Instructional Video5:54
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions | Nina Medvinskaya

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Albert Camus grew up surrounded by violence. His homeland of Algeria was mired in conflict. He lost his father in World War I. Seeing World War II's devastation, Camus grew despondent. What was the meaning behind all this endless...
Instructional Video3:03
PBS

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6th - 12th Standards
Douglas Adams' hysterical send-up of bureaucratic thinking, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is the focus of a Great American Read video that urges viewers to vote for one of the greatest satires since Gulliver's Travels.
Instructional Video3:15
PBS

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

6th - 12th Standards
Narrators of a short video offer their rationale for why Catch 22 should be included in the Great American Read program. They touch on the key themes in Heller's satirical and sobering novel about Captain John Yossarian and the catch-22s...