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Curated Video
What is the Industrial Revolution? (Simple English)
This live-action video program is about the term Industrial Revolution. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term Industrial Revolution through use of video footage, photographs,...
Curated Video
Immigrant
This live-action video program is about the word Immigrant. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Immigrant through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Curated Video
Urbanisation and the rise of the megacity
Urbanisation is happening faster today than at any time in history. By 2030 nearly 9% of the global population will live in so-called megacities—cities with more than 10m inhabitants.
Curated Video
The Gilded Age: When America Became a Superpower
Learn about the Gilded Age, a period of immense social and industrial change in US history.
Mazz Media
Industrial Revolution
This live-action video program is about the term Industrial Revolution. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term Industrial Revolution through use of video footage, photographs,...
5 Minutes English
Ancient Mesopotamia | 5 MINUTES
The story of writing, astronomy and law begins in one place: Mesopotamia, also called the “Cradle of Civilization” and located in modern Iraq and Kuwait. Get to know the Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization in 5 Minutes...
California Academy of Science
Vertical Farming
Half of crops from traditional farming never get harvested, while 90 percent of crops from vertical farming go into the food supply. As land runs out for farming and the need for crops increases, could vertical farming solve the problem?...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: The American West: Urban v. Rural
Richard White, of Stanford University, discusses urbanization of the American West. [2:12]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Land Use
Paul Andersen explains how land is developed for human use. Urbanization has occurred through the last century as people have moved to cities in large numbers. Transportation and the arrival of the car have led to urban sprawl and urban...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #25: Growth, Cities, and Immigration
Video energetically narrated by John Green, discusses the growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution, Immigration, and the challenges brought about by these changes. [12:45]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: 1920s Urbanization and Immigration
By the 1920s, a majority of the US population lived in cities rather than in rural areas. Kim explores the economic opportunities cities offered to women, migrants, and immigrants, as well as the passage of new immigration restrictions....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Global Population: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain the effect of population growth on demographic divide, urbanization, and the evolution of cities. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Global Population."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Global Population: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain the effect of population growth on demographic divide, urbanization, and the evolution of cities. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Global Population."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Impressionism and the Modern City
This lesson will examine the development of Impressionism and the influence of modern urbanism on Impressionist subject matter.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Taking a Walk on New York"s Wild Side
From beavers to flying squirrels -- researchers discuss how cities like New York are home to diverse plant and animal life.