Difficulty: Beginner
USA
After exploring the five boroughs of New York City, we move on to Princeton, New Jersey, where Sigrid gets curious about a canal built in the early 19th century.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
What makes canals so special? In part 2, we explore locks. Locks are like elevators for barges and boats!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
American singer-songwriter Phillip Phillips sang this song of reassurance and commitment when he won the eleventh season of the singing competition, American Idol.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This bizarre, satirical film from Calvin Communications satirizes a typical approach to industrial promotional films, showing how the idea of the "American Dream" is utilized to sell products.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
We are repeatedly invited to imagine our own company or product name inserted in a film parodying generic advertising films and their efforts to play on and profit from our dreams and aspirations.
Difficulty: Beginner
Canada
Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. His music has been performed and recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. He recently passed away at the age of 84.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Peter Parker’s life hasn't been the same since the world found out he's Spider-Man. Now he approaches an old friend whose powers might help him to change the past and erase this knowledge from the collective memory. But is this really what Peter wants?
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This last part about the D&R canal talks about the special bridges that were needed to cross the canal and who had to take care of them. And if you're wondering if the canal is still in use, Sigrid answers that question. There's a special tribute at the end of the video for which you might want this link.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
In this beautiful live version of “Closest Thing to Crazy,” Katie Melua questions how she ever came to feel the way she does about the one she loves. The song, written by English singer-songwriter, Mike Batt, was Katie’s debut single from her first album Call Off the Search.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
English singer-songwriter Callum Scott came to prominence on the TV talent show “Britain’s Got Talent." He came sixth in the final, but went on to find major chart success with “You Are The Reason” from his debut album Only Human.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Benedict Cumberbatch solo rappels down a cliff with some encouragement from Bear. In Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Bear is taking it up a level by teaching his celebrity guests essential survival skills that they'll have to master and then prove they can use in a high-stress situation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Alice Cooper and his band play a classic song. Remember the last day of school? Alice Cooper captures that feeling, sending the audience into a frenzy!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
We're back on Long Island, exploring the North Shore with an outing to a wildlife refuge on one of the necks, or small peninsulas that jut into the Long Island Sound, the body of water separating Long Island from Connecticut.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
English band Duran Duran caught the mood of a decade with this nineteen-eighties summertime classic, complete with a video filmed aboard a yacht in the Caribbean!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
U.S. rock group Toto struck musical gold in the 1980s with this catchy tune. The song's groove and instrumentation came first, then David Paich wrote the lyrics based on impressions of Africa from what he had seen in news reports on TV and from missionaries he had known as a student.
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