64 Years of American History: 1865 to 1929, in 14.5 minutes from Khan Academy

Khan Academy, 2011, offered American history quite over-simplified, but a valuable overview. Can you list some of the very important things that are left out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmBV87XA52Q What to Leave Out of American History Intro Course?

1607 to 1860 of American History in 18.5 minutes, from Khan Academy

Khan Academy, 2011: "Jamestown to the Civil War. Correction: Jamestown was the first successful ENGLISH settlement in what is now the United States. The Spanish actually settled St. Augustine, Florida in 1595." The comments below this Youtube video are interesting as well. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=gh... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghgPq2wjQUQ&list=PLAC6B9F15C835224C

Rise of Imperial Japan in the 1920s. Economic Depression Was Blamed on the West

Reading Through History: "As ruthless dictators came to power in Europe, a new threat began to rise in the Far East. How and why did Japan emerge as a military power during the 1920s and ‘30s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuO2W6ZlMsk "For much of its history, warriors had been the most respected members of Japanese society. The Samurai were …

Essential Questions on Russian Revolution, Khans, Cold War, Ataturk, ETC

Crash Course has now posted "office hours" on Youtube for many of its courses, primarily for students facing E-O-G or AP tests. For world history, host John Green and social studies teacher Cathy Keller answer the following questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k0v5ZvZrVQ&t=538s 06:02 Causes and effects of the Russian revolution 15:55 Who was Genghis Khan and how was …

Night of the Long Knives in Nazi, Germany, 1934: Any Perceived Rivals of Hitler Are Eliminated

The Night of the Long Knives, or the Röhm purge, also called Operation Hummingbird, was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934. Wikipedia. This was the beginning of the consolidation of Nazi power through extra-legal means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrbbKMnPDUk Khan Academy

Online Education Has Revealed Stark Issues of Equity

Online educational sites like Crash Course and Khan Academy have been able to address some of the challenges in educational equity, teaching "skills in various fields and offering practice problems to help students augment what they learn in school," College Post reports. "When students need more personalized assistance, supplemental learning platforms, such as Chegg and Quizlet, can offer students …

How Caste Systems Shaped India, Britain and The U.S.

Social class, sometimes or often hardened into a caste system that one cannot escape no matter how one behaves or performs, is often invisible or unconscious to those who grow up in a society. Children often uncritically accept the way things are. Traveling to or living in other societies one is more likely to see …

Debates: History Vs. Genghis Khan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq-Wk3YqeH4&list=PLJicmE8fK0Ehj95_A5aaOvfzkKTrt3G3W&index=1 Ted-Ed: "He was one of the most fearsome warlords who ever lived, waging an unstoppable conquest across the Eurasian continent. But was Genghis Khan a vicious barbarian or a unifier who paved the way for the modern world? Alex Gendler puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs Genghis Khan. Lesson by Alex …

Thinking Like An Historian: The Historian’s Toolkit, by the Khan Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIdMgO-tfyE Khan Academy's US History fellow Kim Kutz talks about some of the basic skills for thinking like a historian. She says a historian develops the skills of a storyteller, a scientist, and a lawyer. Nothing just happens, she points out -- there are cause and effect, motives, and influences on a historical figure. Like …

Genghis Khan Still Influences the World’s Leadership

When you hear the name "Genghis Khan," it may conjure up images of savage, marauding hordes, raping and pillaging their way through the steppes of Asia. But Genghis Khan still has admirers. His accomplishments were remarkable: he rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of …