How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.

Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America's fight for freedom and equality. But in his personal life, he held over 600 people in slavery. Are his...

How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.

In this video, we'll learn about the US Supreme Court decision in Scott vs Sanford, handed down in 1857. The case ultimately rejected the idea that Black people could be citizens of the United States, and this helped entrench the...

John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous,...

It's 1990. A prospective student has filed a complaint about Virginia Military institute's admissions policy that excludes women. The state argues that VMI's single sex education is an "important governmental objective" and that the...

In which John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with...

Escape was one of the many ways that enslaved people resisted their captivity in the system of American slavery. The Underground Railroad was not literally a railroad. It was a network of people, routes, and safe houses that helped...

Today we're learning about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which brought millions of captive Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, with the largest number of people trafficked between 1700 and 1808. We'll look at...

In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland,...

In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a...

You vote, but then what? Discover how your individual vote contributes to the popular vote and your state's electoral vote in different ways--and see how votes are counted on both state and national levels.

Straddling Virginia and North Carolina is an area that was once described as the "most repulsive of American possessions." By 1728, it was known as the Great Dismal Swamp. But while many deemed it uninhabitable, recent findings suggest...

Disclaimer: This is very different than the usual Crash Course US History episode.



In which John Green lists a whole lot of the battles of the US Civil War in seven and a half minutes. We get a lot of requests for military...

* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography -- to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise....

New ReviewVisit Fredericksburg, Virginia and see where the Civil War battle of Fredericksburg took place and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania national military park

New ReviewVisit Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, where John Brown and his raiders help kickstart the American Civil War.

New ReviewSee where Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!" at St John’s Church in Richmond

New ReviewVisit the famous home of the Lincoln Assassination, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site and the Petersen House in Washington DC.

New ReviewVisit the Manassas National Battlefield Park where the first bloody battle of the Civil War was fought!

New ReviewVisit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum amd Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois and learn about the presidency of the Great Emancipator.

Hamilton expresses concern over the Articles of Confederation and the need for a stronger federal government. In 1787, the second continental Congress convenes to amend the Articles and create a Constitution. The Virginia Plan sparks...

Steve Parks, a professor of English at the University of Virginia and director of the Democratic Futures Project, reflects on his 30-year mission to use education as a tool for strengthening democracy. He believes the classroom has a...

Want to meet some heroes? You will on Episode 3 of The Hero In You – the all-new series that will inspire, touch your heart, and show you that you can be a Hero too! Hosted by Marysol Castro, The Hero...