Ugly History: 1937 Haitian Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25k_-Katf4&t=22s Ted-Ed: "When historians talk about the atrocities of the 20th century, we often think of those that took place during and between the two World Wars. But two months before the Rape of Nanking in China, and a year before Kristallnacht in Germany, a horrific ethnic cleansing campaign occurred on an island between the …

Historical Myths, Legends or Lies. Darwin Scholar Corrects the Record

"When Columbus sailed, everybody believed the earth was flat."The myth was created by Washington Irving in 1828. "Isaac Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head.""Charles Darwin observed Darwin's finches and discovered evolution." This was actually popularized in 1947 by David Lack in his book Darwin's Finches."Thomas Edison invented the light bulb." No, he did not. …

Story of Europe 3: Ambitions and Conquests

"From the 15th to well into the 20th century, Europeans conquered and dominated the world. On behalf of Spain, Christopher Columbus sought a new sea route to India and instead found a "New World". His discovery was the starting signal for the "Europeanization of the Earth". Click.

Debates: History Vs. Christopher Columbus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3dgiDreGc&t=8s TED: "Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage. But was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the …

Reckoning With Monuments to Columbus, Washington, Other Slave-holding Founders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Y-AHj9Gu4 Since the Mother Emanuel Church murders by a white supremacist in Charleston, S.C. in 2015, more than 100 Confederate statues have been "dishonorably discharged" from public spaces. Since the murder of George Floyd in May, 2020, the number of statues targeted as "racist or oppressive" has "expanded well beyond the civil war South," CBS …

Borgias Played Critical Role in Protestant Reformation, Renaissance, Colonialism, Columbian Exchange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK6t8VpuFQg&t=19s In this video, Ryan Reeves, (PhD Cambridge) an Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, explains why the Borgia dynasty is, after more than 500 years, "remembered even today as something of a soap opera." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItLou92CsEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpY1_iCUUa8 Popularized by a three-season TV series on various streaming services, the Borgias had a reputation …

Italian Americans Were Once Discriminated Against Almost As Much As African Americans

One can understand why Italian-Americans still cherish Columbus Day. They faced "vicious bigotry, reluctant acceptance" when they first came to America and achieved a significant political victory and the beginning of mainstream acceptance in 1892 when Columbus Day was first declared, Brent Staples writes in The New York Times. "Darker-skinned southern Italians endured the penalties …

Columbus Day: Still Worth Celebrating?

Some American states and localities still observe a holiday around October 12 every year to Christoffa Corombo‘s contribution to world exploration. But in other places, it has become Indigenous People's Day. Click. The national consensus that Columbus was an unmarred hero has been lost. Debate: Is Columbus Day Worth Celebrating? Give 10 reasons for, and 10 reasons …

1491: America and Europe Before Columbus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdcy5ALGRAg In this National Geographic documentary from 2016, "History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn't exactly a "New World," …

New World: The Story of All of US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9OTqlZJFo Mankind: The Story of All of Us: “New World” Vikings in America 00:00 – 7:26 1. When the Vikings arrived in America, what tribe did they find? 2. Describe what happened between the Vikings and the tribe in question 1. Who was Leif Erikson? Who was Thorvald Erikson? Tenochtitlan of the Aztecs 7:26 – …