Videos By Unit
An overview of World History in 12 min
Glencoe Spotlight videos
CrashCourse
Chapter 1 ( The First Humans)
Medieval Era
Chapter 12 ( Renaissance and Reformation)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Chapter 13 Age of Exploration
Chapter 14 absolutism
Chapter 17 scientific revolution and enlightenment
Chapter 18 The French Revolution
Chapter 19 The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 20 Imperialism
Chapter 23 WWI
- This is a short video that shows very brief overviews of the content to be studied in World History. This video touches on only the main ideas of the units we will cover. Even though they are brief explanation it can be a good refresher to help make connection of the material.
Glencoe Spotlight videos
- These videos are used as an opening overview to each chapter section of the book. They can also be used as a great study review source before a test. Sometimes it is easier to remember things when we see and hear them visually.
CrashCourse
- CrashCourse is a series of videos that are taught by John Greene and each is about 10-15 min long. They cover many of the topics we will cover this year and will sometimes be used in class as a quick overview. Again they also maybe used for you to help create a visual flow of world history in your mind to help you better understand the material and make connections.
Chapter 1 ( The First Humans)
- Lascaux Cave virtual tour - Lascaux is famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, because of their exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity.
- Decoding Neanderthals -Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans—people physically identical to us today—left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip of the Ice Age. But when they arrived, they were not alone: the stocky, powerfully built Neanderthals had already been living there for hundred of thousands of years. So what happened when the first modern humans encountered the Neanderthals? Did we make love or war? That question has tantalized generations of scholars and seized the popular imagination. Then, in 2010, a team led by geneticist Svante Paabo announced stunning news. Not only had they reconstructed much of the Neanderthal genome—an extraordinary technical feat that would have seemed impossible only a decade ago—but their analysis showed that "we" modern humans had interbred with Neanderthals, leaving a small but consistent signature of Neanderthal genes behind in everyone outside Africa today. In "Decoding Neanderthals," NOVA explores the implications of this exciting discovery. In the traditional view, Neanderthals differed from "us" in behavior and capabilities as well as anatomy. But were they really mentally inferior, as inexpressive and clumsy as the cartoon caveman they inspired? NOVA explores a range of intriguing new evidence for Neanderthal self-expression and language, all pointing to the fact that we may have seriously underestimated our mysterious, long-vanished human cousins.
- Building Pharaoh's Chariot-3,600-year-old reliefs in Egyptian tombs and temples depict pharaohs and warriors proudly riding into battle on horse-drawn chariots. Some historians claim that the chariot launched a technological and strategic revolution, and was the secret weapon behind Egypt's greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom. But was the Egyptian chariot really a revolutionary design? How decisive a role did it play in the bloody battles of the ancient world? In "Building Pharaoh's Chariot," a team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. They discover astonishingly advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, anti-roll bars, and even a convex-shaped rear mirror, leading one of them to compare the level of design to the engineering standards of 1930's-era Buicks! By driving our pair of replicas to their limits in the desert outside Cairo, NOVA's experts test the claim that the chariot marks a crucial turning point in ancient military history.
- What the Ancients Knew (India)-India is one of the oldest and richest civilizations in the world. It is home to the world's first planned cities, where every house had its own bathroom and toilet five thousand years ago. The Ancient Indians have not only given us yoga, meditation and complementary medicines, but they have furthered our knowledge of science, maths -- and invented Chaturanga, which became the game of chess. According to Albert Einstein, they "taught us how to count", as they invented the numbers 1-9 and 'zero', without which there would be no computers or digital age. Unfairly we call this system of counting Arabic numbers -- a misplaced credit. Two thousand years ago the Indians pioneered plastic surgery, reconstructing the noses and ears on the faces of people who had been disfigured through punishment or warfare. They performed eye operations such as cataract removal and invented inoculation to protect their population from Smallpox, saving thousands of lives.
- Wildest India (1of 5) : Thar Desert - Sacred Sands: Covering 200,000 square kilometers, India's Thar Desert is one of the harshest places on the planet. Baking heat, desiccating winds and near permanent drought has earned this unforgiving land another name -- "the region of death."
As we explore India's great desert we unveil its hidden secrets, and ultimately shed light as to how the Thar has become the most crowded desert in the world - Secrets of the Dead : China's Terracotta Warriors: Secrets of the Dead reveals that the Chinese may have had Henry Ford beat by more than 2,000 years with their own assembly line used to produce 8,000 lavishly painted terracotta warriors.
- 300 - Called to Battle- This is a YouTube Video composed of film clips from the move 300. There is no speaking involved but the there is music that goes with it. View this before the film below.
- History Channel Decisive Battles E07 Thermopylae-On one side was a vast army assembled by the Persians to avenge their defeat at Marathon. On the other were 300 Spartan soldiers, the most celebrated warriors of ancient Greece. For over a week, this tiny force defied the odds and held a narrow mountain pass. Though they died to the last man, it was one of the greatest displays of military heroism in history.
- Legends of History: Alexander the Great
- History of Alexander the Great - This video is 43 min and cover Phillip II construction of what will become Alexander's empire. The video then flows into the contributions of the Greek empire to the rest of the ancient world.
- The Political structure of the Roman Republic
- Ancient Rome: Struggles for Power-They came, they saw, they conquered. They rose and they fell. They created the world's first superpower, then ended as captives of illiterate barbarians. The ancient Romans changed the face of the world. In this five-pack video series, you'll join the Romans on their journey first to world domination and then to decline and defeat. Struggles for Power — Join Julius Caesar's march across the Rubicon, as he transformed the world's first representative government into an autocracy.
- Unearthing Ancient Rome- This film is 45 min of going under modern day Rome to see the ancient world that still exists. Many of the buildings from the Middle Ages that people still live in were built right on top of the ancient buildings of Rome's past. Through watching this film you will see an in-depth look at how ancient Romans really lived.
Medieval Era
- THE DARK AGES - Full Documentary (1:30:44)
Chapter 12 ( Renaissance and Reformation)
- All about the Renaissance
- Exploring the Renaissance
- The Reformation (15:00)
- "Luther" Martin Luther Film parts 1-5
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Chapter 13 Age of Exploration
- The Great Age of Exploration
- America Before Columbus (97:53 min)-Upon the arrival of Columbus in 1492 in the Carabean Islands, unknown to Columbus (and majority of the Eastern Hemisphere), he landed on Islands located in the middle of two huge continents now known has North America and South America that was teaming with huge Civilizations (that rivaled any in the world at that time) and thousands of smaller Nations and Tribes. With recent estimations, the population may have been over 100 million people that spanned from Alaska and Green Land, all the to the tip of southern South America.
Chapter 14 absolutism
- The Most Evil Women In History-Bloody Mary Tudor
- Louis XIV Biography
- man in the iron mask
Chapter 17 scientific revolution and enlightenment
Chapter 18 The French Revolution
- The French Revolution ~ History Channel Documentary
- French Revolution in a Nutshell 3:00 min
- Crash Course French Rev
- French Revolution in 9 Minutes
- More Random Videos about parts of the French Rev can be located at this website
- Marie Antoinette
Chapter 19 The Industrial Revolution
- Industrial Revolution- The why's and how's of the Industrial Revolution
Chapter 20 Imperialism
Chapter 23 WWI
- All quiet on the Western Front 1930
- All quiet on the Western Front 1979 version