Curated Video
Nile River Valley Civilization
Nile River Valley Civilization examines how the Nile River Valley Civilization was able to flourish by analyzing the benefits of its location.
Mazz Media
Agriculture
This live-action video program is about the word agriculture. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word agriculture through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Other
Stephanie Gorges: Ap World History, Period 1 Preview
Video presents material for AP World History, Period 1. Through maps and charts, this video highlights the important points from the Paleolithic Era to the early river valley civilizaitons of the Neolithic Era. [10:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Threshold 7: Agriculture
When humans began farming, new, more complex ways of living were possible. This video looks at the factors that led to the rise in agriculture. [2:37]
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 3: Olduvai Handaxe 20 Jan 2010
As early humans slowly began to move beyond their African homeland, they took with them one essential item - a handaxe. It is the most widely-used tool humans have created. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, sees just how...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 5: Clovis Spear Point 22 Jan 2010
This sharp spearhead helps us understand how humans spread across the globe. By 11,000 BC humans had moved from north-east Asia into the uninhabited wilderness of north America. Within 2,000 years they had populated the whole continent....
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 7: Ain Sakhri Lovers Figurine 26 Jan 10
A palm-sized stone sculpture made in Northern Israel 12,000 years ago clearly shows a couple entwined in the act of love. Sculptor Marc Quinn responds to the stone as art, and archaeologist Dr Ian Hodder considers the Natufian society...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 11: King Den's Sandal Label 1 Feb 2010
A small label, made from hippopotamus ivory and attached to the sandals of one of the earliest known kings of Egypt. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at what this label, with its hieroglyphs describing the king and...
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 19: Mold Gold Cape 11 Feb 2010
A gold cape made almost 4,000 years ago and discovered in 1833, by a group of workmen looking for stones in a field near the village of Mold in North Wales. This sheet of pure gold, found wrapped around a skeleton, inspires Neil...