Curated Video
Important People of Mexico
A video entitled “Important People of Mexico” which examines the lives of several important figures in Mexican history.
Brave Wilderness
Deadly Snake Milking Gone Wrong!
In today's adventure, Coyote Peterson and the Brave Wilderness crew returns to the Australian Reptile Park to profile the World's Deadliest Job: Australian Snake Milker. This time, we're here to milk Australia's Top 5 Dangerous Venomous...
Curated Video
I WONDER - When Was Cleopatra Pharaoh?
This video is answering the question of when was Cleopatra Pharaoh.
Curated Video
The Unusual Presidency of William Taft
One-term Presidents are often overlooked – but what makes William Taft’s time in office memorable is the fact that it was defined by a series of unusual firsts.
Jack Rackam
The Tsar Who was Killed 4 Times | The Lives & Times of Dmitri Ivanovich
The Tsar Who was Killed 4 Times | The Lives & Times of Dmitri Ivanovich
John D Ruddy
The Story of Columba - Manny Man Does History
Learn about one of the Patron Saints of Ireland and how he may have been the person to be caught for copyright infringement!
Jack Rackam
The Last Tsar | The Life & Times of Nicholas II
The case of the murdered monarchies continues! Russia is far and away the most famous monarchy to crumble to dust, and boy did it ever. When Nicholas II became Tsar, he told his brother-in-law, and I quote “I am not yet ready to be Tsar....
Curated Video
Earth's Pettiest Hero | The Life & Times of Cicero
Earth's Pettiest Hero | The Life & Times of Cicero
Curated Video
That Time an American Lawyer Took Over Nicaragua | The Life & Times of William Walker
Footnotes: 0:26 Shame on anyone listening to this through poor quality speakers and not getting to hear this sound design 1:15 You might rightly ask "How could he pay for such an army after being unemployed for a while?" and clearly you...
One Minute History
136 Gladiators the Oldest Union - One Minute History
Gladiators ruled the Roman arenas for almost a thousand years. Accompanied by music during combat, gladiators often fought to the death for the entertainment of their audience. A gladiator would fight two or three times a year, with few...
One Minute History
040 The Black Death - One Minute History
1346 - Oriental rat fleas infected with the Yersinia pestis bacterium arrive by boat in several European cities. Within three years, the ‘Pestilence’ or ‘Great Mortality’ grips the entire continent. Bubonic plague earns its name from the...
One Minute History
103 Ring Around The Rosie - One Minute History
Ring-a-round the rosie - A pocket full of posies - Ashes! Ashes! - We all fall down. Some believe that the popular rhyme dates back to the children who lived through the Black Death; the bubonic plague that decimated Europe in the 17th...
One Minute History
117 Boudica - One Minute History
In the first century AD, Celtic Iceni queen Boudica leads an insurgency against Roman Empire forces as they conquer the British Isles. As dictated in her husband Prasutagus’s will, he bequeaths his kingdom to their two daughters and the...
One Minute History
087 The Crystal Skull - One Minute History
1924 - Lubaantun, Belize - Anna Mitchell-Hedges discovers a Crystal Skull under a collapsed altar inside a Mayan temple. It becomes known as the Skull of Doom, when Mayans tell Anna that the skull was used by the High Priests to curse...
Weird History
Medieval Laws We Break Every Day
The Middle Ages spanned from roughly 500 to 1500 CE. For much of that time, the people of England lived under a feudal system in which both the laws, and the penalties for breaking them, were significantly more bizarre than the ones we...
Jabzy
What was Byzantine Constantinople like? | Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople History
What was Byzantine Constantinople like? | Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople History
The Backyard Scientist
Can a Motor run on BEANS?
Can gallium destroy an engine? How long would it take? What destroys an engine faster, beans or gallium? Even now, in the age of technological enlightenment these are questions that remain unsolved by modern science.
Curated Video
Studying Sensory Language
A video entitled “Sensory Language” which explores how to use sensory language when writing.
Schooling Online
Shakespeare's Richard III - Context
When Shakespeare crafted Richard III, he packed it with lots of juicy details and references to history. Not only does the play draw on the famous Wars of the Roses, but it also reflects the ideas and values of Elizabethan England. Join...
Schooling Online
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - Chapters 5-6 Summary
Things aren’t going well on the ranch. The fact that Lennie doesn’t know his own strength leads to shocking mishaps - but the worst is yet to come. When Curley’s lonely wife goes looking for attention, she finds it in the wrong place....
Schooling Online
Emily Dickinson - I Died for Beauty - But was scarce
What ideals are worth living and dying for? Could anything be so important? Emily Dickinson’s ‘I died for Beauty – but was scarce’ ponders the weight of human ideals and self-sacrifice. Enjoy this timeless masterpiece with our vibrant...
Schooling Online
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Vol. 3, Chapters 5-7 Summary
Victor returns to Switzerland in a fragile state after losing another loved one. The Frankenstein family plans for a happy occasion, but it’s overshadowed by the monster’s deadly threats. Victor is finally pushed over the edge and...
Schooling Online
Ray Bradbury's The Pedestrian - Theme of Media and Technology
Ever since the advent of the smartphone we’ve seen a rapid uptick in the influence of technology over our everyday lives. But Ray Bradbury predicted this, all the way back in the 1950s! In The Pedestrian, Bradbury projects his mind...
Schooling Online
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - Chapters 8-9 Summary
It’s the day after an ugly scene in which tempers flared and someone lost their life. Things seem to be unravelling and a grieving man seeks revenge, but Gatsby clings to hope. Then Nick gets a hunch: something’s not right. By the end of...