Curated Video
The Rivalries of Manchester City and Manchester United, and Panathinaikos and Olympiakos
This video explores the rivalries between Manchester City and Manchester United in English football, as well as Panathinaikos and Olympiacos in Greek football. It discusses the history, fan bases, and successes of each club, highlighting...
Weird History
What Life Was Really Like for the Average Spartan
Sparta had one of the most respected and fiercest fighting forces of their era. Daily life in ancient Sparta supported the military machine to the point where all other aspects of life revolved around it. From the time a Spartan was born...
Wonderscape
Ancient Greece: The City-States and Their Influence
This video explores the unique city-states of ancient Greece, highlighting key places like Sparta and Athens. Learn how these independent regions developed their own governments, cultures, and customs, with Athens being the birthplace of...
Curated Video
Becoming a Historian
Five accomplished historians describe how specific personal experiences were crucial in triggering their interest in history and inspired them to become historians. Featured are: David Cannadine (Princeton University), Linda Colley...
PBS
Why Do We Shake Hands?
Will we ever shake hands again?! With the current state of the world, no one can really say. But that got us wondering... why do we shake hands in the first place? Today, Danielle traces the history of the handshake from Babylonia and...
Curated Video
An Overlooked Millennium
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) highlights the appeal of Byzantium.
TED-Ed
Did Ancient Troy Really Exist?
Because the monsters Scylla, Charybdis, and Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey are fictional, scholars may assume the Iliad is also entirely fictional. A carefully researched video describes Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the...
Storynory
The Wooden Horse
One of the greatest tricks of all time is so well known that it has become its own colloquialism. Introduce elementary readers to "The Wooden Horse," an adaptation of the legendary story from Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, with a...
TED-Ed
A Day in the Life of an Ancient Athenian
To learn more about life in ancient Greece, viewers spend a day with Athenians Archias and his wife, Dexileia. Viewers learn about Archias's household and observe the roles of his wife, his children and their tutors, and his slaves. Then...
TED-Ed
Why is Herodotus called “The Father of History”?
Rather than simply listing what happened, Herodotus sought to find out the why of events. Rather than simply labeling Herodotus The Father of History, here's a video that explains why he was given this title.
Macat
An Introduction to Aristotle's Politics
Are politics a necessary and natural part of society? High schoolers view a brief explanation of Aristotle's Politics to learn more about the ways Greek society — and modern society — form the political world to help citizens...
The School of Life
Plato On: The Forms
A life without forms would be chaotic and unwieldy! Plato asserts the importance of using forms to guide one's life, as well as the value of working toward an ideal life, in the centerpiece of his philosophy.
The School of Life
Philosophy - Plato
Some of the best advice for society, relationships, and personal growth was written nearly 3,000 years ago. High schoolers learn more about Plato's four ideas for reaching eudaimonia, or "fulfillment," in an explanatory video.
Macat
An Introduction to Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War
Why was Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War so influential in his time, as well as in modern politics? Learn about the distinctive features of the text, including its lack of adherence to divine influence, and the details of...
TED-Ed
This Is Sparta: Fierce Warriors of the Ancient World
Navy SEALS? Delta Force? Spartans? What kind of training is required to produce fierce warriors? Here's a video that theorizes about the lessons that might have been taught at a Spartan training school.