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Curated Video
Culture v2
An introduction to Material Culture, Nonmaterial Culture, Culture lag, Sociobiology.
SWPictures
Fighting Chronic Malnutrition in Guatemala: Creating Kitchen Gardens and Reviving Indigenous Plants
The video highlights the issue of chronic malnutrition in the Western highlands of Guatemala, which is stunting the physical and intellectual development of children. It also showcases the efforts of Sister Juana, who is encouraging...
Visual Learning Systems
Plants in Our Lives: Predecessors of Plants
This video explores the great diversity of the plant world, and the early history and origins of plants. Bryophytes, spore-producing plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are illustrated and explained. Other terminology includes: algae,...
PBS
When We Tamed Fire
Was the first use of fire intentional or accidental? Although the answer to the question may never be known, we do know that the discovery of fire was a turning point in humans' evolution. Explore the history of fire use and its...
PBS
When We First Made Tools
The origin of technology began when early hominins began using tools so they could eat more easily. A video lesson presents the fossil evidence of tool usage of the ancestors of humans. Although tools began very simple, their evolution...
PBS
Your Place in the Primate Family Tree
Your family get-togethers are about to become more interesting! A video lesson in the PBS Eons series describes the primate family tree that leads to the one and only—homo sapiens. Discover the fossil evidence that leads scientists to...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives 2
From the companion website of a PBS broadcast that profiles the family roots of twelve Americans of African descent, we learn what the science of DNA can tell us about family history that photos, letters, diaries, and other records cannot.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101 Part 1: Out of (Eastern) Africa
Second in a series of videos that introduces human prehistory, this video describes how our human ancestors spread throughout Africa and then into other regions such as Australia and Europe. How did they reach Australia so early on? What...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Pride: Spirituality, Part 1
This video explores the issues of Native American spirituality, Christianity, and respect for the Earth. [4:52]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Fossils: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain how fossils can be used to determine evolutionary relationships. It is 1 of 6 in the series titled "Fossils."