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To the Lighthouse: Crash Course Literature 408
John Green teaches you about Virginia Woolf's modernist novel, To the Lighthouse. Let's face it. You're not reading To the Lighthouse for the plot. There's not a whole lot of plot, unless you count the tension about the beef stew. You're...
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History
We've talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we're moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You'll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and...
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George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 402
In which John Green continues discussing George Orwell's 1984. Today we're talking about what the novel 1984 has to say about what some have called today's surveillance society. We'll also look at the idea that language can be used as a...
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North America Gets a Theater...Riot: Crash Course Theater #29
It's lights up in America! This week, we're headed to North America. We'll look at Native American storytelling traditions, the theater that Europeans brought along starting in the 17th century, and how theater developed before and after...
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Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science
"Survival of the Fittest" sounds like a great WWE show but today we're talking about that phrase as it relates to Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Darwin and Wallace are at the heart of understanding evolution and natural selection....
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1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401
In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big...
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Where Did Theater Go? Crash Course Theater #18
The English Theater survived a lot of pushback from various powers that be, but in the 17th century, it had to go into hiding, from PURITANS. Let's take a look at how the English Civil War, Charles I's beheading, and the Restoration of...
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The English Renaissance and NOT Shakespeare: Crash Course Theater #13
The Renaissance came to England late, thanks to a Hundred Years War that ran long and lasted 116 years, and then a civil war to decide who would be the royal family. BUT after all that, with the Tudors (relatively) securely installed on...
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18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History
European powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those...
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What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History
At the end of our journey through modern European history, we're taking an episode to look back at how the practice of history developed and what the aim and goals and purpose of history have been. We'll also take time to consider how we...
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English Civil War: Crash Course European History
The English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all...
Curated Video
Pride and Prejudice Part 1: Crash Course Literature
In which a series about literature, which is wanting of an episode on Jane Austen, gets the first of two episodes. It's Pride and Prejudice, everybody! John Green talks about Pride and Prejudice as a product of Regency England, gives you...
Curated Video
Trump state visit a 'disgrace' says Windsor protester
New ReviewTrump state visit a 'disgrace' says Windsor protesterCredit: The Independent
Curated Video
The Tower of London: History's Most Famous Fortress
New ReviewStep inside one of the most famous buildings in British history—the Tower of London! In this video, you’ll learn how it was used as a royal palace, a prison, and even a place of execution. Discover the stories of kings, queens, traitors,...
Bedtime History
The Life of Charles Darwin
New ReviewCharles Darwin was a naturalist who forever changed the way we understand life on Earth. During a voyage on the HMS Beagle, he studied animals and fossils that inspired his theory of evolution. In his famous book On the Origin of...
The Daily Conversation
Last King of Rome: Revolutions, Part 1
New ReviewThe Roman Kingdom falls and a Republic is born--Part 1 of history's greatest revolutions that created our modern civilization.
The Daily Conversation
Europe's Refugee Crisis Explained
New ReviewAn examination of the European Migration Crisis.
The Daily Conversation
15 Years of Terror
New ReviewAn animated video infographic showing every terrorist attack with more than 20 deaths between 1/12/2000 and 11/13/2015.
The Daily Conversation
Who Was Pope Francis? (1936-2025)
New ReviewPope Francis -- Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936 and is the eldest of five children.
The Daily Conversation
U.S. vs China - What The World Thinks
New ReviewThe U.S. and China will likely be the two most influential countries for the rest of the 21st century. This is how people in 40 countries around the world currently view the two nations across a variety of global issues, according to a...
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The Future of America
New ReviewA look at the future of the United States using demographic data projections. Two big transformations are happening in the US: the population is becoming non-white, and it’s aging in record numbers.
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Analyzing Independence
New ReviewThis video analyzes texts written about the Declaration of Independence.