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Plantations may have made their owners rich, but it was at the expense of the slaves that worked there. They were treated terribly. Rickety houses,...

With a name like Burr, we're not too surprised he ended up being a stone-cold killer. Today's video is all about the duel between Aaron Burr and Al...

Get ready to learn about the biggest breakup the planet has ever seen. It all started with a relationship that the tabloids liked to call "Pangaea"...

We've got visual and auditory learning covered by this video, but we're still working on kinesthetic. Hm...how does one do a video? 

Not every cartoon is meant to entertain small children while their mother gets some "Mommy time." There are also political cartoons, which are mean...

Not every cartoon is meant to entertain small children while their mother gets some "Mommy time." There are also political cartoons, which are mean...

Time periods are super important. What if The Lord of the Rings had taken place in the future? Frodo would have just used his rocket boots to...

Okay, get this. During the Civil War people actually used to march into battle with bands that blasted heroic music in order to inspire the troops...

We know it isn't fun to hear about, but hate groups were and are unfortunately a part of history. And we hate them. But not in a hate-groupy w...

Whether it was the native people or Africans brought over by boat, early European settlers in the U.S. didn't seem to care too much about using peo...

Today we'll learn about the five W's and how and how they're important to reporters. Yes, you read that sentence correctly.

We know what you're thinking, and no, these aren't tribes of people who fly through the air. Those are planes people. Big difference. 

Wow, this Hiawatha guy was like, the nicest person who ever niced. You can bet if we were in his shoes, a Perseus-themed massacre would have ensued.

You do the Cahokia Pokia and you build a giant mound. That's what it was all about...back in the year 1000 apparently.

We don't blame the new settlers for abandoning Roanoke. If we sailed up on a creepy ghost town island like that, we'd be rowin' oak as fast as we c...

No, this isn't a terrible new mint-peach bubble gum flavor...though it does tend to leave a bad taste in people's mouths.

Today we're learning about the "Intolerable Acts." Things like housing British soldiers in colonial homes, closing harbors, and putting caps on "un...

You know 'em, you love 'em, they're the good ol' buckle-hats that settled in the new world. Today we'll learn all about that and the first ever off...

If there's one thing we've seen throughout history, where there's mandatory religion, there tends to be conflict. Just like in the spaghetti wars o...

Today we'll learn all about the colonies in North America. Protip: The middle colonies were totally the best. Moderate weather, more diversity, and...