Hip Hughes History
Scurvy and World History Explained
A must know for anyone in a Global or World History course, a super quick overview of what Scurvy is and how is reaped havoc in World History during the Age of Exploration. Fall into the video arsenal rabbit hole!
Curated Video
Exploring the Sky: The History and Use of Star Charts
Since ancient times, humans have be using the stars to navigate. Learn about the earliest star charts and how modern star charts are used.
TED-Ed
The Contributions of Female Explorers
Think of a few of the great explorers in world history. Are you thinking of any women? Chances are, probably not, and this will most likely be the case for many of your class members. But in many ways, female explorers may exemplify...
Crash Course
Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners
Learners discover the Age of Exploration by comparing and contrasting the explorations of Zheng He, Christopher Columbus, and Vasco da Gama in this engaging history episode. The narrator discusses who may be considered the greatest...
Curated OER
Engineering an Empire - China 5/5
Did you know that the brick and stone facing of The Great Wall is held together by mortar made of sticky rice and burnt lime? Did you know that China was the first super power of the worldÕs oceans? Admiral Zheng He commanded a fleet...
History Tube
The 17th Century: Gateway to the Modern World
The key ideas in this 50-minute video lecture is that commerce and trade transformed the seventeenth century, that wars previously fought over religious beliefs transformed into wars over economic resources, and that the quest...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Tree of Life: Human Prehistory 101: Epilogue
A video investigating the migration of people from continents to continents. [2:45]
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #16: The Columbian Exchange
Revolution in Europe during the 1400s through the 1700s came in many forms - political, cultural, religious, and scientific. But we can't fully understand this idea without "exploring" another one - the so-called Age of Exploration. This...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: England in the Age of Exploration
More that 100 years after Columbus arrived in the New World, England settled in North America in 1607. The delay in England's exploration included struggles for the throne, war in Ireland, and economic depression.