A digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time.
Art School is a KQED web video series that introduces contemporary artists who discuss their careers and intentions, then demonstrate hands-on techniques or concepts.
The Getty Museum and the Teaching Channel have teamed up to produce a 19-part video series, available free online, that shows specific strategies for using art to engage students in all academic subjects. The videos are geared to elementary and middle school students, but also apply to students with mild to moderate special needs, and to the high school ELL classroom.
Pod Casts focused on Art issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
Pod Casts focused on Literature issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
Pod Casts from the New York Public Library focusing on topics from Literature to History & Music with a surprising roster of guests from John Lithgow to Rick Rubin.
Pod Casts focused on Health issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
Pod Casts focused on Sports issues from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
"The early newsreels, including the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel capture history as it was made and reported to viewers of the time. The collection also contains award-winning documentaries, featuring dramatic reenactments and engaging analysis from prominent scholars and experts, that bring history alive for students and give library patrons hundreds of educational video titles they can view at home or in the classroom."
Renowned U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh have been tearing up the radio waves and podcast-sphere for a while now. Their tactic is to rip a story from the headlines and dive deeply into the historical backstory of that moment in the news.
This is the history lover’s history podcast. Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History‘s deep dives are the deepest out there, from diving deep into historical topics or interjecting historical context into current events.
Pod Casts centered on history from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
"The richness and variety of the Library’s exhibitions reflect the universal and diverse nature of the Library’s collections. Four major themes underlie most of the exhibitions—the presentation of great libraries and written traditions; the exploration of America’s past and character; the examination of world cultures and history; and the celebration of events, individuals, and works that shaped the twentieth century and beyond."
Pod Casts from the New York Public Library focusing on topics from Literature to History & Music with a surprising roster of guests from John Lithgow to Rick Rubin.
"Online collection includes home movies, amateur films, advertisements, local television, industrial and corporate productions, as well as Hollywood and internationally produced moving images of Texas."
An independent podcast presented by engineer and teacher, Erik Seligman, these 5 minute podcast episodes are a mix and myth-busting and math, with some jokes thrown in.
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? Tim and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us.
Don't let the name fool you, this podcast by Peter Rowlett, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, features mathematicians talking about their work as well as features on maths history and maths news.
Pod Casts focused on Science, broken down by topic, from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
Pod Casts focused on Technology form the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Cast comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
Pod Casts focused on Music from the How Stuff Works collection. Each Pod Casts comes along with an informative web page of information about the topic discussed.
Pod Casts from the New York Public Library focusing on topics from Literature to History & Music with a surprising roster of guests from John Lithgow to Rick Rubin.