I directed Benjamin Banneker, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. The video covers the work of Benjamin Banneker, a naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and author. Banneker was one of the first Black Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments predicting a solar eclipse, publishing his own almanac, and surveying Washington, D.C.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Natasha Sharpe, Christopher Camp, Cola Studios, Rebekah Bergman, Mike Judd, Dizzy Sense, Chris Payne, Edward Wilkins Jr.
The video is available on Flocabulary
I directed What Was Buried: The Irena Sendler Story, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. The video covers the story of Irena Sendler, who defied the Nazis and rescued Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Natasha Sharpe, Christopher Camp, Magda Kreps, Rebekah Bergman, Mike Judd, Evonne Bradford, Chris Payne
The video is available on Flocabulary
I directed What is Poetry?, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video introduces students to poetic devices through textual examples.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Jocie Juritz, Rebekah Bergman, Katie Choi, Cenophilia Mitchel, Douglas Walsh, Chris Payne
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Fables, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video introduces students to the fables genre through popular stories like "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Lion and the Mouse.”
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Christopher Camp, Jocie Juritz, Nicco Aeed, Rebekah Bergman, Katie Choi, Kate Martin, Chris Payne, Edward Wilkins, Jr.
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Israel Kamakawiwo'ole’s Music, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. This video introduces the work of Hawaiian artist and activist Israel Kamakawiwo’ole and illustrates how Kamakawiwo’ole used music to work for change in Hawaii.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Christopher Camp, Basa, Rebecca Porter, Rebekah Bergman, Mike Judd, Kate Martin, Evonne Bradford, Chris Payne, Edward Wilkins, Jr.
The video is forthcoming on Flocabulary
I directed Harvey Milk, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. The video covers the life and career of Harvey Milk. Known as one of the first openly gay politicians in the United States, Milk used his unique vision of local government to break into San Francisco politics. Though his life was cut short, his legacy has carried on throughout the 20th century and beyond.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Christopher Camp, Beakus, Rebekah Bergman, Mike Judd, Omenihu, Tierney Oberhammer, Chris Payne, Edward Wilkins, Jr.
The video is available on Flocabulary
I directed The Chinese Exclusion Act, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video covers the creation and effects of the notorious anti-Asian law and reflects on the role of this act in history.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Al Bako, Caroline Grider, Rebekah Bergman, Sumeet Bharati, Douglas Walsh, Chris Payne
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed How a Bill Becomes a Law, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. This video follows a bill’s path through the House, Senate, and president on its way to becoming a law.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Natasha Sharpe, Christopher Camp, Kohana Wilson, Rebekah Bergman, Mike Judd, Ike Ramos, NE$$, Chris Payne, Daniel Lynas
The video is available on Flocabulary
I directed Parts of a Plant, an animated educational video for Nearpod. In this explainer video, students learn to identify the parts of a plant and explore each part’s special functions.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Nataly Menjivar, Fat Tony, Rebekah Bergman, Katie Choi, Chris Payne
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Toni Morrison, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. The video introduces the life and work of acclaimed American author Toni Morrison, exploring Morrison’s childhood in Ohio, her career as the first Black female fiction editor at Random House, and the social context and universal themes that made Morrison’s work so powerful.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Eliana Rodgers, Kenez Vetesi-Szabados, Rebekah Bergman, Nappy Nina, Katie Choi, Chris Payne
The video is available on Flocabulary
I directed What is Matter?, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video introduces the properties of the three main states of matter and the ways in which liquid water changes to a solid and a gas.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Basa, Rebekah Bergman, Mike Judd, Cenophilia Mitchell, Jay Morris, Douglas Walsh, Chris Payne
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Gandhi, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video covers the life of Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi, exploring Gandhi’s time in South Africa, his civil rights activism, and his legacy of nonviolent protest.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Ellie LaCourt, Rebekah Bergman, Sumeet Bharati, Katie Choi, Chris Payne, Edward Wilkins, Jr.
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Ecosystems, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video covers how plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms interact with each other in the habitat where they live, as well as the effects of human activity on ecosystems.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Nataly Menjivar, Mickalia Forrester-Ewen, Rebekah Bergman, Katie Choi, Chris Payne
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Black Panther Party, an animated educational video for Nearpod. This video outlines the history of the Black Panthers, an influential political party and social movement founded in 1966, covering the Panthers' political platform, community service, and the impact of the party’s legacy.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Al Bako, Tierney Oberhammer, Christopher Camp, Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet, Lucas Sabean, Katie Choi, Kate Martin, Edward Wilkins, Jr., Chris Payne
The video is available on Nearpod
I directed Forgotten Birthday, an animated educational music video for Flocabulary. This lighthearted narrative video follows a family of vegetables and Lucas, a broccoli who fears his special day has been neglected.
Team: Madeleine Welsch, Christopher Camp, QIE Media, Rebekah Bergman, Eugienia Chao, Mike Judd, Kate Martin, Dillon Maurer, Chris Payne
The video is available on Flocabulary
