Curated Video
The Tempest and Post-Colonial Theory: Finding Sympathy for Caliban
This video critically explores Caliban's portrayal in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" from a post-colonial viewpoint. It challenges the simplistic label of 'savage' by highlighting Caliban's humanity and poetic expression, and discusses the...
Wonderscape
Sons and Daughters of Liberty: Sparks of Revolution
Discover the role of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty in shaping the American Revolution. Led by figures like Samuel Adams, this group of patriots organized protests against British taxes, often resorting to confrontations to defend the...
National Theatre
The Power of Music in Theatre: Connecting and Healing through Song
This video discusses the importance of music in a play and how it has helped the cast come together and heal during the pandemic. The play focuses on the history of sea shanties and the role they played in entertaining sailors during...
Makematic
Leaders of the Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War pitted determined colonists against an experienced British Army. Meet the military leaders who played pivotal roles on both sides.
Curated Video
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks explores how individuals affected change in the history of the United States by exploring the life of Crispus Attucks and the role he played in the Boston Massacre.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Johnny E. Williams - White Supremacy
Johnny E. Williams is the author of African-American Religion and the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas (University Press of Mississippi 2003) and Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics (Lexington Books 2016). The former book examines the...
Curated Video
The War of Independence: The Minorities who Fought for Freedom
The American Revolutionary War defined our Country, with Black and Native American soldiers playing a key role.
Curated Video
Women of the American Revolution: The Real Unsung Heroes
During the American Revolutionary War some American women disguised themselves as men in order to join the fight, and played a critical role both on the home front and on the battlefield.
Curated Video
Sacagawea: Intrepid Indigenous Explorer
Native American interpreter Sacagawea was the only woman on Lewis and Clark’s expedition into the West. She played a vital role, but was subsequently forgotten.
Makematic
Women in the Revolutionary War
Women in the Revolutionary War did more than manage the homefront – they spied, wrote influential works, and fought for future rights.
Curated Video
The disastrous redesign of Pakistan’s rivers
British colonizers created a massive canal system in Pakistan — and helped cause the country’s deadly water crisis. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In late summer of 2022, Pakistan...
Curated Video
Why the US has so many Filipino nurses
The US colonized a country and built a labor supply. Filipino nurses have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in the US. That’s because they make up an outsized portion of the nursing workforce. About one-third of all...
Extra Credits
WW2: The Resource War - The Engines of War - Extra History - #3
*Sponsored* Hearts of Iron IV comes out on June 6! Check out the game: http://pdxint.at/hoi4_coming_soon The armies and technology of World War II required a vast supply of resources. A close look at Germany and Japan shows how the need...
Bedtime History
Marquis de Lafayette and the American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette played a key role in the American Revolution. Born in France to a noble family, Lafayette strongly supported the American colonists’ desire to gain independence from Britain, one of his own country’s enemies. So,...
Mazz Media
America's Journey Through Slavery: The Life of An Enslaved Person
What was life like for an enslaved person in America? This program explores the daily life and customs of enslaved children and adults from Colonial Times through Emancipation. What foods did they eat? How did they celebrate marriage?...
Gresham College
Sir Keith Joseph and the Market Economy - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Sir Keith Joseph was the most articulate and powerful of the postwar exponents of the market economy at a time when it was distinctly unfashionable. He it was who provided the ideological dynamic for what came to be called Thatcherism....
Gresham College
Tony Benn and the Idea of Participation - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Tony Benn has been the most prominent modern spokesman of the movement for participatory democracy. It was he who secured the right of hereditary peers to renounce their titles, the right of the people to vote on membership of the Common...
Gresham College
Enoch Powell and the Sovereignty of Parliament - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Enoch Powell was the most powerful postwar exponent of the idea of the sovereignty of Parliament and indeed of English nationalism, opposing the coming of a multiracial society, devolution, and entry into the Common Market, as the...
Curated Video
Ukhrul, Manipur in 1934
Part of India on Film: 1899 – 1947 This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI's contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council. View more films on BFI Player...
Bedtime History
Iroquois Confederacy for Kids
The Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Haudenosaunee or Five Nations, was one of the most powerful and influential Native American alliances in history. Formed by the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations (later...
Curated Video
Pocahontas and John Smith: Fact and Fiction
New ReviewThe story of Pocahontas and John Smith has been told in many ways—some true, others more myth than fact. Pocahontas was a young Powhatan woman who played a complex role in the early interactions between Native Americans and English...
Bill of Rights Institute
Mercantilism and The Colonial American Economy
The invisible hand of trade. Viewers use the AP review video to learn the impact of mercantilism on the American Colonies. They examine the question of taxation without representation as the colonists get more and more upset with...
Other
The Map as History: The British Empire, Trading Routes and Construction
This sample map is part of a series of 19 animated maps showing the second period of European colonial expansion from the early 19th century to the Second World War. Access to the other maps requires payment. This map shows how the...