of living among African Americans, a segment of the population is falling farther and farther behind.
In this video [3:25], Alice Walker shares stories from her childhood that highlight the strong female figures in her family, particularly her mother who stood her ground against the white landowner and insisted on an education for her children. These experiences inform her views on what it means to be a Southern black writer. It includes teacher tips and discussion questions.
In this video adapted from NASA, two members of a NASA research team working to produce carbon nanotubes share some background behind this new technology, show examples of how it will be useful, and explain the various tests being performed to ensure readiness for spaceflight.
Students will learn about the Blizzard of 1949 and the emergency actions taken by the United States government in response.
Students will learn about the Blizzard of 1949 and the emergency actions taken by the United States government in response.
This documentary tells the story of the worst series of storms in Wyoming's history, the Blizzard of 1949 and how the State of Wyoming responded. Students will watch short video clips with firsthand interviews of the Blizzard of 1949, then write a short historical fiction narrative about the Blizzard of '49.
How are stories part of our collective culture and memory? Explore the role of the oral tradition for Native American tribes like the Kiowa and how writers like N. Scott Momaday has managed to transfer the oral tradition to the page through his novels about Native American identity in the 20th and 21st century in this video [3:02] from the American Masters film Words from a Bear: N. Scott Momaday. Discussion questions and vocabulary are provided.
In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, Dr. Judah Folkman uses the scientific method to discover how cancer cells induce the formation of new blood vessels, which in turn nourish those cancer cells.
This video segment adapted from NOVA, features cancer researcher Dr. Judah Folkman and describes his idea about how tumors grow inside the body. Dr. Folkman's idea focuses on angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels. Experiments were designed to test his central hypothesis and thus prove the support mechanism behind tumors. [5:08]
An online learning game where students read the notes in a detective's notebook and make inferences and predictions to solve the case.
In this video [2:18] from the documentary American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company has been commissioned by the Ravinia Festival in Chicago to create a dance performance celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. While Bill T. Jones decides that Paul, a dancer within the ensemble, will represent the "dancing" body of Lincoln, he also ponders an approach to the development of the performance piece as a non-narrative series of ideas.
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems--all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems -- all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
In this video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, students use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices to have a conversation about a book.
After independent reading, students in this inclusive classroom meet in a book group to talk about their stories.
Through two primary source activities and watching a short video, students will learn about Booker T. Washington's commitment to African American education, and assess his ideas about how to achieve equality for African Americans in the years after the Civil War.
This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind booming sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound.
In this video segment, Students will learn about the natural sound phenomenon of booming sand dunes. There are about 30 locations on Earth where sand dunes produce a low, rumbling tone. [4:14]