TED Talks
TED: Why is colonialism (still) romanticized? | Farish Ahmad-Noor
Colonialism remains an inescapable blight on the present, lingering in the toxic, internalized mythologies and stereotypes that have outlived the regimes that created them, says historian Farish Ahmad-Noor. Examining why these prejudices...
Crash Course
The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?
Walk your learners through the progression of the Crusades, discovering the political and religious motivations along the way, learning about such famous figures as Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, and considering the real historical...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Romanticism in the United States: Cole, the Oxbow
A video of Thomas Cole's View from Mount Holyoke,Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm-The Oxbow,1836 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. [5:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Romanticism in the United States: Allston, Elijah in the Desert
A video [4:38] of Washington Allston's Elijah in the Desert, 1818 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Wyatt Earp
A legend of the American West, Wyatt Earp, has been romanticized in countless movies and television shows. This documentary examines the more complicated life of this American legend. [01:00:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Lane, Owl's Head, Penobscot Bay, Maine
A video [3:26] about Fitz Henry Lane's Owl's Head, Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1862 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Cole, Expulsion From the Garden of Eden
A video [3:55] of Thomas Cole's Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1828 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Erastus Salisbury Field, Portrait of a Young Woman
A video of Erastus Salisbury Field's Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1830 in Portland Art Museum. The video is narrated by Gerri Hayes and Floyd Sklaver. [3:58]