Instructional Video7:50
Curated Video

Italy, Venice - Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

12th - Higher Ed
There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.
Instructional Video28:13
Step Back History

The Dark Secret Canada Hid from the World

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we’re not going to hide from the history of Canada's Residential Schools. It’s time the sins of this country finally surface, and Canada gets the exposure it was painfully overdue for.
Instructional Video3:56
Curated Video

Italy, Florence - Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of Saint Lawrence)

12th - Higher Ed
San Lorenzo basilica was the parish church of the Medici family. In 1419, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici offered to finance a new church to replace the 11th-century Romanesque rebuilding. Filippo Brunelleschi, the leading Renaissance...
Instructional Video2:09
60 Second Histories

The Magna Carta - part 1

K - 5th
Part one of the Magna Carta explains how William Marshal, first Earl of Pembroke, rode to Runnymede in 1215 to witness King John sign the Magna Carta and explains why the Magna Carta was needed
Instructional Video5:30
Cerebellum

Early Scientific Revolution - The Beginning Of Modern Science

9th - 12th
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution....
Instructional Video5:21
TED-Ed

The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire

6th - 12th Standards
Empires come and empires go, and some aren't even known as empires until after they fall. Such is the case with what is today called the Byzantine Empire. Learn more about the history of the empire, founded by Emperor Constantine, that...
Instructional Video
Smart History

Smarthistory: Saint Peter's Basilica

9th - 10th
Features a discussion of the architecture and rebuilding of Saint Peter's Basilica in the early sixteenth century. [4:27]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Early Churches: Lesson 1

9th - 10th
This lesson will discuss a few examples of early Christian churches. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Early Churches."