C-SPAN
On This Day: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry in 1859 highlighted the nation's division on the issue of slavery. With a series of three engaging video clips, young historians learn about the abolitionist John Brown and his followers. The resource...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History
Join host John Green to learn about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy - in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794 CE to 1185 CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sociology and Sociological and Global Perspectives Defined: Lesson 8
This lesson will define sociology and delineate the basic components of the sociological perspective. The benefits of the sociological and global perspectives will be discussed. It is 8 of 8 in the series titled "Sociology and...
Other
100 People Foundation: 100 People: A World Portrait
100 People attempts to simplify global statistics on health, gender, literacy, religious affiliation, population distribution, language, and poverty by looking at a representative sample of 100 people.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Melting Permafrost
In this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, see melting permafrost and hear Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discuss its impact on Inuit culture and resources.
Other
Goal Global: A Day in the Life of a Child in Kenya
Follow a day in the life of nine-year-old Gaudensia, who lives in the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, Kenya. We see the difficulties she faces each day - the one-room flat where her family lives, the sometimes treacherous walk to school, the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sociology and Sociological and Global Perspectives Defined: Lesson 5
This lesson will define sociology and delineate the basic components of the sociological perspective. The benefits of the sociological and global perspectives will be discussed. It is 5 of 8 in the series titled "Sociology and...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: Widows in Israel
Lesson on the patriarchal cultural tradition of Arab families and the challenges widowed muslim women face when entering the workforce. Lesson includes video [2:56], background essay, maps, related links and questions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: Welcome to Canada
Students watch a 19-minute documentary that tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014, who is now counseling newly arrived refugees. [19:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge: Malaria Treatment and Prevention Strategies
This video segment adapted from Rx for Survival examines malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a disease that kills more than one million children there each year. [4:31]
Sesame Street
Sesame Street: Global Grover: Australia
Grover's friend, Lenny, lives under the ground in Australia.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Challenges in the Hinterlands Andalucia and Iceland
A video presents two case studies that introduce the geography themes of economic development and globalization. The first part discusses the economic development of Andalucia region of Spain. The second part explores the cultural and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: An Unpredictable Environment
Short video in which Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors. [3:10]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Dear Adil
Arthur uses false information to make assumptions about his new pen pal from Turkey. [13:31]
Code.org
Code.org: Data and Medicine
Learn how computer science is saving lives through genetic sequencing and harnessing the power of data to fight disease. [6:07]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: The Renaissance: Was It a Thing?
John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th century, but was it a cultural revolution, or an evolution? We'd argue that any cultural shift that occurs over a couple of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: Venice and the Ottoman Empire
John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the city-state of Venice, and an Empire, the Ottomans--and how studying history can help you to be a better boyfriend and/or girlfriend. Together,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions
John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, China was busily uprooting the dynastic system that had ruled there for millennia. Most revolutions have some degree of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course World History: The Dark Ages... How Dark Were They, Really?
John Green teaches you about the so-called Dark Ages, which it turns out weren't as uniformly dark as you may have been led to believe. While Europe was indeed having some issues, many other parts of the world were thriving and...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wide Angle: Video Bank: Night School
Lesson with video [2:17] informs us about the millions of Indian children who do not attend school and the others who attend makeshift "night schools". Site includes guiding questions, maps, background essay, video transcript and links...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: People of the Arctic
This video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada explores how the Inuit people have adapted their traditions and ways of life to changing environmental realities. The video features archival footage and interviews in...
Crash Course
Crash Course: #25: The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation
This Crash Course video explains the global impact of the Spanish Empire on culture's across the globe, and how their aquisition of Silver lead to runaway inflation. [10:46]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sociological Understanding of the Environment: Lesson 2
This lesson examines the the environmental consequences from a sociological perspective. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Sociological Understanding of the Environment."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sociological Understanding of the Environment: Lesson 1
This lesson examine the the environmental consequences from a sociological perspective. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Sociological Understanding of the Environment."