About
A classroom erupts into a war of words as students grapple with a seemingly simple prompt: what is the opposite of a gun? This animation is part of the TED-Ed series, "There's a Poem for That," which features animated interpretations of poems both old and new that give language to some of life's biggest feelings. [A TED-Ed Production, a film by Anna Samo + Lisa LaBracio, poem by Brendan Constantine, poem performed by Brendan Constantine, sound Design by Weston Fonger, animation & Design by Anna Samo + Lisa LaBracio, animation Produced by Gerta Xhelo].
The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- TED
- Department
- TED-Ed
- Speaker
- Brendan Constantine
- Year
- 2019
- Level
- For everyone
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source
- TED
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
- Attribution
- TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
- Who can watch
- TED gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed
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