Instructional Video36:45
TED Talks

TED: Leadership lessons from the prime minister of Canada | Justin Trudeau

12th - Higher Ed
Justin Trudeau has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015. There's a lot to dig into from his years in office — and from his life before, as well. He sits down with organizational psychologist Adam Grant to discuss lessons...
Instructional Video10:15
TED Talks

TED: How protest is redefining democracy around the world | Zachariah Mampilly

12th - Higher Ed
The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a...
Instructional Video1:00:09
TED Talks

TED: Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari

12th - Higher Ed
How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media...
Instructional Video17:43
TED Talks

Luisa Neubauer: Why you should be a climate activist

12th - Higher Ed
"I dream of a world where geography classes teach about the climate crisis as this one great challenge that was won by people like you and me," says climate activist Luisa Neubauer. With Greta Thunberg, Neubauer helped initiate "Fridays...
Instructional Video31:33
Curated Video

The theme of deception in 'Animal Farm'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how the theme of deception is presented in 'Animal Farm', using relevant examples. Key learning points: - Deception is a key theme in ‘Animal Farm’. - Orwell was cynical about religion and used the character...
Instructional Video2:21
Makematic

Leaders of the Civil War

K - 8th
The U.S. Civil War pitted friend against friend, neighbor against neighbor, in a bitter fight for the future of the nation. It also drove the country’s leaders apart. Their struggles are embodied by six men whose fates reflected the...
Instructional Video3:08
Curated Video

Investigating Corruption

12th - Higher Ed
Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how carefully developing a model of bureaucratic corruption can lead to identifying key factors that traditional social science models will necessarily overlook.
Instructional Video2:11
Curated Video

Behind the Bureaucrats

12th - Higher Ed
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) describes how our models of bureaucratic corruption often fail to include initial selection processes.
Instructional Video24:06
The Wall Street Journal

Accenture and Marriott International on Business Leadership

Higher Ed
CEOs of Accenture and Marriott International describe what makes a good leader and a good company in times of social change.<br/>
Instructional Video2:10
The March of Time

1952: KEFAUVER CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS PRESS ROOM: Senator Estes Kefauver sitting talking w/ LIFE Washington correspondent Frank McNaughton, SOT saying has more coming to support, will not be dictated to, party should be instrument of members of party.

12th - Higher Ed
MOT 1952: KEFAUVER CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS PRESS ROOM: Senator Estes Kefauver sitting talking w/ LIFE Washington correspondent Frank McNaughton, SOT saying has more coming to support, will not be dictated to, party should be instrument of...
Instructional Video4:10
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Daniel Ziblatt - How Democracies Die

Higher Ed
Daniel Ziblatt is Professor of Government at Harvard University and a faculty associate at Harvard's Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Ziblatt's teaching and resarch is in comparative politics, with a focus on...
Instructional Video5:14
PBS

Remembering the Life and Legacy of Colin Powell

6th - 12th
First Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, first Black Secretary of State, the first Black National Security Advisor, and author of the "Powell Doctrine." Introduce young historians to the legacy of Colin Powell with a Daily News...
Instructional Video8:05
C-SPAN

On This Day: Whitewater

7th - 12th
A series of eight video clips describes the Whitewater scandal involving President Clinton. Scholars watch archival footage from the special investigators, the Congressional hearing, and the first family. The interesting resource...
Instructional Video2:41
C-SPAN

On This Day: Janet Reno Confirmed as First Woman U.S. Attorney General

7th - 12th
In 1993 Janet Reno became the first female attorney general in the United States. The engaging resource shows footage of Janet Reno's nomination and confirmation in her historic role. Academics also see Reno address the nation after...
Instructional Video21:42
PBS

Voter Mobilization in Texas

4th - 12th
Henry B. Gonzalez, José Luis Guttierez, and Willie Velasquez are the focus of a video that spotlights the contributions the three individuals made for the Chicano population. Actual footage alongside passionate interviews from family...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Robert Dahl's Who Governs

9th - 12th Standards
In the world of politics, access to resources often determines who holds the power. A video summary of Who Governs? by Robert Dahl shares Dahl's theories about political power and influence based on his study of a local community....
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Ernst Kantorowicz's The Kings Two Bodies

9th - 12th Standards
Long live the king! A video summary of The King's Two Bodies by Ernst Kantorowicz discusses political theology during the medieval period and how body politics could survive the body natural. The video uses illustrations and clear...
Instructional Video6:53
The School of Life

Political Theory - Niccolò Machiavelli

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Do the words politician and moral go together? Machiavelli argues that an effective politician does not always act moral. Learners take an in-depth look at his theories about leaders by watching a video about government. To keep your...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Max Weber's Politics as a Vocation

9th - 12th Standards
The basis of sociology rests in leadership, followers, and core beliefs driving a society. Max Weber's 20th century work Politics as a Vocation examines the path ahead for Germany after World War I, and posits that it is...