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Ancient History

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Native American person with face paint wears animal feathered headdress. Caption. But the history of American Indians in this land.
A History Of American Indian Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 1
27 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Color illustration of a hunter with long, dark hair aiming a spear at two deer by a lake. Caption. Hurled with a unique and powerful tool.
A History Of American Indian Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 2
28 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Library bookshelves with many different books with different sizes, shapes, and colors. Text reads, “Portraying The Earth.”
Advanced Placement Human Geography: Making Sense of Planet Earth
Episode 1
27 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man wearing a pharaoh costume resembling Alexander the Great, person bowing behind him. Caption. Alexander proclaimed pharaoh.
26 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
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Still image from: All About the Middle East for Kids
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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An icon of a woolly mammoth against a snowy scene with an icy river and snow-capped mountains. Text reads, “All About Woolly Mammoths for Kids.”
6 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: All the Answers: Migration, Olympics, Auto Racing
All the Answers
Episode 3
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: All the Answers: Penguins, Chimps, the Amazon
All the Answers
Episode 16
19 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: All the Answers: The Oregon Trail, Ice Age, Memories
All the Answers
Episode 21
19 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: All the Answers: The World Wide Web, the Great Wall, Horsepower
All the Answers
Episode 23
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
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Still image from: Alligators and Crocodiles for Kids
9 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Allosaurus for Kids
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Alma's Way -- My Way: Dinosaurs!
Alma's Way
Season 2 / Ep 44
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 4
A C, G, I rendering of a rocket-propelled metal bomb with wings approaching a wooden ship in the ocean. The History Channel logo appears in the lower right corner.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 6 / Ep 1
45 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of a large red wooden barge with no sails, 3 stories, and lots of oars.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 4 / Ep 5
45 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Group of men wearing turbans and belted woolen tunics ride horses while using bows and arrows.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 6 / Ep 7
44 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Wooden cart with 2 wheels in the back, 1 in the front center, and 1 extending out in front is on display in a museum. Behind it is a wooden bicycle prototype.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 3 / Ep 2
44 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of an ancient machine within a framed structure that includes a wheel operated by several vertical and horizontal cogs.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 3 / Ep 8
45 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of a metal battering ram on a support structure in front of a huge stone wall of a big fort. It's nighttime with clouds in the sky.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 6 / Ep 3
45 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of a stone wall partially submerged in water. On top is a large wooden structure with ropes, pulleys, and a hook hanging in the center, with a human operating the pulleys.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 3 / Ep 5
45 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of a wooden ship with 3 sails sailing out of a storm into the sun.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 6 / Ep 11
43 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of a large stone wall of the ancient city of Troy. The gate is open and a huge wooden horse on a wheels is being dragged inside with ropes.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 3 / Ep 1
44 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Digital Illustration of a Greek statue flanked by Greek art and two ornate columns with crumbling rocks beneath it. Text reads, “Ancient Greece.”
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Forest with many trees. The ground is bumpy with several mounds of green grass between each of the trees. Text reads, “America’s Prehistoric Civilizations: The Mound Builders.”
Ancient History
Episode 5
28 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Old fort that's made out of stone with a cemetery right next to it. Text reads, “Ancient Britain: Stonehenge to Celtic Iron Age Hill Forts.”
Ancient History
Episode 4
29 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Exterior walls of an ancient house made of stone with a reddish hue. Parts of the roof and doorway have crumbled. Text reads, “Ancient Pueblo People: The Anasazi.”
Ancient History
Episode 3
27 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View overlooking the rooftops of modern Rome, Italy showing a mixture of modern homes and ancient architecture inside the city. Text reads, “Military Triumphs and the Death of the Roman Republic.”
Ancient History
Episode 8
28 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Standing on a chariot in motion, a man wearing a Roman Soldier costume holds a large red shield and a spear in his hands. Text reads, “The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.”
Ancient History
Episode 9
29 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rubble lays on the ground next to a few standing walls of an ancient building. The site is surrounded by other ancient ruins and more modern buildings. Text reads, “The Rise of the Roman Republic.”
Ancient History
Episode 7
28 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside of a Greek Proscenium stage, looking out at crumbling bleacher seats made of stone. Text reads, “Greek Accomplishments.”
Ancient History
Episode 2
27 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View of the Parthenon on top of a hill looking over the city of Athens. At the bottom of the hill are other Ancient buildings. Text reads, “The Greek City-State and Democracy.”
Ancient History
Episode 1
27 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial shot of ancient Incan ruins amongst the rugged mountains in Peru. Text reads, “The Incas.”
28 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View of two Mayan temples made of stone that are crumbling with age. Text reads, “The Maya.”
Ancient History
Episode 6
41 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bird’s-eye view of a recreation of the city of Ancient Rome. Text reads, “The Splendor of Imperial Rome.”
Ancient History
Episode 10
28 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A C, G, I rendering of 4 stone statues of ancient Egyptian pharaohs sitting in a row. They each have yellow and blue headdresses.
Ancient Discoveries
Season 3 / Ep 6
41 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Ancient Life on the Great Plains
54 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Illustrated artwork portraying the ornate architecture of ancient Mesopotamia. Text reads, “Ancient Mesopotamia.”
12 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Title text reads, “Ancient Rome,” against a black background.
8 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
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Still image from: Ankylosaurus for Kids
2 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Archaeo-Tech: Shell Tools
Archaeo-Tech
Episode 5
9 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Archaeo-Tech: The Atlatl
Archaeo-Tech
Episode 6
4 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ancient Egyptian gold pharaoh mask painted with bright colors is lit up against a black background. Caption. "Tutankhamen's mask--."
Around the World
Episode 44
2 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Looking up from the ground, a large, ancient, brown clay building with the ends of many wooden beams poking out. Caption. "This is the oldest known city in this part of Africa."
Around the World
Episode 17
2 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ancient yellow-stone building on a hill above a body of water. Caption. "The city of Leptis Magna was a gateway for trade."
Around the World
Episode 24
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inner courtyard of an ancient, round, 3-story building made of brown clay. There are many windows opening to the courtyard, and some clay pots are on the ground. Caption. "The Berber granary is built from local materials--."
Around the World
Episode 10
2 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brightly colored ancient Egyptian wall painting of Queen Nefertiti interacting with the goddess Isis. Caption. "Here the goddess Isis offers Nefertiti the ankh."
Around the World
Episode 32
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3 brown pyramids, 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small, with brown dirt surrounding them. Caption. "The pyramids remain an enigma."
Around the World
Episode 7
2 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Around the World
Episode 36
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a busy walkway crowded with pedestrians during the day. Caption. "Merchants would have passed through here 2,000 years ago."
Around the World
Episode 38
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Overhead view of the thousands of red clay sculptures of soldiers in China known as The Terracotta Army. Caption. "This formidable army of Terracotta Warriors."
Around the World
Episode 41
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of a segment of the Great Wall of China with brown foliage on either side. Caption. "Work began on the Great Wall of China around 220 B, C."
Around the World
Episode 5
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Tan stone domes, pillars, and arches at top of the Taj Mahal against a gray sky background. Caption. "Of Indian, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic influences."
Around the World
Episode 8
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Around the World
Episode 13
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
External view of the ancient Pantheon, a circular Roman temple with huge stone columns at its entrance and a domed roof. Caption. "It's the best preserved Roman temple in the world."
Around the World
Episode 34
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup view detailing the tan columns and stones that make up the ancient Roman Parthenon. Caption. "The Parthenon was built around 430 B, C."
Around the World
Episode 35
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of the ancient mud brick buildings and kivas of Mesa Verde under a sandstone cliff. Caption. "Mesa Verde rewrote the history of the west."
Around the World
Episode 29
2 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ancient stone building with many stone staircases leading up to it and surrounded by jungle trees. Caption. "Palenque, the great city of the Mayans."
Around the World
Episode 33
2 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side view of several free standing pillars of brown stone carved to look like warriors against a blue sky backdrop. Caption. "In 750 A, D, they built strange monuments."
Around the World
Episode 42
2 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Top-down view of an ancient tomb built of mud bricks in the ground. Inside are wooden beams, open coffins with bones, other skeletons, and various items. Caption. "The spiritual and military leader of the Moche."
Around the World
Episode 30
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Large archaeological site with huge walls of ancient brown clay buildings revealed. Caption. "Chan Chan was 1 of the world's biggest cities."
Around the World
Episode 14
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side view of a row of huge statues with large heads against a backdrop of blue skies with white clouds. Caption. "The giant statues, or moai, on Easter Island."
Around the World
Episode 19
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Around the World
Episode 6
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of brown plains with an ancient geoglyph etched into them. Caption. "So vast, in fact, you can only see it from the sky."
Around the World
Episode 31
2 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Archaeologist David Hurt Thomas, a man with short gray hair and a white goatee, talks in front of a large bookshelf and a globe. Caption. "A relative or a leader."
Ask a Scientist About
Episode 4
9 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Wide shot of the Acropolis in Greece on a hilltop. Caption. It's time we took a look at the Acropolis.
23 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Between the Waters: Part 1
Between the Waters
Episode 1
3 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white illustration of an African tribe speaking with white men wearing tricorn hats in a row boat docked at shore. Caption. One of these travelers.
Black American History
Season 0 / Ep 1
47 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 9
12 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 10
10 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 11
11 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 12
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 1(Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 17
13 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 18
13 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 19
14 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 20
13 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 25
13 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 26
12 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 27
11 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 28
12 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 13
13 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 14
12 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 15
10 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 16
14 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of silhouetted ancient warriors charging forward on a battlefield against a vibrant red sky. Caption. The skill of their warriors is well-known to the Romans.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 11
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of ancient buildings silhouetted against an amber sky. Caption. At the end of October, Alexander takes Babylon.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 2
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of a silhouetted side profile of Confucius seated at a table and writing in an indoor space. Behind him, 2 people are working together in the faded background.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 6
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of Viking warriors standing on a seashore with shields, clubs, and axes, looking at a docked Viking ship. Caption. Is the target of a raid by men from the north, the Vikings.
Butterfly Effect
Season 3 / Ep 12
26 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Cahokia: Mississippian Metropolis
45 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Still image from: Camarasaurus for Kids
3 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a cave painting with amber colored antelope-like animals on pale orange stone. Spanish caption. Esas, esas pinturas tienen casi una luz interior.
Cave Painting (Spanish)
Episode 1
49 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a cave painting with amber colored human shapes on cracked beige stone. Spanish caption. Entre los cinco más importantes del mundo.
Cave Painting (Spanish)
Episode 3
51 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a cave painting with amber colored human shapes on a taupe-colored stone. Spanish caption. Y protección de este colosal, pero fragil patrimonio.
Cave Painting (Spanish)
Episode 2
52 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Chaco Canyon and the Chaco Phenomenon
45 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white closeup of a man with white, glowing eyes and a white beard and mustache.
Clash of the Gods
Episode 3
45 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man with open eyes and gritted teeth wears a leather forehead band, an animal fur around his shoulders, and a leather tunic. He holds an instrument that shoots bolts of lightning while standing on a wooden boat. A snowy landscape is behind him.
Clash of the Gods
Episode 10
45 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Coast New Zealand: Far North
Coast New Zealand
Season 1 / Ep 6
43 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital map of 450 A, D titled "Battle of Chalons" shows Europe, Asia, and the Middle East with labels for Western Roman Empire, Hunnic Empire, and Eastern Empire, respectively. A white horse gallops from east to west across the Hunnic Empire.
Command Decisions
Episode 3
20 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Alexander the Great and the Situation...the Great?
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 8
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Ancient Egypt
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 4
11 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Christianity From Judaism to Constantine
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 11
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Fall of the Roman Empire...In the 15th Century
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 12
12 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Indus Valley Civilization
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 2
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and the Indian Ocean Trade
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 18
9 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Islam, the Qu'ran, and the Five Pillars
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 13
12 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Mesopotamia
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 3
12 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Agricultural Revolution
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 1
10 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They Really
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 14
12 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Persians and Greeks
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 5
11 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Roman Empire or Republic. Which Was It?
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 10
12 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
Crash Course World History I
Season 0 / Ep 9
10 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Disease
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 3
11 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 27
13 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Money and Debt
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 2
14 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age)
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 11
12 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: The Vikings!
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 24
11 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: War and Civilization
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 5
12 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Water and Classical Civilizations
Crash Course World History II
Season 2 / Ep 22
11 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Cyberchase cartoon. Matt holds both palms out in front of him with an alert expression as Jackie, Inez, and Digit watch him. Caption. A second chance to get Pandora's box back.
Cyberchase
Season 1 / Ep 6
28 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Dino Rap for Kids
2 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Still image from: Dinos From A to Z: A Dino Summary
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Digital illustration of dinosaurs roaring in the background as a pterodactyl flies through the sky. Text reads, “Dinosaur Facts.”
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Dorset Culture and the Arctic Odyssey
42 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Still image from: Earliest Peoples in America
6 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Digital architectural rendering. Aerial view of grassy fields surrounding an ancient Egyptian city by the water.
1 hours 31 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Shadow on a wall of an Egyptian tomb. Caption. The burials were plundered, goods removed.
17 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Dark room with a wreath on the wall that is dimly lit with string lights weaved inside of it.
Emily Graslie's Art Lab
Season 1 / Ep 1
12 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Wide shot of an Egyptian temple rising out of the desert with trees and grasslands in the foreground. Caption. A powerful river civilization emerged.
55 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
A sketch of a dinosaur, and a man is seen standing below. Caption: Argentinosaurus, 35 meters approximately equals 114 feet. 70 metric tons approximately equals 154,000 pounds.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 51
9 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of ancient rock drawings, including a kangaroo, deer, and a lot of scribbles.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 18
9 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustrated copepods of different colors, shapes, and sizes. Text reads, “Copepods.”
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 25
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A cat.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 42
7 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman stands in front of a black backdrop and talks to us like she's doing an interview.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 15
12 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Colorful timeline labeled “Cenozoic Era” that starts at 66 MYA in light green to Present Day in light yellow. In the middle there is a dark green block labeled, “Eocene Epoch.”
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 21
8 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman stands in front of a black backdrop like she's doing an interview.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 17
8 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Museum with large recreations of ancient mammals such as a deer, armadillo-like animal, and a rhino ancestor with a long neck and small head called a Paraceratherium. People walk at the feet of the statues.
Eons
Season 3 / Ep 26
7 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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A giant deer roams a grassland.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 31
6 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A pair of Ichthyosaurs hunting prey in the sea.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 27
9 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A painting of a flooded forest, and insects are seen crawling on the tree surface.
Eons
Season 2 / Ep 52
7 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Senior man wearing glasses faces camera, surrounded by models of human skulls and full skeleton in background. Title card below reads, "Milford Wolpoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor". Caption. A new species, a new line.
10 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Top of skull with lower skull in a wood bowl. Caption. They use computer tomography to determine density.
15 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: Bagan--City of Temples (Episode 16)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 16
2 hours 7 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: Easter Island--Where Giants Walked (Episode 6)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 6
1 hours 43 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: Roman Britain--The Work of Giants Crumbled (Episode 1)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 1
1 hours 3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Greenland Vikings--Land of the Midnight Sun (Episode 4)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 4
1 hours 22 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Khmer Empire--Fall of the God Kings (Episode 5)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 5
1 hours 38 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Mayans--Ruins Among the Trees (Episode 3)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 3
1 hours 8 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Songhai Empire--Africa's Age of Gold (Episode 7)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 7
2 hours 16 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Fall of Civilizations: The Sumerians--Fall of the First Cities (Episode 8)
Fall of Civilizations
Episode 8
2 hours 27 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration shows an Aztec man in an intricate mask walking through a wall of burning fire.
Fate and Fabled
Season 1 / Ep 10
10 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Book of the Dead
Fate and Fabled
Season 3 / Ep 6
10 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Different shades of gray scales that appear to be made of fabric.
Fate and Fabled
Season 2 / Ep 4
9 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Gilgamesh
Fate and Fabled
Season 3 / Ep 2
8 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Prometheus
Fate and Fabled
Season 2 / Ep 7
7 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: The Amazons
Fate and Fabled
Season 3 / Ep 4
11 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman hidden behind dark purple scales.
Fate and Fabled
Season 1 / Ep 9
9 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: War in Heaven
Fate and Fabled
Season 3 / Ep 7
8 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Greatest Human Achievements
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23 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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7 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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History in a Nutshell
Episode 11
8 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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History in a Nutshell
Episode 12
8 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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History in a Nutshell
Episode 13
10 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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26 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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57 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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26 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Into the Outdoors
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 6
3 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Into the Outdoors
Episode 3
26 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Into the Outdoors
Episode 5
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Grade Level: 6 - 12
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19 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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44 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Grade Level: 9 - 12
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Grade Level: 10 - 12
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Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Episode 1
4 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
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17 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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Episode 5
8 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
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Episode 4
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
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