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Eight Suggestions to Make Teaching with Video Easier and More Effective
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CNN Student News is CNN's contribution to middle and high school students providing it's vast resources, creating news and news-based curriculum content for the classroom.
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CNN's online hub for the latest in breaking news for politics, current events, and world news.
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Mediacom GED Connection provides "Learning - To Go!" On Demand
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In honor of the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001, MTV Act and Figment.com team up to sponsor writing contest on “confronting tolerance.”
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Compelling profiles, study guides & videos of famous figures including Mark Twain, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allan Poe, others.
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Series features fast-paced games incorporating history, math, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, culture, and nature.
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An inspiring video from FableVision and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills illustrates the 4 Cs.
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Series broadcasts from presidential libraries and profiles American presidents with archival footage and expert guests.
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Series features timely and topical conversations with authors, national leaders, and other accomplished individuals.
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This website celebrates Black History Month with content featuring biographies, photo galleries & more!
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Joe Hall’s Ghetto Film School is giving student filmmakers a solid start at careers in movies and media.
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Spanish-language site for History Channel includes a This Day in History feature as well as many pages exploring world history.
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Biography of Hughes includes links to additional resources and is part of a Black History round-up.
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This website includes streaming program clips and downloadable companion curriculum units.
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History.com explores the social and literary movement that attempted to separate it's members from conventional society.
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American Writer's webpage chronicles the life and work of Chestnut, a daughter and wife to prominent Confederate politicians. Her published diaries gives insight into wartime Southern society.
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This episode of American Writers focuses on Douglass, the son of a slave mother and a white father he never knew who became an abolitionist activist during the Civil War era.
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Teaching media-literacy skills is easy; just ask Frank Baker.
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In Spring 2011, National Geographic Channel took viewers on new, cutting edge, scientific expeditions to explore and discover lost treasurers and never before seen worlds.
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Two teachers and their students give back to the world they explore through cable.
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Discovery's Curiosity Online project explains the connection between jazz music and American poetry.
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In this game, preschoolers get to practice counting while helping Little Bill and Captain Brainstorm rescue trapped space explorers.
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This video clip and web page from Discovery's Curiosity project explores the veracity of King Arthur through historical evidence.
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Biography of the Pulitzer-Prize winning author that frequently explores what it means to be Hispanic in America in his writing.
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Animated series explores Chinese culture and language with a five-year-old girl who speaks English and Mandarin.
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Animated series explores early literacy skills through storytelling and interactive play.
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Live examination of the issues and events on Capitol Hill, featuring public-policy officials, a point/counterpoint segment, and viewer call-ins. Viewers nationwide are invited to e-mail questions to journal@c-span.org.
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This two-part documentary explores the behind-the-scenes magic that went into creating the sets and props for the movies. Part one explores the creatures of Harry Potter and part two takes a look at the characters, including interviews with the cast. Two 60-minute episodes air back to back.
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Explore the development of Shakespearean texts, moving from his own pen, through the printing process, and on to performances on stage and screen.
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American Writer's website examines Rand's novel that incorporates Objectivism in it's depiction of architect Howard Roark.
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This program explores the myth of Beowulf, the hero of an epic poem, who had to battle evil, including the monster Grendel.
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Linda Coates’ innovative literature class encourages students to experience the reality behind the stories they study.
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Video clips chronicle the life and career of the prolific mystery author.
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Discovery Channel's Curiosity.com project examines sarcasm in literature.
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Website includes the full Biography episode on Twain broken down into clips, links to related works, people, and sites, and a chronicle of his life.
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American Writers' website explores Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Biography website chronicles the life and works of the Irish poet and author through video clips, articles, and related resources.
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Geared toward elementary-school children, this Biography website explores the life and work of Dickens.
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Video clip from Ovation uses the upcoming fictional film Anonymous to discuss theories about Shakespeare.
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This Science Channel video clip explores how Shelley's quest to build a monster helped give rise to the science fiction genre.
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Video clip details the epic poem where the hero faces seemingly insurmountable challenges, including battling the monster Grendel.
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Full TV episode, broken into smaller clips, explores the life and career of this Irish author.
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Website geared to elementary-school students chronicles Dickens's life and works.
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Profiles Ernest Hemingway and his novel The Sun Also Rises, including information on Hemingway's home in Key West. Full streaming video of the complete program is available.
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American Writers profile of Hawthorne and his novel of adultery in Puritan New England.
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Profiles the author who penned many novels during the Gilded Age, most of which explored ethical and societal issues. This American Writers page focuses on her novel, The Age of Innocence.
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Geared to elementary school students, this animated series, based on the popular children's book, uses national literacy standards as inspiration.
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Animated series explores the world of literature as a family of lions discovers different books in a library
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Series chronicles the adventures of Becky Botsford, a fifth-grader who transforms into WordGirl, a definition dynamo.
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Series follows WordFriends, 3D animated characters who use words to meet challenges and go on fun adventures.
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Live, viewer call-in interview program with current nonfiction authors. This month’s guest is Anna Quindlen.
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This two-part episode examines the life of the author through rare footage of Hemingway, excerpts from letters and unpublished works, and recollections of those that knew him.
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Profiles the New Orleans native whose vampire tales have made her one of America's most popular authors.
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This episode of Biography chronicles the tragic life of the melancholy author. Includes excerpts from his works.
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This film examines Alcott's reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster against her free-thinking and progressive life.
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Explores the life and legacy of the man whose work gave American literature it's voice.
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Takes a look at the difficult life of one of the most famous and acclaimed writers of all time.
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Series presents stories ranging from science fiction to modern morality tales.
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Louise Brown, a 2007 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award winner, inspires a community by providing free books for underprivileged kids.
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When this music teacher marched to the beat of her own drum, she created a one-of-a-kind symphony.
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Here’s one college professor who puts the “me” in media. Learn more about David Considine, an award-winning educator at Appalachian State University.
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Use a school garden to teach students about math, science, art, geography, language arts, nutrition, and technology.
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Using video field trips to educate kids in a juvenile detention facility.
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Spanish-language History International website explores the culture and history of Machu Picchu.
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Spanish-language companion website to the Discovery Channel series Human Planet.
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