Instructional Video13:57
Crash Course

The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
In which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years or so. And while there are two sides to every history, and many of these changes...
Instructional Video13:41
Crash Course

The Modern Revolution Crash Course Big History 8

12th - Higher Ed
In which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years or so. And while there are two sides to every history, and many of these changes...
Instructional Video12:19
Crash Course

The Anthropocene and the Near Future: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about the Anthropocene, an unofficial geological era that covers the last century or so, in which humanity has made massive progress. We've discovered the Higgs-Boson particle,...
Instructional Video17:36
TED Talks

David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes

12th - Higher Ed
Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and...
Instructional Video10:26
Crash Course

Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205

12th - Higher Ed
This week, Emily Graslie is teaching you about human ancestry and geneaology, how we got to be the species we are, and why that matters in our zoomed out look at Big History.
Instructional Video11:29
Crash Course

Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204

12th - Higher Ed
This week on Crash Course Big History, Emily is talking about process of human evolution, and the knack for innovation that has allowed humans to become so dominant on the Earth. Human innovation, and the ability to build on those...
Instructional Video13:23
Crash Course

Migrations and Intensification Crash Course Big History 7

12th - Higher Ed
In which Hank and John Green teach you about humanity conquering the Earth. Or at least moving from Africa into the rest of the Earth. As human beings spread out across the world and populations grew, humanity reached a critical mass of...
Instructional Video16:12
Crash Course

Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green and Hank Green teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa and turned Earth into a real-life Planet of the Apes. And the apes are people! John and Hank teach you about how humans evolved, and the sort of...
Instructional Video12:16
Crash Course

Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
Globalization has been in process for centuries, and has had a huge effect on Big History, and on Collective Learning. This week, Emily is investigating early globalization through three things that moved around the world and shaped...
Instructional Video13:40
Crash Course

Migrations and Intensification: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
In which Hank and John Green teach you about humanity conquering the Earth. Or at least moving from Africa into the rest of the Earth. As human beings spread out across the world and populations grew, humanity reached a critical mass of...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The History of Everything Ted

9th - 10th
David Christian gives a TED talk covering the Universe's 13.8 billion year history in 18 minutes.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Big History #204: Why Human Evolution Matters

9th - 10th
This video focuses on why human evolution matters including the impact of collective learning, natural selection, cultural evolution, adaptation, the ability of communication, and the use of brain power and its ability to build on prior...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Humanity on Earth: Collective Learning

9th - 10th
Video lecture explores how symbolic language drives collective learning and how this is one of the truly differentiating aspects of human beings relative to the rest of the animal kingdom. [13:17]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Threshold 8: The Modern Revolution

9th - 10th
The Modern Revolution began about 200 ago and created the world we live in today. This video explains the key ingredients needed for the Modern Revolution. [2:37]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Where and Why Did the First Cities and States Appear?

9th - 10th
Fueled by surplus crops, agriculture led to the formation of the world's first large-scale civilizations. [10:45]