Curated Video
Atlantic World: New World, New Possibilities
Paving the way for modern democratic society, the ancient Mediterranean world traded goods and ideas across three continents over thousands of years.
Curated Video
Age of Revolution: When Enough is Enough
In the late 1700s, three major revolutions changed the course of history in the name of freedom and equality. The Age of Revolutions bore witness to this change.
Khan Academy
Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution
Rather than simply summarizing the events that led to the American Revolution, have your learners listen as John Green offers some interesting points to be used as discussion or writing prompts in your review of the war. Green details...
TED-Ed
Are the Illuminati Real?
A video sheds some light on the Illuminati, a short-lived, secret society founded in Bavaria by Adam Weishaupt.
National Constitution Center
The Constitutional Convention
The Founding Fathers are larger than life in history books, but an engaging video resource brings them up close to your pupils. As viewers meet the founders in the National Constitution Center's Signers' Hall, they learn about the...
National Constitution Center
Separation of Powers
After the Revolutionary War, the Founding Fathers were in a pickle. They needed to create a government, but how could they protect the people from a tyrant? The separation of powers was their answer! A video resource explores the history...
Crash Course
The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18
Chemistry was a bit of a late bloomer in terms of scientific progress! Discover the Age of Enlightenment and its effects on how researchers viewed matter with an engaging video. The narrator highlights the work of Antoine Lavoisier and...
The School of Life
Voltaire
Fascinated with the concept of good and evil, Voltaire formed his main character from the eponymous Candide, the most widely read text of the European Enlightenment. Learn more about Voltaire's life, beliefs, writing, and influence...
TED-Ed
Social Animal
Similar to the rebirth of knowledge of the Enlightenment and Renaissance periods, David Brooks claims that today, we are developing a revolution in consciousness, exploring the depths of our nature and coming away with a new humanism....
HISTORY Channel
Pint Size History - French Revolution
The History Channel's "Pub Historian" gives you the quick facts on the French Revolution. Dates, historical figures, and causes are all named. Watch this for a quick overview of key events!
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 118 the Enlightenment Part 3
Today we continue our discussion of the Enlightenment.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Elements of Democracy Part 47: Dare to Know
Learn about the Age of the Enlightenment and the meaning of the Latin phrase "sapere aude" on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 116 the Enlightenment Part 1
In this podcast, we begin our discussion of the Enlightenment. [1:20]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Deism (Natural vs. Revealed Religion in the Enlightenment)
Short video compares the teachings of "revealed" religion of Christianity vs. the "natural" religion of Deism, two veins of religious thought during the Enlightenment. [3:54]
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Enlightenment: Video: The American Enlightenment
Use the video "The American Enlightenment" [1:10:55] to consider the two learning outcomes below. It features discussions of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; perfectionism; Deism; Benjamin Franklin; errata; Thomas Jefferson; syllogisms;...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 119 the Enlightenment Part 4
In today's podcast, we examine James Madison's idea of the "new science of politics".