Curated Video
The Tempest and Post-Colonial Theory: Prospero and Caliban
This video delves into the complex interplay between Prospero and Caliban in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," examining the depiction and implications of their relationship as colonizer and colonized. The discussion explores how historical...
Curated Video
Unearthing the Significance of the Jiroft Civilization
The Konar Sandal archeological site in the Jiroft area of southeastern Iran, is a Bronze Age urban settlement revealed after flooding in 2001. This site has challenged conventional understanding of ancient civilizations, with some...
Curated Video
The Nampa Figurine: Hoax of Key to History?
A small clay figure discovered in 1889 in Nampa, Idaho at a depth of 300 feet within a stratum dating back about 2 million years, has sparked controversy and debate over its origins and implications for human history. While some see it...
The Guardian
The Rise of Populist Ideology in Greece
Journalist Paul Lewis travels to Greece to learn more about the agenda and appeal of the populist party in the country. Anti-immigrant sentiment is one of the main factors the party hopes to leverage. How Steve Bannon's Far-Right...
Curated Video
Java for Beginners with Hands-On Program and Capstone Project - Hands-on program to Serialize and Deserialize Objects in Java
In this video, we will apply our knowledge of serialization and deserialization through hands-on exercises. This video will guide us through coding tasks that involve serializing Java objects into a byte stream, writing them to a file,...
Curated Video
Pandemic Perspectives: Moral Implications, Part 2
ALL TOO FAMILIAR: Professor Yamey talks about how the system of sharing vaccines which had been created with incentives to not hoard of vaccines did not work at all through a lack of genuine international health cooperation and his...
Curated Video
Not So Bad After All?
Primatologist Frans de Waal (Emory) describes how conventional wisdom has moved from believing that humans were inherently selfish to now viewing us as “super-cooperators.”
Curated Video
Nile River Valley Civilization
Nile River Valley Civilization examines how the Nile River Valley Civilization was able to flourish by analyzing the benefits of its location.
Curated Video
Reversing Assumptions
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) relates a formative insight that she received as a student from the eminent Byzantist Alexander Kazhdan about how to properly look at what makes a "great civilization."
Curated Video
Rethinking History
Princeton University historian David Cannadine describes his belief that the standard historical categorisations of religion, nation, class, gender, race or civilisation that have been often used to understand history might not actually...
Curated Video
Civil War and The Romans
Historian David Armitage (Harvard) details the deep revulsion that civil war held for ancient Romans and how it deeply threatened their ideas of citizenship and belonging.
Curated Video
Pyramids and the Great Wall
Pyramids and the Great Wall identifies given human characteristics of three different regions.
Curated Video
The Statistics of Extraterrestrial Life
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, discusses Frank Drake's famous attempt to evaluate the likelihood of extraterrestrial life.
Curated Video
Frank Drake's Agenda
SETI Institute astronomer Jill Tarter describes the thinking behind the famous Drake Equation, characterizing key aspects of our ignorance of the existence of alien civilizations
Curated Video
Cuneiform
A video entitled "Cuneiform" introduces students to the history, evolution, methods for writing, and the lasting influence of Sumerian cuneiform.
Schooling Online
William Golding's Lord Of The Flies - Plot Summary
A group of schoolboys have been evacuated from England after the outbreak of nuclear war. But their plane crashes over the Pacific and they are left to fend for themselves. The island provides everything they need to survive until they...
Schooling Online
William Golding's Lord Of The Flies - Chapters 7-9 Summary
The hunt for the beast continues until Ralph, Simon and Jack see something hideous on the mountaintop. Now there’s real terror in the camp and order starts to break down. Jack goes off to start his own tribe, while Ralph and a few others...
Schooling Online
William Golding's Lord Of The Flies - Chapters 4-6 Summary
There’s major excitement on the beach when Ralph spots a ship! But this quickly turns to rage when Ralph realises that Jack’s hunters let the signal fire go out. Tensions flare as Ralph confronts Jack, who only seems to care about...
Schooling Online
William Golding's Lord Of The Flies - Chapters 10-12 Summary
After the violent storm, the group descends into further chaos. Jack and his hunters create mischief and steal something valuable from Ralph’s camp. When Ralph and his small group of loyal friends confront Jack’s tribe, things don’t go...
Schooling Online
William Golding's Lord Of The Flies - Chapters 1-3 Summary
With the outbreak of nuclear war, a group of schoolboys have been evacuated from England. But their plane crashes over the Pacific, leaving them stranded on a tropical island. The group votes Ralph in as their leader and he starts to...
Hip Hughes History
Reconstruction after the Civil War Explained in 10 Minutes
Mr. Hughes through the 1800's like butta'. Easy to digest, Mr. Hughes covers the basic causes and facts about the role of the government as it related to the war. Specifically designed for the US History and Government regents exam in NY...
Professor Dave Explains
The Future Colonization of Space: Terraforming and Dyson Spheres
Humans have been to the moon, and we will almost certainly set foot on Mars very soon. But then what? Can we colonize other places in the solar system? What about beyond our solar system? How will we get there? What kinds of energy will...
60 Second Histories
The Rosetta Stone
This short history video explains what the Rosetta Stone is; its discovery and why it was important in helping scholars discover the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyphics.