Curated Video
Amending the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times in its history, but what did they change, and how?
Curated Video
What are Unalienable Rights?
What are unalienable rights and why are they so important? In this video, we explore why Thomas Jefferson included them for the first time in the Declaration of Independence.
Jabzy
What happened to the many African Kingdoms? History of Africa 1500-1800 Documentary 1/6
What happened to the many African Kingdoms? History of Africa 1500-1800 Documentary 1/6
Jabzy
Russian Plans to Bring Back the Byzantine Empire | Constantinople, Catherine the Great
Russian Plans to Bring Back the Byzantine Empire | Constantinople, Catherine the Great
Jabzy
Africa after the End of Slavery | History of Africa 1800-1870 Documentary 2/6
3:25 Southern Africa 7:52 Squarespace Sponsor 8:47 Back to Africa 14:30 West Africa 25:14 North Africa African Kingdoms, Sokoto Caliphate, Mali Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Rozvi Empire, Ashanti, Oyo, Kingdom of Benin, Funj, African...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
What Is Economics About? | How & How NOT to Do Economics with Robert Skidelsky
Why did economists largely fail to predict the 2008-09 financial crisis? In the first lecture in his INET series, “How and How Not to do Economics,” Robert Skidelsky looks at a neglected cause: methodology. The way economists build their...
TMW Media
The history of Wilmington, North Carolina
We’re taking you to a hotspot of family vacation fun and intrigue on this episode of Travel Thru History. Along the east coast of the United States there is a river that has struck terror in hearts of sea captains for centuries. It’s...
Jabzy
China's Copycat Culture - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about China's Copycat Culture
Makematic
Floating Hospital Ships
In this video, viewers will learn about the history of hospital ships and how they have helped save lives throughout the ages.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Adair Turner: The Consequences of Money-Manager Capitalism
In the wake of World War II, much of the western world, particularly the United States, adopted a new form of capitalism called “managerial welfare-state capitalism.” The system by design constrained financial institutions with...
ProTeachersVideo
KS3 Britain's Black History - Black Britons
This KS3 black history lesson starter video looks at the first black people to arrive in Britain, as early as the 16th century, and the role they played in British society. Historian Tony Warner shows how you can discover where to find...
Curated Video
Italy, Ancient city Paestum
Poseidonia was probably founded about 600 bc by Greek colonists from Sybaris, along the Gulf of Taranto, and it had become a flourishing town by 540, judging from its temples. After many years' resistance the city came under the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Joseph Vogl: Which Way Forward? 4/6
Joseph Vogl, Professor of German Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Humboldt University Berlin speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at...
Curated Video
Shots Fired! Why Being President is a Deadly Job
Of all the Presidents who have held office since the foundation of the United States, four were gunned down by assassins. This is their story.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Total Eclipse Over America
Dr. Mark Matney, Space Debris Scientist and Astronomer, talks about the science and history of eclipses. He also describes the total solar eclipse that will sweep over the U.S. on August 21, 2017, and how to safely view it. HWHAP Episode 7.
Makematic
The Quill Pen
How the quill pen helped to promote literacy in North America and played a part in the founding of the nation.
Music Matters
The Mannheim School of Composers - Music History
The Mannheim school of composers, led by Stamitz, steered significant musical developments during the second half of the eighteenth century. This music history lesson explains some of their most significant innovations and explains the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
D'Maris Coffman: Bringing History to Economics
This episode features grantee D'Maris Coffman of the Centre for Financial History talking about her organization's commitment to a New Financial History and what the fruits of their approach can tell us about modern debt crises and...
Curated Video
The Anti-Masonic Party
Learn about the Anti-Masonic Party and how it challenged elitism at the highest echelons of US government.
Makematic
The Horn Work
It struck fear into the hearts of the British – rising 30-feet high and stretching three blocks long. The most terrifying object in US history – the Horn Work!
Makematic
Pieces of Eight
In this video, viewers will learn the story behind pieces of eight, the Spanish coins that we most associate with pirates!
Makematic
Peggy Shippen
In this video, viewers will learn about Peggy Shippen, the Philadelphia IT Girl who spied for the British during the American Revolution.
Jabzy
Scotland and the Slave Trade - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Scotland and the Slave Trade
Curated Video
Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey fanned the flames of a Pennsylvanian tax uprising that lasted for three years!