A brief history of African-American social dance (in TED-Ed GIFs)

This is the Bop. The Bop is a type of social dance. Dance is a language, and social dance is an...

Should every kid learn to love computer science?

The short answer is yes. Here’s why. In the Lego Movie, the protagonists are “master builders” —...

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture classroom resources

“I, too, am America,” wrote Langston Hughes in 1927. Like James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and August...

TED-Ed Weekend June 2017: Coming to you via livestream!

It’s almost time: TED-ED WEEKEND RETURNS on JUNE 17, 2017! To watch the show and cheer...

5 practical ways to keep your creative resolutions

The Oxford English Dictionary defines creativity as “the use of imagination or original ideas to...

How to protect your online privacy

At the American Civil Liberties Union, privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian (TED...

5 TED-Ed Lessons about American power, politics and protests

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” said Frederick Douglass in 1857. “Those who...

Rhetoric 101: The art of persuasive speech

How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that...

How to tell fake news from real news

In November 2016, Stanford University researchers made an alarming discovery: across the US, many...

5 TED-Ed Lessons to watch while you’re at the gym

Happy New Year from TED-Ed! If you resolved to exercise more this year, then you’ll love this...

How to use littleBits to teach design thinking in the classroom

Design thinking is both a mindset and a methodology. As a mindset, it’s about putting people at...

The top 10 most popular TED-Ed Original animated videos from 2016

TED-Ed Originals are short, award-winning animated videos about ideas. Three times a week, you...

5 words that don’t mean what they used to mean

“Words over time have a way of just oozing around,” says linguist John McWhorter. Below, he...

The world’s required reading list: The books that students read in 28 countries

This compilation of reading assigned to students everywhere will expand your horizons — and your...

Art History 101

Why is Vermeer’s “Girl with the Pearl Earring” considered a masterpiece? What’s so special about...

TED-Ed Weekend 2016: Meet the speakers!

TED-Ed Weekends are designed to amplify the voices of TED’s next generation and celebrate the...

The physics of the “hardest move” in ballet (in TED-Ed GIFs)

In the third act of “Swan Lake”, the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns,...

7 interviewing tips for video storytellers

Laurie House is a documentary filmmaker in New York and a video producer at TED. Below, she...

10 questions to ask your family around the table

Sometime between the first bite of turkey and the last slice of pie, it’ll happen: a lull in the...

The magic of collaboration: These two teachers created #GlobalSpeedChat to promote cross-cultural understanding among students

Colleagues, mentors, friends. This is how two TED-Ed Innovative Educators — Kim...

Editor’s checklist: 8 ways to improve your nonfiction writing in 10 minutes

Ready to improve your next blog post, school essay or how-to article? Try these self-editing tips...

What would it take to survive in space?

Prolonged space travel takes a severe toll on the human body. As we seriously consider the human...

A global gathering of young people

TED-Ed Clubs offer students the opportunity to discover, explore, and present their big ideas in...

Erase meanness at your school

How do you teach kids to stand up against bullying behavior? One TED-Ed Innovative...