This 17-minute video lesson discusses Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia. [History playlist: Lesson 24 of 26]
This 17-minute video lesson covers part 1 of Sal's series on the French Revolution: from the Convocation of the Estates General to the storming of the Bastille. [History playlist: Lesson 14 of 26]
This 16-minute video lesson presents part 2 of Sal's series on the French Revolution. It covers the royals trying to escape, the Champ De Mars Massacre, the Declaration of Pillnitz, and the movement towards becoming a Republic. [History playlist: Lesson 15 of 26]
This 23-minute video lesson presents part 3 of Sal's series on the French Revolution. It covers the Reign of Terror. [History playlist: Lesson 16 of 26]
This 23-minute video lesson is Sal's 4th and final video on the French Revolution. It covers the rise of Napoleon. [History playlist: Lesson 17 of 26]
This 27-minute video lesson is part 1 of Sal's overview of the Haitian Revolution. It covers the slaves rebellion in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) and the rise of Toussaint. L'Ouverture. [History playlist: Lesson 18 of 26]
This 17-minute video lesson concludes Sal's overview of the Haitian Revolution. It covers Dessalines taking on Leclerc and Rochambeau. [History playlist: Lesson 19 of 26]
This 16-minute video lesson looks at how the Sixth Coalition forces Napoleon into exile on Elba. [History playlist: Lesson 25 of 26]
This 16-minute video lesson looks at Napoleon and the War of the Fourth Coalition. It shows how Napoleon takes on Prussia and Russia and wins again. [History playlist: Lesson 22 of 26]
This 22-minute video lesson covers Napoleon and the war of The Third Coalition. It explains how Napoleon leads France to become the dominant power in Europe. Napoleon I becomes Emperor of France. [History playlist: Lesson 21 of 26]
This 13-minute video lesson covers Napoleon and the wars of The First Coalition and The Second Coalition against France. It focuses on Napolean's role. [History playlist: Lesson 20 of 26]
This 20-minute video lesson looks at Napoleon's Peninsular Campaigns and how French forces became embroiled in the Iberian Peninsula. [History playlist: Lesson 23 of 26]
This 8-minute video lesson considers Thomas Malthus's views on population growth and discusses Malthusian limits. [History playlist: Lesson 26 of 26]
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So we know that sociology is the study of society, but what exactly *is* a society? Today we’re going to find out. We’ll look at Gerhard Lenski's classification of societies into five types, and the technological changes that turn one into another. We’ll also return to Marx, Weber, and Durkheim to consider how they understood societal change. Finally, we’ll explore Durkheim's concept of social solidarity.
How do we teach students to identify fake news?
In a world where it is increasingly dangerous to simply trust what we read and see.
There is a fact sheet available for download as well.
This short video from CBC talks about how to talk about Indigenous people in Canada.
"Human rights stories are all around us. We explore contemporary and historic human rights stories, from Canada and around the world."
This resource from The Canadian Museum for Human Rights explores numerous stories about Indigenous Perspectives (treaty education, witness blanket, UN Rights of Indigenous, Mincome, reconciliation, veterans, etc. ), Social Justice (BLM, misogyny, racism, genocide, antisemitism, Holodomor, refugees, etc.)
Each story contains information, artifacts, images, and questions to guide your thinking. It also links to related stories for further exploration.
In which Stan Muller subs for John Green and teaches you about energy and humanity. Today we discuss the ideas put forth by Alfred Crosby in his book, Children of the Sun. Historically, almost all of the energy that humans use has been directly or indirectly generated by the sun, whether that be food energy from plants, wind energy, direct solar energy, or fossil fuels. Stan looks into these different sources, and talks about how humanity will continue to use energy in the future as populations grow and energy resources become more scarce.
"Le projet Héritage, qui s’étale sur 10 ans, vise la numérisation et l’accès en ligne de certains fonds d’archives du Canada parmi les plus consultés. Comptant environ 40 millions de pages de documents sources primaires, ces collections racontent l’histoire de la nation et de sa population depuis les années 1600 jusqu’au milieu des années 1900. Aussi représentent-elles une ressource importante et unique pour les historiens, les étudiants et les généalogistes du Canada."