A couple of years ago TED-Ed started producing a series of video lessons titled Why Should You Read… The videos in the series feature classic works of literature explained in about five minutes. The videos are more high level overviews of the books than they are book trailers. What I like best about the videos in the series is that they explain the historical context of the when the books were written. Case in point, in the latest installment in the series, Why Should You Read Moby Dick, viewers learn that the book was written during the height of the whaling industry in New England.
You can find the entire Why Should You Read Moby Dick TED-Ed lesson here or watch the video as embedded below.
Here are a few other Why Should You Read… TED-Ed lessons.
Why Should You Read Crime and Punishment?
Why Should You Read Fahrenheit 451?
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