World History
- Russian Communists Upset With Indiana Jones
Some Russian Communists are unhappy with the new Indiana Jones film. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened in Russia on Thursday. The communist distaste for the film can be seen at a CNN article titled Indiana Jones movie upsets communists....
- Bbc Nation On Film: The Royal Family
BBC Nation on Film: The Royal Family. This is an archive of film clips of the British royal family, including footage of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The site describes itself, "Meet the Royal Family and celebrate important royal occasions. Watch...
- Skeletons Of The Black Plague
The WashPost has a fascinating new article on the finding of victims of the Black Plague and how one tooth from each victim tells so many secrets - such as what they did for a living, injuries during life and even if they were breast fed. Much more...
- Motivating Your World History Students
I have a great group of freshmen this year, but I always have students who do not understand the importance of education. Since this is a world history class, you might want to show the first few minutes of this film to your students (although you...
- Alexander The Great On Snagfilms
Watch more free documentaries Learning.snagfilms.com allows you to see full length world history movies as well as cut and paste portions of them. You can also get parts of each film and embed them on your blog or PowerPoint....
World History
Hindenburg Disaster on Film
I'm not sure if you will use this in your world history class, but this is a sadly fascinating film of the last few minutes of the flight of the Hindenburg and actual footage of it exploding. I found it, on of all places The Fix, which is the WashPost's best political news page.
- Russian Communists Upset With Indiana Jones
Some Russian Communists are unhappy with the new Indiana Jones film. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened in Russia on Thursday. The communist distaste for the film can be seen at a CNN article titled Indiana Jones movie upsets communists....
- Bbc Nation On Film: The Royal Family
BBC Nation on Film: The Royal Family. This is an archive of film clips of the British royal family, including footage of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The site describes itself, "Meet the Royal Family and celebrate important royal occasions. Watch...
- Skeletons Of The Black Plague
The WashPost has a fascinating new article on the finding of victims of the Black Plague and how one tooth from each victim tells so many secrets - such as what they did for a living, injuries during life and even if they were breast fed. Much more...
- Motivating Your World History Students
I have a great group of freshmen this year, but I always have students who do not understand the importance of education. Since this is a world history class, you might want to show the first few minutes of this film to your students (although you...
- Alexander The Great On Snagfilms
Watch more free documentaries Learning.snagfilms.com allows you to see full length world history movies as well as cut and paste portions of them. You can also get parts of each film and embed them on your blog or PowerPoint....