A description of a British infantryman's uniform and personal effects from 1914-15

Part of a series on women's suffrage, this video covers the WSPU; the Women’s Social and Political Union

What do World War I, a 16th Century Italian Doctor, Coca-Cola, and a Chicago sausage maker have to do with Birth Control? Well, let's just say the history of birth control is very long and very odd.

In this episode we examine the topic: Confucianism is Making a Comeback in China

The word "GAY" has a long history in the English language, but why did "GAY" stop meaning "happy" and start referring "same sex relationships?" Watch this week's episode of Origin of Everything to find out.

So we've made it all the way to the 20th century with the history of astronomy. Plenty had to happen to get us to that point, but the most amazing stuff is yet to come! Shortly after Einstein did his best work, a guy named Edwin Hubble...

The history of musical pitch. Many of us assume that musical pitch has always been gauged at the same level but this is not the case. Concert pitch is the pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a...

Author and journalist Dorian Lynskey answers key questions about one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, George Orwell's 1984, which was published 70 years ago. Having written 'The Ministry of Truth' a book specifically about...

Antibiotics… one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century. You’ve probably taken them at some point during your life… maybe for a throat or ear infection? About 20 doses of antibiotics are prescribed per 1,000 people every day...

In this video transcript, we learn about the life and contributions of Albert Einstein, a famous scientist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. From his early curiosity in mathematics and electricity to his...

EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW



CHAPTER 1. The Ninth & Tenth
Amendment
Students will learn that the Ninth Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that the rights of citizens are not limited to those rights spelled...

Few take anarchism and the abandonment of organised government as a viable political goal.æYet in economics, capitalism is just such a leaderless anarchic system. Might a radically decentralised political system be more credible than we...

In nature, all organisms compete with each other for resources in order to survive. Competition between members of the same species is what makes organisms evolve. This theory of competition and ‘survival of the fittest’ is called...

Brazil is on track to become one of the world superpowers by the end of the century. That being said, what should we come to expect from this South American country? Let's learn about Brazil.

Modernism; it can be confusing. So, in today's What The Theory? I wanted to provide something of a modernism crash course. We'll be looking at many different forms of modernist art as well as a tiny bit of modernist architecture and...

In the first of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains what segregation was like for her.

In the last of 3 clips, Rosa Parks explains how her protest and arrest prompted the Montgomery bus boycott which lasted for 381 days.

We all know Rosa Parks as the tired old lady on a bus who unknowingly sparked a civil rights firestorm by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But is that true? Not entirely. Rosa Parks was a radical, civil right activist...

Learn all about the most common forms of government around the world, such as monarchy, constitutional government, democracy, dictatorship and communism. Detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen,...