TED Talks
TED: What it takes to make change | Jacqueline Novogratz
What can you do to build a better world? Sharing stories from her pioneering career dedicated to tackling poverty, Jacqueline Novogratz offers three principles to spark and sustain a moral revolution. Learn how you can commit (or...
Crash Course
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from previous installments of Crash Course, Europeans spent several centuries sailing around the world creating...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Richard Nixon - Alex Gendler
The president of the United States of America is often said to be one of the most powerful positions in the world. But of all the US presidents accused of abusing that power, only one has left office as a result. Does Richard Nixon...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The fight for the right to vote in the United States - Nicki Beaman Griffin
In the United States today, if you are over eighteen, a citizen, and the resident of a state, you can vote (with some exceptions). So, how have voting rights changed since the first election in 1789? Nicki Beaman Griffin outlines the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The first and last king of Haiti | Marlene Daut
The royal couple of Haiti rode into their coronation to thunderous applause. After receiving his ornate crown, Henry Christophe ascended his throne, towering 20 meters in the air. But little did the cheering onlookers know that the first...
Crash Course
Where US Politics Came From Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you where American politicians come from. In the beginning, soon after the US constitution was adopted, politics were pretty non-existent. George Washington was elected president with no opposition, everything...
Crash Course
Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230
In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why wasn't the Bill of Rights originally in the US Constitution? - James Coll
When you think of the US Constitution, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Free speech? The right to bear arms? These passages are cited so often that it's hard to imagine the document without them. But the list of freedoms known...
Crash Course
Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, China was busily uprooting the dynastic system that had ruled there for millennia. Most revolutions have some...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How did Hitler rise to power? - Alex Gendler and Anthony Hazard
Decades after the fall of the Third Reich, it feels impossible to understand how Adolf Hitler, the tyrant who orchestrated one of the largest genocides in human history, could ever have risen to power in a democratic country. So how did...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence - Kenneth C. Davis
In June 1776, a little over a year after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the US Continental Congress huddled together in a hot room in Philadelphia to talk independence. Kenneth C. Davis dives into some of the lesser known...
Crash Course
Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History
So, we haven't talked much about Italy and Germany so far in Crash Course Euro, and that's because prior to the mid-19th century, those two nation-states weren't really a thing. Today we'll look at how Italy and Germany pulled it...
Crash Course
The Civil War Part 2 Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you how the Civil War played a large part in making the United States the country that it is today. He covers some of the key ways in which Abraham Lincoln influenced the outcome of the war, and how the lack...
Crash Course
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science
The story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have...
Crash Course
Conflict in Israel and Palestine through 2015: Crash Course World History #223
In which John Green teaches you about conflict in Israel and Palestine. This conflict is often cast as a long-term beef going back thousands of years, and rooted in a clash between religions. Well, that's not quite true. What is true is...
Curated Video
Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, China was busily uprooting the dynastic system that had ruled there for millennia. Most revolutions have some...
Curated Video
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from previous installments of Crash Course, Europeans spent several centuries sailing around the world creating...
TED-Ed
Who decides what's in the dictionary? | Ilan Stavans
While the concept of a dictionary dates back to ancient civilizations, the first English dictionary wasn't published until 1604. In the centuries that followed, many more dictionaries were written by individual authors who chose what to...
TED Talks
Jasmine Crowe: What we're getting wrong in the fight to end hunger
In a world that's wasting more food than ever before, why do one in nine people still go to bed hungry each night? Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe calls for a radical transformation to our fight to end global hunger -- challenging us...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The story behind the Boston Tea Party - Ben Labaree
In 1776, American colonists were taxed heavily for importing tea from Britain. The colonists, not fans of "taxation without representation", reacted by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor, a night now known as the Boston Tea Party. Ben...
Let's Tute
Role of RBI and Banks
In this session we will understand the role of reserve bank of India (RBI)and Role of banking in nation building. In the role of RBI as a regulator of the bank are i) Licensing and Autherization ii) Prudential regulations iii)...
Curated Video
The Iroquois Confederacy - America's First Democracy
The Iroquois Confederacy or Haudenosaunee is believed to be the one of the world’s oldest participatory democracies and the oldest democratic form of government on the American continent. Originally made from five Native American tribes:...
Curated Video
Smart Shirt: A Scientific Approach to Protecting the Elderly from Accidents
This video discusses a smart shirt developed by researchers in Singapore that can detect falls in elderly individuals. The shirt includes a device that detects shocks generated when a person falls, and the data is transmitted to a...
Curated Video
Discovering Nashville: Music, Museums, and Southern Charm
Nashville, Tennessee:On our trip today, we will discover the definition of southern hospitality on the roads of Nashville, Tennessee, where some of the greatest stars of the country music world live.We will walk by Music Raw where we can...