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Bucky

(55,334 posts) Wed Feb 22, 2012, 11:50 PM Feb 2012

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Crash Course

http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

Great new series on world history. Probably more interesting for history teachers than students. But I'll find out, cause when I'm teaching world history next year, I'll be showing these vids to my kids each week.

Below in this discussion thread will be links to the individual installments.

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Highlight:

Crash Course (Original Post) Bucky Feb 2012 OP

#1 The Agricultural Revolution (actually should be "Neolithic Revolution") Bucky Feb 2012 #1

#2 The Indus Valley Civilization Bucky Feb 2012 #2

#3 Mesopotamia Bucky Feb 2012 #3

#4 Ancient Egypt Bucky Feb 2012 #4

You forgot Poland! ellisonz Feb 2012 #5

sigh Bucky Feb 2012 #6

#5 Persia vs Greece Bucky Mar 2012 #7

#6 Ancient India (including the Buddha) Bucky Mar 2012 #8

#7 China. All of its history in 12 minutes. Wow Bucky Mar 2012 #9

#8 Alexander the Great spreads Greece Bucky Mar 2012 #10

#9 The Silk Road and Ancient Trade Bucky Mar 2012 #11

#10 Rome Bucky Mar 2012 #12

#11 Christianity Bucky Apr 2012 #13

#12 The Fall of Rome, followed by the Fall of Rome Bucky Apr 2012 #14

#13 Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars Bucky May 2012 #15

Therefor I am Bucky Aug 2012 #38

#14 The Dark Ages Bucky May 2012 #16

#15 The Crusades, such as they were Bucky May 2012 #17

#16 Mansa Musa, Mali, and the East African Swahili trading states Bucky May 2012 #18

I love Mansa Musa, thanks! Odin2005 May 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Bucky May 2012 #20

#17 The Mongols!! Bucky May 2012 #21

#18 Indian Ocean Trade Bucky May 2012 #22

#19 Venice and the Ottoman Empire (plus ballless Russian slave soldiers) Bucky Jun 2012 #23

#20 Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols Bucky Jun 2012 #24

#21 Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He Bucky Jun 2012 #25

Marking for later. Sounds promising. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2012 #26

My 13 yr old loves these! John Green is super-dude in our house. Left coast liberal Jun 2012 #27

Thank you, Bucky Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2012 #28

#22 The European Renaissance Bucky Jun 2012 #29

#23 The Columbian Exchange Bucky Jul 2012 #30

#24 The Atlantic Slave Trade Bucky Jul 2012 #31

#25 The Spanish Empire Bucky Aug 2012 #32

#26 The Seven Year War (but really the French and Indian War) Bucky Aug 2012 #33

#27 Captain Cook meets the Hawaiians... poorly Bucky Aug 2012 #34

#28 Tea, Taxes, Mr. T, and the American Revolution Bucky Aug 2012 #35

#29 The French Revolution Bucky Aug 2012 #36

#30 The Haitian Revolution (and a tragic unexpected plot twist!) Bucky Aug 2012 #37

#31 Latin American Revolutions Bucky Sep 2012 #39

#32 Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution Bucky Sep 2012 #40

#33 Capitalism and Socialism Bucky Sep 2012 #41

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

1. #1 The Agricultural Revolution (actually should be "Neolithic Revolution")

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 11:51 PM

Feb 2012

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

2. #2 The Indus Valley Civilization

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 11:55 PM

Feb 2012

Texas world history curriculum gives short shrift to the Indus Valley Civs. Yes, I know they invented streets and plumbing, but we zip straight from invention of farming to the Fertile Crescent, because the Sumerians invented kicking ass.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

3. #3 Mesopotamia

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 12:00 AM

Feb 2012

No love for the Hittites, it appears.

Bonus video...

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

4. #4 Ancient Egypt

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 12:05 AM

Feb 2012

Haven't viewed this one yet. Grades are due by the morning.

Bonus video...

<== probably predictable

ellisonz

(27,745 posts)

5. You forgot Poland!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 11:42 AM

Feb 2012

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

6. sigh

Reply to ellisonz (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 11:42 AM

Feb 2012

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

7. #5 Persia vs Greece

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 05:22 AM

Mar 2012

Look what comes out of that apple in the opening credits... oh my!

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

8. #6 Ancient India (including the Buddha)

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 05:28 AM

Mar 2012

John Green recastes Indian history. Ha ha, get it? Re-castes

I kill me!

Bonus video: The Life Of The Buddha (Full BBC Documentary- in HQ and in living color)

<== actual size

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

9. #7 China. All of its history in 12 minutes. Wow

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:15 PM

Mar 2012

Crowded, but well ordered. How apropos!

Bonus video: If this is Zhōngguó, you must be Billy Joel

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

10. #8 Alexander the Great spreads Greece

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:21 PM

Mar 2012

Greeks vs Persians, Round 3. And now...

Here's the opposing view.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

11. #9 The Silk Road and Ancient Trade

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:30 PM

Mar 2012

Recommended online exploration: Indian Ocean History.org

[font size="4"b]Indian Ocean History[/font]'s a great site to let your students explore!

Recommended companion reader:

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

12. #10 Rome

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:37 PM

Mar 2012

Romulus and Remus invented man-on-dog, by the way. You're welcome, Senator.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

13. #11 Christianity

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 04:16 AM

Apr 2012

Think about it this way: if there was no Christianity, we'd never have had "Jingle Bell Rock"

Here's a more critical take on the whole Jesus is God thing, based on the Didache of the Apostles

And more detail on Emperor Constantine, who after Paul was the second most important Christian in history,

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

14. #12 The Fall of Rome, followed by the Fall of Rome

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 07:27 PM

Apr 2012

Why Rome really fell

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

15. #13 Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 02:13 PM

May 2012

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

38. Therefor I am

Reply to Bucky (Reply #15)

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 02:09 PM

Aug 2012

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

16. #14 The Dark Ages

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 02:20 PM

May 2012

More on the Dark Ages

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

17. #15 The Crusades, such as they were

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 02:30 PM

May 2012

Bonus material: footage of actual Crusaders in action

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

18. #16 Mansa Musa, Mali, and the East African Swahili trading states

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 10:17 PM

May 2012

Also... Crash Course bloopers.

and yet no Ed McMahon

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

19. I love Mansa Musa, thanks!

Reply to Bucky (Reply #18)

Sat May 12, 2012, 11:06 PM

May 2012

I remember reading a kids history book when I was little and it had a beautiful illustration of Mansa Musa on the Hajj and the story of him giving away so much gold to poor people it caused inflation! I thought he was cool!

Response to Bucky (Original post)

Bucky This message was self-deleted by its author.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

21. #17 The Mongols!!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sun May 20, 2012, 05:47 PM

May 2012

Bonus: John Wayne talks to his mama in Mongolian

Another Bonus: John Wayne kisses his wife-to-be in Mongolian

(not recommended for amateurs)

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

22. #18 Indian Ocean Trade

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2012, 06:11 PM

May 2012

More details at Indian Ocean History.org (but skip the intro and go straight to the maps).

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

23. #19 Venice and the Ottoman Empire (plus ballless Russian slave soldiers)

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sun Jun 3, 2012, 01:00 PM

Jun 2012

That's ballless as in testicle-free and heavily armed.

Eunuchs, what a barbaric practice. There's no way you'd find people eunuching perfectly healthy males in America, right? Right?

[font size="1"] I'm sorry for posting that.[/font]

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

24. #20 Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 04:58 PM

Jun 2012

extra credit ==> http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Russian

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

25. #21 Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 01:49 PM

Jun 2012

More on Zheng He. But don't believe anyone who gives you some crap about 1421. Zheng He never came to America.

(with subtitles for you nonEnglish speakers)

Lucky Luciano

(11,448 posts)

26. Marking for later. Sounds promising. nt

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 09:45 PM

Jun 2012

Left coast liberal

(1,138 posts)

27. My 13 yr old loves these! John Green is super-dude in our house.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:01 PM

Jun 2012

Check out the Vlogbrothers too.

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)

28. Thank you, Bucky

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:24 AM

Jun 2012

You put a great deal of time and energy into this project - you are a true teacher! Only wish I could give you a nice big raise!

K&R

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

29. #22 The European Renaissance

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2012, 11:21 PM

Jun 2012

Some Renny music to chill you out and make you think neoclassical thoughts

Provocative questions about the diffusion of Renaissance culture

A French "gangsteur" hip-hop song called "Le Renaissance"

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

30. #23 The Columbian Exchange

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 09:51 PM

Jul 2012

Probably the most important event in Earth history, except that it's not quite an event

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

31. #24 The Atlantic Slave Trade

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 09:54 PM

Jul 2012

Technically, part of the Columbian Exchange

Also, this is the "non-fun" video in the series

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

32. #25 The Spanish Empire

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:17 PM

Aug 2012

What's this lesson from history got to do with America? Noam Chomsky has a few thoughts...

This is what it looks like on a map

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

33. #26 The Seven Year War (but really the French and Indian War)

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:28 PM

Aug 2012

And, as with all great movies, the thing you remember is the action sequence. So here's the car chase scene...

(well, it's by a highway anyway)

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

34. #27 Captain Cook meets the Hawaiians... poorly

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 12:47 PM

Aug 2012

As usual, John puts most of his time into showing how bad ethnocentrism is. Alright, we get it already. One way you can tell the difference between a writer and a teacher is that, at some point, a teacher stops asking leading questions and starts giving the audience room to form their own conclusions. I've only read one of John's books, but I think he's a great writer.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

35. #28 Tea, Taxes, Mr. T, and the American Revolution

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 01:16 PM

Aug 2012

Stuff about the Enlightenment

Thom Hartmann tells you the truth about the Boston Tea Party (spoiler: it was a protest against tax breaks, in the form of a bail-out, to a large multinational corporation, the BEIC)

And the truth about the Minute Men

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

36. #29 The French Revolution

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Sat Aug 18, 2012, 01:30 PM

Aug 2012

(not nicknamed the Freedom Revolution by the Republican Congressional Caucus)

The answer to the most obvious question about the Guillotine: does the brain retain consciousness after decapitation?

Editorial note: the French Revolution progressed more or less the way any violent activity would if it was run by the posters from GD.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

37. #30 The Haitian Revolution (and a tragic unexpected plot twist!)

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Sat Aug 18, 2012, 02:01 PM

Aug 2012

John's new toupee

This is the penultimate episode of the section on the Atlantic Revolutions, which is a category that a lot of people have never heard of. Fortunately, the good people at Wikipedia provide you with a more comprehensive list of revolutions of the Atlantic Revolutions.

You should also have a better overview of the practical impact of the Enlightenment, which was the philosophical basis for all the Atlantic Revolutions. Here it is delivered to you in the form of a horrendous geekgasm:

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

39. #31 Latin American Revolutions

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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:46 PM

Sep 2012

Not enough Bernardo O'Higgins, and the mispronunciations drive me bananas. Or maybe plaintains.

Honestly, I need to look up more sources for this. It's a big topic and John Green for once left me feeling a little dissatisfied.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

40. #32 Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:50 PM

Sep 2012

This is where history actually begins. Everything before week 32 is prologue. You could actually start a world history course at 1750 and not miss a damn thing. But that's because the past is prologue. That's a profound observation, Bucky. Maybe I should copyright that.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

41. #33 Capitalism and Socialism

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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:54 PM

Sep 2012

[font size="1"]Marx and Ingalls[/font]

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