The Civil War Era: Words Like Freedom

Dhana Bradley Donaldson and Priscilla Hancock Cooper present a “poetic concert” featuring “Ain’t I a Woman?” the famous speech made by abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth; “Alabama Centennial,” a poem about the Civil Rights movement by Naomi Long Madgett; and Nikki Giovanni’s self-love poem, “Ego Tripping.”

Getting an Education

This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.

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Heroes

This video segment from Jakers! is about Ping, a young hero who proves himself worthy to be the emperor of China.

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A Language Immersion Story

This video from Media That Matters: Immersion tells the fictional story of Moises, a young immigrant to the United States with limited English, as he struggles to do well in school.

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Maui and the Creation of the Islands

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays a dramatic telling of the story, "Maui and the Creation of the Islands."

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Oral Traditions

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illustrates how Native people preserve history and tradition through art, music, and dance.

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Pourquoi Stories

This video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.

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Pushmobile

In this video from Jakers!, Grandpa Max describes growing up in Brooklyn.

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The Raven Story

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays one telling of the story, "How Raven Gave Light to the World."

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Shulayen

In this video segment from Jakers!, a storyteller tells the story of Shulayen, a girl with “stars” on her face.

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The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Through flashback, L.D.Cox tells how he survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II in this segment from History Detectives.

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The Voyage of Kealoha

This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, tells the Kealoha story, "Hawai‘i's Native Seamen and Their Whaling Legacy," through a dramatization and source images.

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The Wreck of the Corinthian

This interactive activity, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, tells the story of the wreck and towing of the whaling ship Corinthian using three narrative sources.