Content Update: October 2019 (Chill out with ELA, AP US History, Art History, Khan for Educators, and more!) ❄️

October brought chillier temperatures, but we think it's the perfect weather for grabbing a cup of tea and settling into our new content! Below you'll find information on new content in English Language Arts, History, Art History, Khan for Educators, Math, Science. Onwards!

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Arts and Humanities

English Language Arts Beta

We've already announced it, but we want to make sure that we include our ELA Beta course, which launched in October. For more information about the course and what a beta is, check out this article on the new course.

AP US History (Video and Articles)

• Continuity and change in American society, 1754-1800 (Video)
• African Americans in the Early Republic
• Politics and regional interests
• The Cotton Kingdom
• The society of the South in the early republic
• Laissez-faire policies in the Gilded Age

Europe 1300-1600 (Article)

• Bartolomé Bermejo, Piedad with Canon Lluís Desplà

Special Topics in Art History: Seeing America (Art that brings American history to life) (Videos)

• Superman, World War II, and Japanese-American experience (Roger Shimomura, Diary: December 12, 1941)
• History and deception: Kenseth Armstead’s Surrender Yorktown 1781
• Desert to Suburb, framing the American Dream
• American resilience and the Great Depression

Khan for Educators

Khan for Educators (India) (Videos)

• Implementation: Designing the TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE needed to get started
• Implementation: PLANNING your Khan Academy class session
• Implementation: In-school lesson-aligned practice
• Implementation: Leveraging Khan Academy for Homework
• Implementation: Customising REMEDIAL interventions for each student's individual needs
• An introduction to Khan Academy | Sal Khan, Founder and Ginny Lee, Chief Operating Officer
• The Pedagogy Behind Khan Academy | David Herron, Khan Academy
• A Principal Speaks: Avnita Bir at RN Podar School, Mumbai
• A Principal Speaks: Arunabh Singh at Nehru World School, Ghaziabad
• The Content on Khan Academy | Supriya Tripathi, Content Creator, Khan Academy
• Website demo: Creating your teacher account on Khan Academy
• Website demo: Assigning content to your students
• Website demo: Creating a class and managing your student’s accounts
• Website Demo: The student experience on Khan Academy
• The assignment report - By assignment
• Website Demo: The assignment report - By student
• Welcome to the Khan Academy India Teacher Community | Vipul Redey, Schools Team, Khan Academy

Math

Class 10 Math (India) (Video)

• Quadratic equations (Unit summary)

Science

Class 10 Biology (India) (Videos and Exercises)

• Tropism (Types, positive & negative) (Video)
• Major plant hormones (& how to remember)(Video)
• Hormones Intro & working (Video)
• Endocrine system (major hormones & functions) (Video)
• Hormone feedback mechanism (Video)
• Nervous system (central & peripheral) (Video)
• Reflex action (& reflex arc) (Video)
• Brain: Parts & functions (Fore, mid & hind) (Video)
• Evolution & natural selection (Video)
• Genetic drift (Video)
• Acquired vs inherited traits (Video)
• Natural Selection and Genetic drift (Exercise)
• Acquired vs Inherited Traits (Exercise)
• Evolution & classification link (Video)
• Homologous & analogous structures (Video)
• Fossil & their formation (Video)
• Fossil dating (Video)
• Homologous and Analogous characteristics (Exercise)
• Evolution is not progress (Video)
• Why Mendel chose peas (Video)
• Mendel's experiment (monohybrid cross) (Video)
• Dominance & segregation laws (Video)
• Independent assortment (dihybrid cross) (Video)
• Mendel's Experiments (Exercise)
• Sex determination (Video)
• Sex Determination in humans (Exercise)
• Speciation (with example) (Video)
• Speciation (Exercise)
• Genes, DNA & chromosomes (Video)
• Heredity and Variation (Exercise)
  

Class 10 Chemistry (India) (Videos and Exercises)

• Metals used in alloys (Exercise)
• Formation of ionic compounds (Exercise)
• Electrolytic refining of metals (Video)
• Roasting and calcination (Exercise)
• Reduction method (Exercise)
• Identify the property of a metal (Exercise)
• Identify a metal with an exceptional physical property (Exercise)
• Reactivity of elements (Exercise)
• Corrosion: Identify the compounds (Exercise)
• Metals reacting with oxygen (Video)
• Nature of metal oxides (Video)
• Metals reacting with water (Video)
• Metals reacting with acids (Video)
• Reactivity series (Video)
• Ionic bonds: Reaction of metals and nonmetals (Video)
• Extraction of metals- overview (Video)
• Roasting and calcination - extraction of metal (Video)
• Reduction of metal oxides - Extraction of metals (Video)