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Person wearing a mask and a hat kick-pushing a blue scooter, with a walking cane tucked under their arm.
Teen Kids News
Episode 2009
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Young soldier in uniform salutes and smiles uncomfortably while people in uniform stand in the grass behind him. Text reads, "The Six-Year-Old Red Army Lieutenant of World War Two. Sergei "Seryozha" Aleshkov, Son of the Regiment. World War Two."
8 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Back of someone's upper body. Caption: You see, Bill Gibson was a -- well, a dreamer.
8 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Map centered on the island of Borneo. Caption: I was the only one working on an area near Borneo,
The Brain Scoop
Episode 45
10 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a man standing in profile. He looks down at a notecard held in his hand. Title card reads, "Carl Cotton, A Natural Talent."
The Brain Scoop
Episode 73
9 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Drawer containing thin, preserved cross sections of the human body. Caption: looking into the body, like you would an x-ray.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 51
14 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
World globe stopped on the Atlantic Ocean, showing Africa, and a section of North and South America. Caption. But the world is very big and life very short.
45 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white frame of 2 men, 1 dressed as a farmhand and the other in a suit, bow tie and cap. Caption. I guess.
1 hours 32 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame of Jackie Robinson at bat mid warm-up swing. Caption. Come on, Jackie boy, get a hold of one!
1 hours 17 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Young woman stands in shadows next to a projected image entitled, The End of the Old Testament. Caption. It was not uncommon for birthdays to be recorded down.
1 hours 47 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Blood cells flowing through a vein. Spanish captions.
The Making Of The Fittest
Episode 7
14 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman leans down towards a girl who is seated on the floor next to a labrador retriever. Caption. How do I make her understand?
1 hours 28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Storybook cover with a colorful illustration of 2 students holding books and walking; 1 of the students has white hair and glasses. Title reads, "The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read."
14 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Man standing at chalk board in front of class. Caption: George's discoveries brought so many benefits to mankind
35 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Movie frame shows a lion rearing up on its hind legs in the foreground, a young woman pulling another person towards a door, lion tamer holding a weapon and seated on a beam above. Caption. I'm so sorry, dear.
1 hours 32 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10
Color illustration. Profile of a man in a hat holding a leafy stick with shades of blue in the background. Caption. Sound of cow mooing.
16 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Closeup of Teddy Roosevelt squinting behind round glasses. Text reads, "Teddy Roosevelt, the President Who Kept Reading A Speech After Being Shot."
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Side view of a simple tan colored church with white framed windows and a steeple. Caption. Her teaching took her to Texas.
10 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digitally altered photo collage of young Elon Musk smiling as he sits at a desk with a black desktop computer. On a desk behind him is an older, bigger white desktop computer.
Artrageous With Nate
Season 0 / Ep 37
7 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Elon Musk looks seriously at the camera while he sits on a chair in front of huge metal pieces of a spaceship in a warehouse.
Artrageous With Nate
Season 0 / Ep 38
8 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Painting of a man in early 1900s baseball gear and cap. He holds a bat, ready to swing. Caption. Eakins also painted baseball subjects.
12 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
3 young Black men standing in formation wear blue Civil War era Union Army costumes. A horse and other figures are out of focus in background. Caption. Refused African-American soldiers.
22 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Nate talks in front of a blackboard with text that reads, "Vincent number 1." There's an arrow going from the year 1853 to the year 1852. Caption. "They must have really liked the name."
Artrageous With Nate
Season 0 / Ep 32
13 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white side angle profile of W, E, B Du Bois wearing circular glasses and looking off with a concentrated stare. Caption. Will write, "Now the children cease to hear my name."
1 hours 2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Still image from: Who Is Benjamin Franklin?
7 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Who Was Anne Frank?
8 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white photo of baseball players around home plate. Caption. And earned the Most Valuable Player Award.
1 hours 5 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Person against a backdrop of the moon, earth, and an American flag. Caption: (female narrator) Alan Shephard, the first American in space,
World Explorers
Episode 26
5 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Painting of explorer Amerigo Vespucci holding a large golden drawing compass on a map on a wood table. An illustration of a ship with a dark sky and a compass rose are in the background. Caption. Securing a position as a mapmaker and astronomer.
World Explorers
Episode 8
4 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Painting of Christopher Columbus wearing a triangle hat and a large, dark cloak on the left. He is superimposed over a map of the globe drawn in maroon. Caption. Many Americans honor the feats of Christopher Columbus.
World Explorers
Episode 7
4 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone sketch of white-haired Daniel Boone holding a shotgun on his left while looking right, superimposed over a photo of tree-covered hills on a foggy day. Caption. Known as 'The Great Pathfinder.'
World Explorers
Episode 18
4 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Dark gray statues of vikings, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson, superimposed over a parchment-colored old-style map of Western Europe, Iceland, and Greenland. Caption. Erik the Red and his son, Leif Erikson.
World Explorers
Episode 2
4 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Illustration of explorer Ferdinand Magellan leaning over a desk writing in a large book with his right hand. He is looking at a golden ball that he's holding up with his left hand. Caption. Magellan was born to a noble Portuguese family around 1480.
World Explorers
Episode 12
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of Sir Francis Drake with a large ruffled collar and black cloak next to a globe on a table. An illustration of many large ships with sailboats is in the background. Caption. Drake successfully raided Spanish ships and harbors.
World Explorers
Episode 15
4 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone sketch of the upper half of explore Francisco Pizarro with a long beard. He's wearing a metal helmet with several large feathers and a cloak looking at a trunk of a tree. Caption. The Pizarros overthrew the Inca Empire.
World Explorers
Episode 13
5 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado wearing a big golden helmet and white ruffled collar. A map is in the background, along with a gold city outline. Caption. Seeking fabled golden cities.
World Explorers
Episode 14
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone image of explorer Gertrude Bell superimposed on the left side of a faint image of a sandstone ruin amongst sand dunes. Caption. Explored the desert lands of sultans and sheikhs.
World Explorers
Episode 24
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Simple map showing northwestern Europe, Iceland, and Greenland in tan, the Atlantic Ocean in light blue, and a red line depicting a sailing route out of London going north. Caption. Hudson sailed northward, toward Greenland.
World Explorers
Episode 17
4 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of explorer Hernando de Soto in silver armor superimposed over an old-style map of Florida and other Caribbean islands. Caption. Hernando de Soto explored, conquered.
World Explorers
Episode 11
4 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Painting of a man with a dark mustache and forked beard wearing a gray turban and red and gold tunic sitting cross-legged. Images of animals on circles form a floating circle around him. Caption. Battuta would travel to even more distant lands.
World Explorers
Episode 1
4 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone sketch of explorer John Cabot with Shakespeare-era hat and forked white beard. He is superimposed over an old-style map of the globe. Caption. Caboto decided to also try to find a westerly route to Asia.
World Explorers
Episode 5
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone sketch of explorer John Smith with a fluffy beard, big white collar, and leather coat, superimposed over a red and tan map of the Northeast United States. Caption. He explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay.
World Explorers
Episode 20
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Ruins of a building made of limestone bricks with greenery in the front. The left of the building has a arch with a cross and 4 small windows with iron bells. Caption. Serra founded 9 missions to convert Native Americans.
World Explorers
Episode 22
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone map with a label in Gothic-style text that reads, "A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track," with other illegible text underneath. Caption. Mapping the territory and discovering its resources.
World Explorers
Episode 23
6 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Color illustration of a lazy river between rolling hills covered in trees in reds, yellow, and oranges. Caption. Marquette had heard about the great river.
World Explorers
Episode 27
3 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of Marco Polo wearing red coat and furry cap holding a sword and bow and arrow. His image is superimposed over a color map with a compass rose and Gothic-style text, enclosed by elaborate patterned border. Caption. Marco Polo returned with amazing tales.
World Explorers
Episode 3
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white closeup image of explorers Matthew Henson on the left and Robert Peary on the right. Both are wearing fur-lined hoods and furry coats. Caption. Became the first 2 people to reach the top of the world.
World Explorers
Episode 25
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Person in a space suit with the helmet removed, the moon in the background. Caption: Neil Alden Armstrong commanded a mission to the moon
World Explorers
Episode 28
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone sketch of 3 conquistadors in armor carrying a wounded soldier over a dead soldier. 2 wooden gun stocks are on each side of the screen. Caption. Ponce de León was wounded in the battle.
World Explorers
Episode 9
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Sepia-tone sketch of explorer Robert de La Salle in a colonial-style uniform taking a fur from a Native American while 2 other colonists smoke pipes and watch. Caption. La Salle established himself as a fur trader in Montréal.
World Explorers
Episode 21
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Brown and tan map of the Northeast United States, including the Great Lakes, with a portion highlighted in blue and labeled, "New France." Caption. Samuel de Champlain secured France's piece of the New World.
World Explorers
Episode 19
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white sketch of 3 conquistadors in uniform looking at a man in wide-brimmed hat and fancy coat gesturing toward a sign that reads, "Croatoan." Caption. To this day, their disappearance remains a mystery.
World Explorers
Episode 16
5 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Painting of a man wearing a dark velvet hat and a red velvet vest over a jacket with puffy sleeves. An old-style map of western Africa is under yellow text on the screen and reads, "Vasco da Gama." Caption. Was the first person to sail from Europe to India.
World Explorers
Episode 6
4 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Computer rendering of explorer Zheng He wearing a black bonnet-style hat and red cloak. He is superimposed over a colorful map with Chinese writing. Caption. Assembled the largest fleet of ships ever seen.
World Explorers
Episode 4
4 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white photo of Yogi Berra in a catcher's uniform, squatting and holding up a mit in front of his face. Caption. To the now-legendary "it ain't over till it's over."
1 hours 7 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Native American woman looking at camera, seated. Caption. To continue to do the things that he's doing for our people.
1 hours 11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Yuri Gargarin: First Man in Space (April 12, 1961)
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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