What’s New in September 2025: Classroom Videos and Resources

Welcome to the September 2025 edition of our Monthly Content Round-Up. This month, we’re excited to share new releases, spotlighted series, and practical resources designed to inspire and support teaching and learning in classrooms across the United States.

What’s New?

This month, 243 new videos have been added to ClickView, expanding the range of original productions and licensed series available for every grade level and subject area. Whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school, there’s something fresh and relevant for your students.

To help your exploration, we’ve highlighted standout videos across grade levels, from playful Miniclips to new thought-provoking documentaries.

Spotlight on New Content

This month’s spotlight spans everything from Halloween traditions for younger learners, to nutrition and math resources for middle school, and big-picture explorations of global corporations for high school.

Elementary Highlights

• Halloween (Miniclips: Global Celebrations and Commemorations): Why do we carve pumpkins and wear costumes on October 31? This Miniclip explores the origins and traditions of Halloween, showing how people around the world celebrate this spooky holiday. It’s a perfect resource for classroom discussions about culture and history. Watch the new Halloween Miniclip here.

• Music to Study To: Instrumental Guitar & Lo-Fi: Help your students focus and relax with two new music series. Instrumental Guitar features medium-tempo tracks with peaceful imagery, while Lo-Fi offers slow, cityscape-inspired beats. Both are ideal for study sessions, quiet time, or background music during independent work. Check out some examples: Instrumental Guitar | Lo-Fi

Middle School Highlights

• Spotlight on Ultra-Processed Food: Our latest “Spotlight on…” episode tackles the topic of ultra-processed foods, helping students understand nutrition, food choices, and health in a relatable way.

• ClickView x OUP Collaboration: Continuing our collaboration with Oxford University Press: A suite of math series for grades 7 and 8 covers topics like length, area, volume, statistics, and probability. These resources are designed to build conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Introduction to Length, Area, and Volume | Intermediate Statistics and Probability

High School Highlights

• Multinational Corporations: An exploration into what multinational corporations are, how technology has shaped them, and their role in global culture and consumer habits. Watch the full series here.

New Content Partners

Alongside grade-specific highlights, we’re also introducing new partnerships that enrich our library with diverse perspectives and resources.

• Getting Better Foundation: The Getting Better Foundation is dedicated to spreading non-partisan media and information literacies (MIL) to help lessen polarization and vitriol, foster resilience and peace, and to preserve democracy. Their mission: “To build trust through the truth about the positive evolution of human progress” lends itself to countering mis and disinformation, bringing awareness to parents, families, students, educators, and legislators of the importance of including MIL lessons to hone critical thinking skills – especially in our youth.

• Camp Quality: Camp Quality is an Australian children’s cancer charity. They bring positivity, fun and laughter back into the lives of kids facing cancer. Supporting children impacted by cancer, their original series Bloom is a heartfelt production exploring the emotional realities of diagnosis, mental wellbeing, and family dynamics.

Movies & TV Highlights

Building on these collaborations, our Movies & TV collection continues to grow with documentaries and series that spark curiosity well beyond the classroom.

• Trust Me: “Trust Me” is an award-winning documentary that brings awareness to people’s need for media and information literacy to lessen polarization, foster trust and resilience, and preserve democracy. Educators can dive more deeply into the subject matter thanks to the companion guide produced with the News Literacy Project. The guide offers collegiate and parental discussion guides to go along with the film to encourage critical thinking in students using creative fact-checking, media consumption, and creation modules. Students are encouraged to utilize the seven quality standards professional journalists use when creating and sharing posts and content online, becoming more trustworthy communicators and citizens in the process. Watch Trust Me.

• Golden Opulence: A History of Luxury: Take your students on a journey through the history of luxury in Anatolia, exploring fashion, art, food, and architecture across millennia and its historical and cultural influences. Watch Golden Opulence.

Curation & Special Events

Our curation team continually organizes ClickView’s content into themed collections, from curriculum topics to cultural events, making it easier for teachers to find relevant content. Here are some of the latest curated topics.

Featured Topics

• Elementary: Film Making: Introduce students to the basics of film making, from pre-production to post-production, with practical tips and strategies for budding filmmakers. View the Film Making Topic.

• Middle School: The Bill of Rights: Dive deep into the Bill of Rights, exploring its origins, federalism, landmark Supreme Court cases, and the protections offered by the Amendments. View the Bill of Rights Topic.

• High School: Multinational Corporations: Explore the impact of multinational corporations on global culture and consumer habits. View the Multinational Corporations Topic.

Upcoming Special Days (October)

Recognise upcoming special events with these short and fresh videos curated on one page for you.

• World Space Week (Oct 4–10)
• Moon Festival (Oct 6)
• World Mental Health Day (Oct 10)
• Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Oct 13)
• Diwali (Oct 20 – 25)
• Digital Citizenship Week (Oct 20–24)
• United Nations Day (Oct 24)
• Halloween (Oct 31)

Browse the full calendar for more special events here.

Featured Resource: Hook and Activate

Finally, we’re spotlighting a practical teaching tool designed to optimize the use of video in the classroom.

“Hook and Activate” is a one-page resource designed to help teachers set students up for successful learning before watching a video. Each guide includes a “Hook” to spark curiosity and an “Activate Prior Knowledge” task to connect new learning to what students already know. This approach supports inclusive practice, reduces cognitive load, and aligns with High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) standards.

See an example: Constitution Day

Final Thoughts

This month’s round-up is packed with fresh content, inspiring stories, and practical resources to support your teaching. Whether you’re looking to boost media literacy, explore new math and social studies topics, or celebrate special events, there’s something here for every classroom.

Stay tuned for more updates, and happy teaching!