Instructional Video8:03
Curated Video

Culture v2

9th - 12th
An introduction to Material Culture, Nonmaterial Culture, Culture lag, Sociobiology.
Instructional Video4:15
SWPictures

Fighting Chronic Malnutrition in Guatemala: Creating Kitchen Gardens and Reviving Indigenous Plants

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video1:57
Visual Learning Systems

Plants in Our Lives: Predecessors of Plants

9th - 12th
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,...
Instructional Video12:57
PBS

When We Tamed Fire

6th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video10:10
PBS

When We First Made Tools

6th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video12:26
PBS

Your Place in the Primate Family Tree

6th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives 2

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101 Part 1: Out of (Eastern) Africa

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Spirituality, Part 1

9th - 10th
This video explores the issues of Native American spirituality, Christianity, and respect for the Earth. [4:52]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Fossils: Lesson 1

9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how fossils can be used to determine evolutionary relationships. It is 1 of 6 in the series titled "Fossils."