Instructional Video12:09
Crash Course

Westward Expansion Crash Course US History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about the Wild, Wild, West, which as it turns out, wasn't as wild as it seemed in the movies. When we think of the western expansion of the United States in the 19th century, we're conditioned to imagine...
Instructional Video14:30
Crash Course

The Progressive Era Crash Course US History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Era in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th century in America, there was a sense that things could be improved upon. A sense that reforms should be enacted. A sense...
Instructional Video13:13
Crash Course

Capitalism and Socialism Crash Course World History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about capitalism and socialism in a way that is sure to please commenters from both sides of the debate. Learn how capitalism arose from the industrial revolution, and then gave rise to socialism. Learn...
Instructional Video14:02
Curated Video

Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about capitalism and socialism in a way that is sure to please commenters from both sides of the debate. Learn how capitalism arose from the industrial revolution, and then gave rise to socialism. Learn...
Instructional Video30:50
Step Back History

The Anarchist Who Shot the President

12th - Higher Ed
On September 6, 1901, an Anarchist Steelworker named Leon Czolgosz shot and killed the President of the United States, William McKinley. This assassination led to a xenophobic panic, sometimes described as a historical war on terror,...
News Clip8:50
Bloomberg

'Old Rules' Don't Work for Big Tech Regulation, Former FCC Commissioner Says

Higher Ed
Mar.15 -- Tom Wheeler, former Federal Communications Commission chairman and author of the forthcoming book "From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future," discusses the outlook for social media regulation on "Bloomberg Markets:...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

9th - 10th
What changed- and what stayed the same- with the growth of industrial capitalism in the United States during the Gilded Age? In this video, Kim discusses how technological innovation, business innovation, and pro-growth government...