— In which John Green teaches you about the Holy Roman Empire by teaching you about Charles V. Charles Hapsburg was the holy Roman Emperor, but he was also the King of Spain. — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Hi, I’m John Green, this is Crash Course World History, and today we’re going…
Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216
— In which John Green teaches you about how Islam has interacted with politics during it’s history, and how it continues to do so today. Islamist movements are in the news a lot lately, but how did that happen. John will point out that Islam has alway been tied to political movements. Mohammed was not…
The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8
— In which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years or so. And while there are two sides to every history, and many of these changes haven’t been great for the other inhabitants of…
Outtakes #4: Crash Course Psychology
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Director: Let’s do it once again without the blink. 00:03 Hank: (Laughs) Now I’m thinking about blinking. Am I blinking? I don’t know! (Laughs) 00:08 Do it one more time without the blink. Blinkblinkblinkblinkblink. (Laughs) 00:12 I cannot – I can no longer not blink. 00:25 They…
Migrations and Intensification: Crash Course Big History #7
— In which Hank and John Green teach you about humanity conquering the Earth. Or at least moving from Africa into the rest of the Earth. As human beings spread out across the world and populations grew, humanity reached a critical mass of innovators, and collective learning took off! All these innovations were great for…
Aggression vs. Altruism: Crash Course Psychology #40
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Let me tell you about Robber’s Cave. In 1954, a group of 11 boys, all about 12 years old, 00:04 were invited to a special summer camp in the deep woods of southeastern Oklahoma, at a 00:09 place called Robber’s Cave State Park. None of the boys…
Prejudice and Discrimination: Crash Course Psychology #39
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 In February 1999, four New York City police officers were on patrol in the Bronx when 00:04 they saw a young black man standing on a stoop. They thought he looked suspicious. When they 00:09 pulled over, he retreated into the doorway and began digging in his…
Social Influence: Crash Course Psychology #38
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 If someone in a position of authority told you to like, stop walking on the grass, you 00:04 would stop walking on the grass, right? And if they told you to help someone’s grandma 00:08 cross the street, or pick up your dog’s poop, or put your…
Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History #6
— In which John Green and Hank Green teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa and turned Earth into a real-life Planet of the Apes. And the apes are people! John and Hank teach you about how humans evolved, and the sort of tricks they picked up along the way like complex…
Social Thinking: Crash Course Psychology #37
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Question: Why do people do horrible things? 00:03 Slave owners, and Nazis, any of the perpetrators of history’s atrocities. How do they so successfully 00:09 dehumanize other people for so long? At a smaller scale, how do bullies in the lunchroom 00:15 manage to treat other kids…
The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History 214
— In which John Green teaches you about railroads, and some of the ways they changed the world, and how they were a sort of microcosm for the Industrial Revolution as a whole. Prior to the invention of steam powered railroads, pretty much all locomotion had been muscle-powered. You either walked where you wanted to…
The Evolutionary Epic: Crash Course Big History #5
— In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about evolution. So, in the last 3.8 billion years, life on Earth has evolved from single-celled prokaryotes to the dizzying array of life we have today. So how did all this happen? We’ll talk about Darwin, evolution, natural selection, and how we got…
Biomedical Treatments: Crash Course Psychology #36
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 If you saw our last lesson on psychotherapy you might be wondering: What happened to Bernice? 00:05 Has she found a way to manage her depression? Is she still wracked with anxiety? 00:08 Well it’s really nice of you to ask. And I’ll tell her you…
Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History #213
— In which John Green teaches you about Imperialism, but not from the perspective of the colonizers. This week John looks at some Asian perspectives on Imperialism, specifically writers from countries that were colonized by European powers. We’ll look at the writings of Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani from the Middle East, Liang Qichao from China,…
Getting Help – Psychotherapy: Crash Course Psychology #35
— — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Bernice has issues, and sure we all do, but hers are getting out of hand. At times she 00:05 goes through bouts of depression that make it hard for her to even get out of bed. Sometimes 00:08 she suffers from serious anxiety around things like test…
The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History #212
— In which John Green talks about the methods of writing history by looking at some of the ways that history has been written about the rise of the West. But first he has to tell you what the West is. And then he has to explain the Rise of the West. And then he…