In Julia Gillard, Education Advocate, listen as the former Australian Prime Minister reflects on her leadership and her work to expand education opportunities for girls worldwide. Drawing from her family’s experience with poverty and limited schooling, she advocates for equal access to education while facing criticism and gender bias during her political career. This video is excerpted from BBC's Her Story — The Female Revolution, which explores the history and impact of women’s rights movements and achievements of women.
One school has listened to the research around the teenage body clock and changed their start time to prevent kids from going to school chronically sleep-deprived. During adolescence when the teenage brain is still developing, a 7 a.m. wake-up time is equivalent to a 4:30 a.m. wake-up time for an adult brain. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.
In The Female Future Engineers of India, Sue Perkins travels to Patna, India, where she learns about a school helping girls become engineers. These schools, which have grown from three to 18 in just 20 years, are empowering young women to chase big dreams. While the girls share their hopes for the future, they discuss how, despite their education, their parents still have the final say in who they marry. Sue highlights how, over the past couple of decades, these women have gone from staying at home to gaining powerful skills for their careers. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Ganges with Sue Perkins, which showcases Sue’s journey along the Ganges River, exploring its cultural and spiritual significance in India.
In Going to School in a War Zone, host Radzi Chinyanganya uncovers harsh realities of living and going to school in Afghanistan, a country that has been embroiled in conflict for decades. This video focuses on the impact of the war on students' education, with a special emphasis on Mohammad's account of life in a war zone where the sound of gunfire and the presence of tanks are a daily occurrence. The episode explores the challenges students face, including the dangers they encounter at school, the fear of being caught in crossfire, and the emotional toll of attending school in such conditions. This video is excerpted from BBC’s My World, a program created for teenagers eager to learn more about the important stories shaping our world.
In Rapping in a Refugee Camp, host Radzi Chinyanganya introduces Hiba and Rama, two sisters who live in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. The sisters use rap as a creative outlet to express their struggles, dreams, and experiences of growing up in a refugee camp. Their music addresses the challenges they face as refugees, including the loss of their home, displacement, and the lack of education. The video also highlights their aspirations for the future and the power of youth empowerment through creativity. This video is excerpted from BBC’s My World, a program created for teenagers eager to learn more about the important stories shaping our world.
Visit a school where children are learning how to deal with climate change effects like flooding by building virtual towns on Minecraft. The students were effectively able to save their town from flooding in the 3D model on Minecraft. This video is excerpted from BBC News.
One university decides how to engage with AI like ChatGPT. While a test answer from ChatGPT doesn’t make the grade and shows no critical thinking or specificity, students are successfully using AI for inspiration and initial brainstorming for projects. This video is excerpted from BBC News.
Learn how schools are combating student anxiety and the rise in school absences by offering mindfulness tools and strategies. Since the pandemic, there’s been a drop in school attendance nationally, but schools are hoping this support will work. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.
In Helen Keller's Legacy of Change, host Sanjeev Bhaskar takes us through the remarkable life of Helen Keller, who overcame the challenges of being both deaf and blind to become an influential advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
Meet Seven Women Leaders From All Around the World Who Broke Barriers.
They navigated crisis, criticism, and political pressure. They were pioneers, reformers, and power brokers — but they were also complex figures shaped by culture, controversy, and the eras in which they governed. In honor of Women’s History Month, this video playlist explores influential leaders from around the globe through BBC clips featuring Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Michelle Bachelet, and more.
From national parliaments to international financial institutions, these women led in vastly different political systems and cultural landscapes. Some championed social reform. Others advanced market-driven policies. All faced intense scrutiny — not only for their decisions, but for their leadership styles, identities, and the expectations placed upon women in power.
This thoughtful playlist invites students to examine leadership with nuance: How do gender and politics intersect? How do public expectations shape women leaders differently? And what can we learn from both their accomplishments and their controversies?
The article "What Was It Like to Be a Kid in the Middle Ages?" from BBC's HistoryExtra explores what life was like for children during the Middle Ages. The article highlights how children's lives were shaped by age, gender, class, and religion. It also reveals surprising facts about literacy, mortality rates, and how children played, worked, and were disciplined.
One artist correlates the ten colors to a base ten counting system and uses color to teach young children about numbers. With each color representing a number, students are able to create visual pictures of math equations and use imagery to remember important number facts. This video is excerpted from BBC News.
In Julia Gillard, Education Advocate, listen as the former Australian Prime Minister reflects on her leadership and her work to expand education opportunities for girls worldwide. Drawing from her family’s experience with poverty and limited schooling, she advocates for equal access to education while facing criticism and gender bias during her political career. This video is excerpted from BBC's Her Story — The Female Revolution, which explores the history and impact of women’s rights movements and achievements of women.
One school has listened to the research around the teenage body clock and changed their start time to prevent kids from going to school chronically sleep-deprived. During adolescence when the teenage brain is still developing, a 7 a.m. wake-up time is equivalent to a 4:30 a.m. wake-up time for an adult brain. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.
In The Female Future Engineers of India, Sue Perkins travels to Patna, India, where she learns about a school helping girls become engineers. These schools, which have grown from three to 18 in just 20 years, are empowering young women to chase big dreams. While the girls share their hopes for the future, they discuss how, despite their education, their parents still have the final say in who they marry. Sue highlights how, over the past couple of decades, these women have gone from staying at home to gaining powerful skills for their careers. This video is excerpted from BBC’s The Ganges with Sue Perkins, which showcases Sue’s journey along the Ganges River, exploring its cultural and spiritual significance in India.
In Going to School in a War Zone, host Radzi Chinyanganya uncovers harsh realities of living and going to school in Afghanistan, a country that has been embroiled in conflict for decades. This video focuses on the impact of the war on students' education, with a special emphasis on Mohammad's account of life in a war zone where the sound of gunfire and the presence of tanks are a daily occurrence. The episode explores the challenges students face, including the dangers they encounter at school, the fear of being caught in crossfire, and the emotional toll of attending school in such conditions. This video is excerpted from BBC’s My World, a program created for teenagers eager to learn more about the important stories shaping our world.
In Rapping in a Refugee Camp, host Radzi Chinyanganya introduces Hiba and Rama, two sisters who live in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. The sisters use rap as a creative outlet to express their struggles, dreams, and experiences of growing up in a refugee camp. Their music addresses the challenges they face as refugees, including the loss of their home, displacement, and the lack of education. The video also highlights their aspirations for the future and the power of youth empowerment through creativity. This video is excerpted from BBC’s My World, a program created for teenagers eager to learn more about the important stories shaping our world.
Visit a school where children are learning how to deal with climate change effects like flooding by building virtual towns on Minecraft. The students were effectively able to save their town from flooding in the 3D model on Minecraft. This video is excerpted from BBC News.
One university decides how to engage with AI like ChatGPT. While a test answer from ChatGPT doesn’t make the grade and shows no critical thinking or specificity, students are successfully using AI for inspiration and initial brainstorming for projects. This video is excerpted from BBC News.
Learn how schools are combating student anxiety and the rise in school absences by offering mindfulness tools and strategies. Since the pandemic, there’s been a drop in school attendance nationally, but schools are hoping this support will work. This video is excerpted from BBC News, a high-quality news program that provides impartial, distinctive information to educate and entertain.
In Helen Keller's Legacy of Change, host Sanjeev Bhaskar takes us through the remarkable life of Helen Keller, who overcame the challenges of being both deaf and blind to become an influential advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century, a documentary series celebrating the achievements of the most influential figures of the era.
Meet Seven Women Leaders From All Around the World Who Broke Barriers.
They navigated crisis, criticism, and political pressure. They were pioneers, reformers, and power brokers — but they were also complex figures shaped by culture, controversy, and the eras in which they governed. In honor of Women’s History Month, this video playlist explores influential leaders from around the globe through BBC clips featuring Hillary Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Michelle Bachelet, and more.
From national parliaments to international financial institutions, these women led in vastly different political systems and cultural landscapes. Some championed social reform. Others advanced market-driven policies. All faced intense scrutiny — not only for their decisions, but for their leadership styles, identities, and the expectations placed upon women in power.
This thoughtful playlist invites students to examine leadership with nuance: How do gender and politics intersect? How do public expectations shape women leaders differently? And what can we learn from both their accomplishments and their controversies?
The article "What Was It Like to Be a Kid in the Middle Ages?" from BBC's HistoryExtra explores what life was like for children during the Middle Ages. The article highlights how children's lives were shaped by age, gender, class, and religion. It also reveals surprising facts about literacy, mortality rates, and how children played, worked, and were disciplined.
One artist correlates the ten colors to a base ten counting system and uses color to teach young children about numbers. With each color representing a number, students are able to create visual pictures of math equations and use imagery to remember important number facts. This video is excerpted from BBC News.