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Become a slam poet in five steps - Gayle Danley
611 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/become-a-slam-poet-in-five-steps-gayle-danley With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant memory on paper, then read it out loud. Edit. Try reading it out loud
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How One French Poet Combined Poetry And Visual Art - Geneviève Emy
650 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-one-french-poet-combined-poetry-and-visual-art-genevieve-emy Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there’s an earl
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Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman reads "Talking Gets Us There" | PBS KIDS Talk About | PBS KIDS
481 views / 0 likes - addedInaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, reads her poem, "Talking Gets Us There." Animated by the PBS KIDS Digital Team. Watch and play more videos and games at https://pbskids.org or download the *FREE* PBS KIDS Video and Games app at https
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Langston Hughes&the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215
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Amanda Gorman reads a poem at inauguration
886 views / 3 likes - addedNational Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, 22, reads a poem at Joe Biden's inauguration.
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Are young people discriminated against for being young? | BBC Ideas
498 views / 0 likes - addedPoet and campaigner Ife Grillo argues that 'youngism' is all around us. Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipavThis video was made by Somethin Else. ----------------------Do you have a curious mind? Youre in the right place.Our aim on BBC Ideas is t
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3 keys to success for young people | BBC Ideas
33 views / 0 likes - addedWriter and poet Lemn Sissay looks at why some children from tough backgrounds do well in life, despite the odds being stacked against them.Made by Jist Studios, in partnership with @oxforduniversity. Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav__________
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Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter - David T. Freeman And Gregory Taylor
929 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-shakespeare-loved-iambic-pentameter-david-t-freeman-and-gregory-taylor Shakespeare sometimes gets a bad rap in high schools for his complex plots and antiquated language. But a quick peek into the rhythm of
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"The Nutritionist" by Andrea Gibson
403 views / 0 likes - addedAn animated interpretation of Andrea Gibson's poem "The Nutritionist" -- For an interview with the poet, watch this video: http://bit.ly/TEDEdAndreaInterview This animation is part of our new series, "There's a Poem for That," which features animated inte
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"To Make Use of Water" by Safia Elhillo
456 views / 0 likes - addedAn animated interpretation of Safia Elhillo's poem "To Make Use of Water" -- Watch an interview with the poet here: http://bit.ly/TEDEdSafiaInterview This animation is part of our new series, "There's a Poem for That," which features animated interpretati
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The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216
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"Three Months After" by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
920 views / 1 likes - addedAn animated interpretation of Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz's poem "Three Months After" -- For an interview with the poet, watch this video: http://bit.ly/TEDEdCristinInterview This animation is part of our new series, "There's a Poem for That," which features
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History's "worst" nun - Theresa A. Yugar
689 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life of Mexican nun, poet and scholar, Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, who was censored by the Church for her critical writings. --Juana Ramrez de Asbaje sat before a panel of prestigious theologians, jurists, and mathematicians. They had been i
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Do Dead Batteries Really Bounce?
392 views / 0 likes - addedToday we're testing the theory that you can tell how much charge a battery has by bouncing it on the counter. Subscribe & “Ring the Bell”: https://goo.gl/618xWm Get TKOR Merch: https://goo.gl/i5ehRg See What Else We're Up To: Instagram: https://goo.gl/C0Q
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Why did Phillis Wheatley disappear? - Charita Gainey
135 views / 1 likes - addedGet to know the life and works of poet Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who became one of colonial Americas most famous writers.--In 1775, General George Washington received a poem from one of colonial Americas most famous writers. Its verses praised t
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Why should you read Virgil's "Aeneid"? - Mark Robinson
732 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-virgil-s-aeneid-mark-robinson In 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deat
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The New Year's Eve song, explained
773 views / 1 likes - addedThe US associates "Auld Lang Syne" with the New Year, but not everyone does. Join the Vox Video Lab! https://www.vox.com/join After the ball drops in Times Square on New Year's Eve, the crowd cheers, couples kiss, confetti flies and the song you hear is "
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Filling a Pool with Popcorn
495 views / 0 likes - addedToday we're taking a dive into a pool filled to the brim in popcorn, and then trying to coat the whole thing in butter and salt. Get TKOR DIY Kits and Merch: https://goo.gl/i5ehRg Subscribe & “Ring the Bell”: https://goo.gl/618xWm Send Us
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New Insights Into 'The Mind's Eye'
557 views / 2 likes - addedSciShow explores a newly identified neurological condition, aphantasia, the inability to visualize things in your imagination, and gives tribute to Dr. Oliver Sacks, popular explorer of the human mind. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patre
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The Loud House | Lucy's Best Lines | Nick
970 views / 3 likes - addedBehind Lucy Loud's long, dark bangs and spooky thoughts lurks the soul of a poet. You could say she puts the FUN in FUNERAL... if asking friends to play a corpse is your idea of a good time. Watch and experience LIFE the way Lucy does! Subscribe if you lo
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Restoring Habitats With Magic Beans
601 views / 1 likes - added145-year-old beans from the Field's botanical collections are being used today to help restore a local native plant habitat. How does that work? We talked with Robb Telfer - a poet, and a passionate 'plant nerd' - about how he became involved in working t
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Is Space Travel Worth It? Spoken Word With Mark Grist
646 views / 0 likes - addedIs space travel a waste of money? Can we justify reaching for the stars when there’s so much that needs our attention here on earth? Poet Mark Grist battles it out. Visit Mark's channel for more poetry: https://www.youtube.com/user/Montygristo And visit h
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Custom Hydro Dipped Violin... Will It Play?
298 views / 0 likes - addedToday we're attempting to hydro dip something we've never tried before- a violin. Will it still work after we dip it in, or will it stop working?Check out Rob's channel here: http://bit.ly/2TWENKoTo order Grant's book 52 Random Weekend Projects, click her
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Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano
589 views / 0 likes - addedJoin this free online course on FutureLearn to learn more about Davy, his scientific achievements and his role as a romantic poet.: http://bit.ly/2whg9G0 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Humphry Davy is one of the best know
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Reptiles of Britain | BBC Earth
906 views / 0 likes - addedFrom lizards to adders, Britain is home to some surprising reptiles amongst its vast wildlife. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlayli
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The Amazing Rituals of the Welsh Shepherd Dogs | BBC Earth
465 views / 0 likes - addedIt's not easy to control sheep in the Welsh countryside, but these dogs are up to the task. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist
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Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans
495 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know Pablo Neruda, one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.--A romantic and a revolutionary, Pablo Neruda was one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, but also one of the most ac
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Why should you read Sylvia Plath? - Iseult Gillespie
591 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the haunting and intimate works of poet Sylvia Plath, who digs into issues of mental health, trauma and sexuality in works like “The Bell Jar.” -- Under her shrewd eye and pen, Sylvia Plath turned everyday objects into haunting images: a “new stat
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Who Was Ada Lovelace, The World’s First Computer Nerd?
784 views / 1 likes - addedThis 19th-century female mathematician created the first computer program, but do you know who she is? Who is Ada Lovelace? Who Is Koko The Gorilla & Is She Really That Smart? - http://bit.ly/1U1hDbu Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/
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♪ 26 Insults Shakespeare Invented! | EVERY SINGLE THING
611 views / 0 likes - addedShakespeare might seem snooty, but his plays are packed with plenty of insults! Which one's your favorite?? LYRICS: William Shakespeare wrote some plays in Elizabethan days. Inventing words was all the craze like ‘eyeball’, ‘gloomy’, and ‘amazement’. This
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These 70 writers are actually all the same person - Ilan Stavans
39 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the life of enigmatic poet and writer Fernando Pessoa, who wrote not as himself but as other people he invented.--On November 30th, 1935, dozens of writers passed away. They came from different backgrounds, espoused divergent beliefs, and wrot
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John Tyndall: The Physicist Who Proved the Greenhouse Effect - with Paul Hurley
756 views / 0 likes - addedJohn Tyndall worked on diamagnetism, explained why the sky is blue and discovered the mechanism for the greenhouse effect. He also gave hundreds of public lectures at the Ri, and was an avid mountaineer and poet. And all this before his beloved wife accid
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