Old Topics Review
Mankind - Story of All of Us
Mankind: The Story of All of Us is History Channel's Documentary series. Great review for themes and trends Watch the various 3-4 minute clips on specific topics. You can also watch the following complete episodes.
Episode 6-12 are the most relevant for AP Euro. They are entertaining and an informative overview. Great for either introduction to a topic and/or for review.
- Mankind Episode 1 Inventors
- Mankind Episode 2 Iron Men
- Mankind Episode 3 Empires
- Mankind Episode 4 Warriors
- Mankind Episode 5 Plague
- Mankind Episode 6 Survivors
- Mankind Episode 7 New World
- Mankind Episode 8 Treasure
- Mankind Episode 9 Pioneers
- Mankind Episode 10 Revolutions
- Mankind Episode 11 Speed
- Mankind Episode 12 New Frontiers
Crash Course World History
Crash Course -- World History: These are great, often humorous, and information rich, 10 minute videos. Videos 21 - 42 for AP European History
- Crash Course World History Collection (1-42) Videos 21 - 42 for AP European History
Big History - History Channel H2
Big History -- An interesting approach to historical study that explores how one specific topic has had a profound and far reaching effect on how humankind has developed. These 22 minute videos are very good examples of how essays should be structured.
Philosophy - A Guide to Happiness
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness -- This series explains how to apply the abstract philosophies of great thinkers to modern life. A great introduction to the field of Philosophy.
Connections - BBS
Connections -- series on historical cause and effect (v) A very fun approach to history.
Mystery of the Black Death - Discovery Channel
Renaissance
Video:
- Art - The Renaissance and the New World
- Sister Wendy's The Story of Painting - The Age of Genius
- Crash Course World History - The Renaissance
- The Significance of the Impact of Art and the Mona Lisa
- The Medici
- Secrets of the Dead: Michelangelo
- Building of the Great Cathedrals
- Rembrandt - The Power of Art
PowerPoint:
Reformation
Video:
- The Western Tradition - The Reformation
- The Western Tradition - The Rise of the Middle Class
- Sister Wendy's Story of Painting - Two Sides of the Alps
- Martin Luther Documentary
The Age of Exploration & Economic Expansion
Video:
Economic Expansion
- The Rise of Trading Cities
- Sister Wendy's Story of Painting - Passion & Ecstasy
- Crash Course World History - The 15th Century Mariners
- Crash Course World History - The Columbian Exchange
- The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation
The Age of Exploration
- The Conquistadors - BBS
- Biography of Columbus - A&E
- America Before Columbus - National Geographic
- The Great Inca Rebellion - NOVA
- Cortez - The History Channel
- Assignment Discovery - Cortez & the New World
- Guns, Germs, and Steel - The Incas
- Portugal's Great Explorers
Wars of Religion & Politics
- Documentary Series on the wives of Henry VIII
- Secrets of the Virgin Queen (Elizabeth I)
- Sister Wendy's Pains of Glass
- Philosophy - A Guide to Happiness: Montaigne on Self-Esteem
- Battlefield Britain - The Spanish Armada
- English Civil War
- Oliver Cromwell The King Killer
Scientific Revolution
Video:
- Sister Wendy's Story of Painting - The Three Golden Ages
- The Story of Science - What's Out There?
- The Story of Science - What is the World Made Of?
- The Story of Science - How Did We Get Here?
- The Story of Science - Can We Have Unlimited Power?
- The Story of Science - What Is the Secret of Life?
- The Story of Science - Who Are We?
- Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - PBS
- Newton, the Dark Heretic - BBC
- Isaac Newton Biography
State Building & Absolutism
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