Martin Luther King Jr.’s Story in Song introduces students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement through music, humor, and powerful historical images. Told as a song, the video shares key moments from Dr. King’s life and his leadership in the fight for equality in a way that is clear, memorable, and engaging for students.
Excerpted from BBC’s Horrible Histories — a multi-award-winning musical and sketch comedy series — this short video uses a familiar, student-friendly format to help make an important part of U.S. history easier to understand. The combination of lyrics, visuals, and real moments from the era helps students connect with the ideas of fairness, courage, and peaceful protest.
At just two and a half minutes, this video is ideal for classrooms. Use it as a quick introduction to Martin Luther King Jr., a lively entry point into the Civil Rights Movement, or a meaningful way to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It works well as a lesson opener, a review tool, or a discussion starter about how people have worked together to create change in a democracy.
In The Story of Tectonic Plates Is the Story of Our Planet, geologist Iain Stewart explains how hot rock below the Earth’s surface causes tectonic plates and continents to both diverge and collide, creating landscapes like the bold rock face of the Thingvellir fissure in Iceland, and the 5-million-year-old mountains of New Zealand. Over millions of years, our continents have drifted apart from the supercontinent known as Pangaea, but the plates continue moving and the continents will once again converge in the future. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.
In The Story of the Planets, Professor Brian Cox takes us through images of the planets and shares an overview of the expeditions that humans have taken to explore space. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time, a series that seeks to explain our place in the Universe. Professor Brian Cox looks back on decades of discovery and toward the next frontier in space, pondering the question: What’s next?
In The Amazing Story of Convict Fish Survival, narrator Sir David Attenborough ventures deep in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where the convict fish has a mysterious and puzzling life. The adults never leave their mazelike burrow under the sand, while thousands of baby convict fish swarm out to gather plankton. Scientists believe the youngsters might feed the adults in return for a safe place to live, but the truth behind their teamwork remains a fascinating mystery! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In A Meerkat Family Story, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces us to a lively family of meerkats working together like a well-organized team. At the center is their queen, who leads the family and is the main one to have pups. These pups are now learning key survival skills, like digging for food and carefully handling scorpions. For safety purposes, one meerkat always stands guard while the others rest or play, showing the power of teamwork. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
A troop of 150 chimpanzees. That's not a typo — it's the largest chimp community ever recorded in Africa, and they all live in one stretch of forest in Uganda. Sir David Attenborough takes you inside their world in this clip from BBC's Planet Earth, and it's not exactly peaceful. Chimps are unusual among jungle animals — they move just as easily through the treetops as they do on the ground, which comes in handy when your diet depends on finding enough fig trees to feed 150 mouths. But a community this size needs serious territory to sustain it, and that means defending it.
Watch as the troop uses coordinated calls to launch a raid into a rival group's land. Once they cross into enemy territory, everything changes: the calls stop, the pace slows, and every chimp is on high alert, listening for signs of who — and how many — they're up against.
It's a side of chimpanzees you don't usually see: strategic, tense, and surprisingly military in style. Great conversation starter for anything on animal behavior, group dynamics, or how intelligence shows up in unexpected ways.
This set of Martin Luther King Jr. worksheets contains two versions, so you can use the version that's closest to the grade level you teach or use both based on the individual reading levels of the students in your class. Here's what you'll find:
- Reading Passage: "Martin Luther King Jr.: A Man With a Dream," covering that life and legacy of MLK.
- Version A: Grades 3-5, Lexile Level 700-900L
- Version B: Grades 6-8, Lexile Level 850-1000L
- Glossary: Grade-level appropriate vocabulary and definitions to help students better understand the passage.
- Worksheets: KWL, timeline, and reflection (Version A); important events chart, Venn diagram, "Iconic Influences" response (Version B).
These activities pair with the following videos:
Join the Go Jetters on a flying adventure around a fragile sea arch. In this fun story, you'll:
- Read out loud, changing the pictures for words.
- Learn how erosion transforms rocks into caves, arches, and stacks.
- Discover funky facts about rock formations.
Pick a word to read when you see a ? . Can you make a silly story?
One sunny day, a boy and a girl went outside to play with their new ? . They set off to town and soon saw a
? and a ? “We want to spot a ? today!” they sang. They went to look under a ? and on top of a ? but they just found a funny green ? .
Watch full episodes of Alphablocks on their official YouTube channel!
The article "Who Really Built the White House? The Hidden Story Behind America’s Presidential Home" from BBC's HistoryExtra explores the creation of the White House, from George Washington’s vision to James Hoban’s design. It highlights how enslaved people and immigrant craftsmen built the home, revealing the untold history behind one of America’s most iconic buildings.
Can you read the words in red? In this story, look out for CVC words like man, fun, sun, fan, tan, van, and men. Say them aloud and check if you can read them all.
One cold day, it started snowing. M had a marvelous idea. "Let's see who can make the most massive snowball!" he said to A. But just then, N bumped into them and they held hands. A snowman appeared!
What will happen next?
Watch full episodes of Alphablocks on their official YouTube channel!
Tag along with Terrific Ten as you read her story! It goes like this:
One day, Numberblock 10 decided to put on her special helmet. It was time for a super Ten adventure She zoomed way up high into the sky, singing, “I’m Ten and I’m flying through the sky. Today you can make 10 any way you like!"
How will Ten's friends help her?
Watch full episodes of Numberblocks on their official YouTube channel!
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Story in Song introduces students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement through music, humor, and powerful historical images. Told as a song, the video shares key moments from Dr. King’s life and his leadership in the fight for equality in a way that is clear, memorable, and engaging for students.
Excerpted from BBC’s Horrible Histories — a multi-award-winning musical and sketch comedy series — this short video uses a familiar, student-friendly format to help make an important part of U.S. history easier to understand. The combination of lyrics, visuals, and real moments from the era helps students connect with the ideas of fairness, courage, and peaceful protest.
At just two and a half minutes, this video is ideal for classrooms. Use it as a quick introduction to Martin Luther King Jr., a lively entry point into the Civil Rights Movement, or a meaningful way to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It works well as a lesson opener, a review tool, or a discussion starter about how people have worked together to create change in a democracy.
In The Story of Tectonic Plates Is the Story of Our Planet, geologist Iain Stewart explains how hot rock below the Earth’s surface causes tectonic plates and continents to both diverge and collide, creating landscapes like the bold rock face of the Thingvellir fissure in Iceland, and the 5-million-year-old mountains of New Zealand. Over millions of years, our continents have drifted apart from the supercontinent known as Pangaea, but the plates continue moving and the continents will once again converge in the future. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.
In The Story of the Planets, Professor Brian Cox takes us through images of the planets and shares an overview of the expeditions that humans have taken to explore space. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time, a series that seeks to explain our place in the Universe. Professor Brian Cox looks back on decades of discovery and toward the next frontier in space, pondering the question: What’s next?
In The Amazing Story of Convict Fish Survival, narrator Sir David Attenborough ventures deep in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where the convict fish has a mysterious and puzzling life. The adults never leave their mazelike burrow under the sand, while thousands of baby convict fish swarm out to gather plankton. Scientists believe the youngsters might feed the adults in return for a safe place to live, but the truth behind their teamwork remains a fascinating mystery! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In A Meerkat Family Story, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces us to a lively family of meerkats working together like a well-organized team. At the center is their queen, who leads the family and is the main one to have pups. These pups are now learning key survival skills, like digging for food and carefully handling scorpions. For safety purposes, one meerkat always stands guard while the others rest or play, showing the power of teamwork. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
A troop of 150 chimpanzees. That's not a typo — it's the largest chimp community ever recorded in Africa, and they all live in one stretch of forest in Uganda. Sir David Attenborough takes you inside their world in this clip from BBC's Planet Earth, and it's not exactly peaceful. Chimps are unusual among jungle animals — they move just as easily through the treetops as they do on the ground, which comes in handy when your diet depends on finding enough fig trees to feed 150 mouths. But a community this size needs serious territory to sustain it, and that means defending it.
Watch as the troop uses coordinated calls to launch a raid into a rival group's land. Once they cross into enemy territory, everything changes: the calls stop, the pace slows, and every chimp is on high alert, listening for signs of who — and how many — they're up against.
It's a side of chimpanzees you don't usually see: strategic, tense, and surprisingly military in style. Great conversation starter for anything on animal behavior, group dynamics, or how intelligence shows up in unexpected ways.
This set of Martin Luther King Jr. worksheets contains two versions, so you can use the version that's closest to the grade level you teach or use both based on the individual reading levels of the students in your class. Here's what you'll find:
- Reading Passage: "Martin Luther King Jr.: A Man With a Dream," covering that life and legacy of MLK.
- Version A: Grades 3-5, Lexile Level 700-900L
- Version B: Grades 6-8, Lexile Level 850-1000L
- Glossary: Grade-level appropriate vocabulary and definitions to help students better understand the passage.
- Worksheets: KWL, timeline, and reflection (Version A); important events chart, Venn diagram, "Iconic Influences" response (Version B).
These activities pair with the following videos:
Join the Go Jetters on a flying adventure around a fragile sea arch. In this fun story, you'll:
- Read out loud, changing the pictures for words.
- Learn how erosion transforms rocks into caves, arches, and stacks.
- Discover funky facts about rock formations.
Pick a word to read when you see a ? . Can you make a silly story?
One sunny day, a boy and a girl went outside to play with their new ? . They set off to town and soon saw a
? and a ? “We want to spot a ? today!” they sang. They went to look under a ? and on top of a ? but they just found a funny green ? .
Watch full episodes of Alphablocks on their official YouTube channel!
The article "Who Really Built the White House? The Hidden Story Behind America’s Presidential Home" from BBC's HistoryExtra explores the creation of the White House, from George Washington’s vision to James Hoban’s design. It highlights how enslaved people and immigrant craftsmen built the home, revealing the untold history behind one of America’s most iconic buildings.
Can you read the words in red? In this story, look out for CVC words like man, fun, sun, fan, tan, van, and men. Say them aloud and check if you can read them all.
One cold day, it started snowing. M had a marvelous idea. "Let's see who can make the most massive snowball!" he said to A. But just then, N bumped into them and they held hands. A snowman appeared!
What will happen next?
Watch full episodes of Alphablocks on their official YouTube channel!
Tag along with Terrific Ten as you read her story! It goes like this:
One day, Numberblock 10 decided to put on her special helmet. It was time for a super Ten adventure She zoomed way up high into the sky, singing, “I’m Ten and I’m flying through the sky. Today you can make 10 any way you like!"
How will Ten's friends help her?
Watch full episodes of Numberblocks on their official YouTube channel!