Instructional Video4:16
Infognostica

Aryans and Dravidians (Great Human Histories Part 2)

9th - 12th
The theory of Aryans and Dravidians is still prevalent in the Subcontinent. What is the truth about it? And could it have a deeper significance than we might think? A much politicised issue, we examine what the facts are, and what the...
Instructional Video1:17
Infognostica

Sadhguru - Story of Mr.Henry Ford

9th - 12th
A story about Mr.Henry Ford, as narrated by Sadhguru.
Instructional Video9:52
Weird History

Life On The Oregon Trail

12th - Higher Ed
Life on the Oregon Trail was both incredibly boring and extremely dangerous. Pioneers had to exercise extreme caution and a lot of bravado to cross the 2,170 mile stretch of land starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. Accidents and...
Instructional Video7:41
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - First Hominids

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. In this video the...
Instructional Video12:43
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution Upper Paleolithic - Early Modern Humans

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. Amazing discoveries...
Instructional Video10:08
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution Upper Paleolithic - Neanderthals

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. Amazing discoveries...
Instructional Video1:32
Infognostica

Positive psychology (Part 4) - A Dragon attacks...

9th - 12th
A dragon attacks a village, and teaches them a lesson. Don't approach wild animals.
Stock Footage18:08
Bridgeman Arts

Museo Antropologia, date unknown

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Trip to Mexico visiting the main sites inside and around Ciudad de Mexico.
News Clip4:32
Bloomberg

Why Is Urban Outfitters Buying an Italian Food Chain?

Higher Ed
Nov. 16 -- Urban Outfitters Inc., a retailer known for selling quirky clothes and housewares, is making an offbeat acquisition of its own: an Italian restaurant chain. Bloomberg's Lindsey Rupp reports on "Bloomberg Markets."
News Clip5:10
Bloomberg

Why All the Woes for Teen Retailers?

Higher Ed
Oct. 17 -- Maxim Group Senior Consumer Retail Analyst Rick Snyder discusses his outlook for teen retailers on Market Makers. (Source: Bloomberg)
Stock Footage2:39
Bridgeman Arts

Re-enactment of a rite in 1930s Mali, where a young man gives himself to a clan and becomes a full member. The young bride getting ready.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Part 9 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Re-enactment of a rite in Mali, where a young man gives himself to a clan and becomes a full member. The young bride getting ready. Second...
Stock Footage1:40
Bridgeman Arts

Sacred tribal dance. Sorcerer dances to the snake. Madagascar 1930s.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Part 1 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas : De Madagascar - Tombouctou / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Sacred tribal dance. Sorcerer dances to the snake. Madagascar 1930s.
Stock Footage3:03
Bridgeman Arts

A young shepherd proposes to a woman. Wedding celebration with music, staged combat and dancing. Mali 1930s

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Part 10 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. A young shepherd meets the bride-to-be's father and in front of him asks her to marry him. She accepts and they go together. Wedding celebration...
News Clip2:57
Bloomberg

Yo-Yo Ma Says He Was a 'Very Confused Child'

Higher Ed
Jul.12 -- World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma tells financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein about how studying anthropology at Harvard had a profound effect on his life and his music. They speak on "The David Rubenstein Show:...
News Clip8:22
Bloomberg

How anthropology can explain the markets

Higher Ed
Gillian Tett of the Financial Times uses anthropology to explain the markets, inflation, and the role of the Federal Reserve in today's economy. She speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on Bloomberg Television's "Wall Street Week." Taped...
Instructional Video11:30
Crash Course

Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #204

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Is the progression of human complexity due to eating meat? The 14th video in a 16-part series attempts to answer this and other thought-provoking questions. It relates the process of human evolution and innovation to our ability to learn...
Instructional Video0:16
American Museum of Natural History

Ask a Scientist About Mummies

6th - 12th
Many are aware of the mummies found in the tombs of Egypt. But in addition to the mummified bodies of the ancient pharaohs like King Tut, archaeologists also found cat mummies, dog mummies, and alligator mummies. In a video interview,...
Instructional Video0:34
American Museum of Natural History

Meet the OLogist David Hurst Thomas

6th - 12th
David Hurst Thomas loves the children's book The Cat in the Hat and Rocky Road ice cream. He's also loves being an archaeologist. Thomas shares his passion for studying old things in a short video where he answers questions posed by...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Lave and Wenger's Situated Learning

9th - 12th Standards
Learning begins with observation. A video summary of Lave and Wegner's Situated Learning discusses the importance of observation and apprenticeship in learning as part of a larger playlist on the world's greatest ideas. The video...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety

9th - 12th Standards
Do traditional customs of Islam contradict western feminism? Explore this and more using a video summary of Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety, part of an extensive playlist about the world's greatest ideas. It addresses a common...
Instructional Video
Macat

Intro to Evans-Pritchard’s Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Oxford professor E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande is credited with developing the field of social anthropology. Introduce viewers to his argument that in the absence of science, societies like the...
Instructional Video10:37
Crash Course

War and Human Nature: Crash Course World History 204

9th - 12th Standards
Is aggression part of human nature? What about warfare? Crash Course World History takes high schoolers through the anthropological perspective of war, as well as the philosophical and biological points of view, and explores whether or...
Instructional Video4:08
TED-Ed

What Can You Learn From Ancient Skeletons?

6th - 12th Standards
Skeletons may not be able to speak, but they can still tell us a lot. High schoolers watch a short video about the ways biological anthropologists can use a skeleton's bone structure to determine age, gender, place of birth, and social...
Instructional Video
Macat

An Introduction to Claude Levi-Strauss’s Structural Anthropology

9th - 12th Standards
Claude Levi-Strauss’s Structural Anthropology contends that distance and details separate world cultures—and not much else. High schoolers watch a short explanatory video to learn more about the theory of structuralism, the...