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TED Ed DISCUSSIONS

 

SPARTA WARRIORS

• This is Sparta: Fierce warriors of the Ancient World - Craig Zimmer

• History Channel:  Sparta Videos

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CULTURAL RUDENESS 

• One of the most difficult words to translate... - Krystian Aparta

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LEARNING TO LISTEN/FOCUS

• Are you a Good Listener?

• Helping Students Develop the Skills to Focus - Edutopia

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VISIT TO KOREA

• YouTube of CNN and the DMZ

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BURIAL CUSTOMS

• TED ED:  What happens to our bodies after we die? - Farnaz Khatibi Jafari​

• 10 Extraordinary Burial Ceremonies from Around the World

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

• Death of Fidel Castro and his legacy

• TED Ed Cuban Missile Crisis

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SAINT NICHOLAS

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STAR WARS UNIVERSE

• Death of Carrie Fisher

• Star Wars:  The Birth of the Lightsaber

• Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live-action and animated films.

• Meaning behind the colors of the lightsabers

• Star Wars Films

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THE HERO's JOURNEY

• Interactive The Hero's Journey

• Stages of the Hero's Journey

• TED Ed:  What Makes a Hero by Matthew Winkler

• Harry Potter and the Hero's Journey

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CHINESE NEW YEAR

• Make Your Own Rooster Kite

• Fortune Tales/ The Story of Chinese New Year

• He took a camera to Hong Kong during Chinese New Year.  And what he recorded is stunning...

• Chinese New Year - Welcome to the Year of the Rooster:  A China Icons Video

• What's your sign?

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THE MAGIC OF ANIMATION

• Danielle Feinberg:  The Magic Ingredient that Brings Pixar Movies to Life

• The Power of zSpace

• zSpace Mobile 3D computer Lab Makes Stop at Waccamaw High

• Debate:  Doomsday predictions vs. Virtual Escapism used for good?

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SAINT VALENTINE

• The Search for Saint Valentine

• The History of Saint Valentine

• Song:  Saint Valentine, original song by Ron Ireland

• Mouth of Truth

• Saint Valentine's Skull

• Game:  World Cultures Love Rituals

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ZOMBIE'S BRAIN

• Diagnosing a Zombie:  Brain and Body [Part One]

• Diagnosing a Zombie:  Brain and Behavior [Part Two]

• Anatomy of a Zombie Brain Worksheet

• PBS Normal Brains and Zombie's Brains PowerPoint

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HOW TO FOSSILIZE YOURSELF

• How to Fossilize Yourself

• How Nicholas Steno Changed the Way we See the World, Literally

• The Most Groundbreaking Scientist you've Never Heard of

• Steno's Laws

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ANCIENT CITY OF PETRA in Jordan

• Petra - Exploring the Amazing Rock City of Jordan

• Google Expeditions - Petra

• Questions - Activity Sheet

• Google Docs - Worksheet

• 13 Amazing Fans about the Ancient Rock City of Petra

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AESOP:  A MODERN FABLE

• Aesop:  Biography of a Great Thinker

• Determining the Moral of a Fable

• Identifying Themes in a Fable

• Aesop - Top 10 Quotes

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DEATH OF JULIUS CAESAR

• The Great Conspiracy against Julius Caesar

• Marc Antony's Eulogy of Julius Caesar

• NearPod Lesson Ancient Rome Bingo

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THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM

• The Complex Geometry of Islamic Design

• Tessellation Creator

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?

• Did Shakespeare Write His Plays?

• Ten Reasons Why William Shakespeare is a Fraud by Roland

• The Question of Shakespeare's Authorship:  Anonymous and the Writing of History

• Shakespeare Conspiracy:  The Fraud of Avon

• Beat the Bard!  Shakespeare's Characters fight it Out

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CAN YOU SOLVE THESE RIDDLES?

• Can you solve the passcode riddle?

• Can you solve the river crossing riddle?

• Can you solve the airplane riddle?

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THE BACKWARD BRAIN

• The Backwards Brain

• Brain Labs:  A Place to Enliven Learning

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GROWTH VS FIXED MINDSET

• Mindset Assessment

• Impact of a Growth Mindset

• Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

• How to Motivate students to adopt a growth [with a scientific explanation behind mindsets]

• Mindsets:  Fixed Versus Growth