Story of the World Volume 4 Video Playlist - Learning Mama

Story of the World Volume 4 Video Playlist – Learning Mama

No need to spend hours searching YouTube for age-appropriate videos to supplement Story of the World Volume 4 — check out this playlist!

Our 3 Year History Cycle & the books that make it work

History should never be boring. History is the study of people – and people always have stories. Stories of individuals, stories of battles, stories of

A brief timeline of the Korean War: 1950-1953

View full sizeKen Marshall, The Plain Dealer At the end of World War II, the Korean Peninsula is occupied by U.S. forces in the south and SovietUnion forces in the north, effectively dividing the nation into two at the 38th…

Hands-On Canadian History: Seven Years War – Plains of Abraham

The Seven Years War and the battle on the Plains of Abraham moved Canada from a French country to an English one. Re-enact it with these printables.

A Literature Approach to Modern U.S. and World History

Looking for a literature approach to learning American and World History history? Introducing Beautiful Feet Books for senior high!

Free Modern American History Curriculum

Free Modern American History Curriculum Modern American History: The Turn of a Century to a New Millennium Welcome to the second post in Free American Histo …

Chapter 1- Britain’s EnglandVictoria’s EnglandAn Illustrated Tour of the Great Exhibition of 1851  The Sepoy Mutiny Chapter 2 – West Against EastJapan Re-OpensSamurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34 The Crimean WarCrimean War Part 1 | Animated History Chapter 3 – British InvasionsTHE GREAT ADVENTURERS – DR DAVID LIVINGSTONE & STANLEY Chapter 4 – Resurrection and RebellionItaly’s “Resurrection”Italian Unification | 3 Minute History How Did Italy Become a Country? The Taiping Rebellion Chapter 5 – The American Civil War Harriet Tubman – A Kids Explains History  Chapter 6 – Two Tries for FreedomParaguay and the Triple Alliance The Dominion of Canada Chapter 7 – Two Empires, Three Republics, and One KingdomThe Other Napoleon – The Life and Times of Napoleon III Chapter 8- Becoming ModernRails, Zones and BulbsThe Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History Japan’s Meiji Restoration Chapter 9- Two More Empires, Two RebellionsThe Dutch East IndiesCapitalism and the Dutch East India Company | Crash Course History The Sick Man of EuropeOttomans Versus Christians: Battle For Europe | Discovery ChannelChapter 10- A Canal to the East and a Very Dry DesertThe War of the PacificWhy Do Peru and Chile Hate Each Other? The Suez CanalSuez Canal | Studies WeeklyChapter 11- The Far Parts of the WorldThe Iron OutlawNed Kelly – I: Becoming a Bushranger – Extra History(There are 4 videos in this series) Carving Up AfricaCongo and Africa’s World War | Crash Course History Chapter 12- Unhappy UnionsIreland’s TroublesIrish Potato Famine The Boers and the BritishBoer Wars in 3 Minutes | 3 Minute History Chapter 13- The Old-Fashioned Emperor and the Red SultanBrazil’s Republic Abdulhamid the RedThe Armenian Massacre Still Haunts Its Last Survivors | National Geographic Chapter 14- Two Czars and Two EmperorsThe Next-to-last Czar of Russia Ethiopia and ItalyFirst Italo-Ethiopian War | 3 Minute History Chapter 15- Small Countries With Large InvadersThe Korean BattlegroundThe Life & Death of Queen Myeongseong | Mrs Q American History The Spanish-American WarSpanish-American War | 3 Minute History Chapter 16- The Expanding United StatesMoving WestWestward Expansion | Crash Course History The Battle at Little Bighorn | History Stocks, Philanthropists, and OutlawsThe Industrial Economy | CrashCourse History Chapter 17- China’s TroublesThe Boxer RebellionThe Boxer Rebellion | It’s History The Czar and the AdmiralPort Arthur: The Fall of Western Supremacy and the Rise of the Japanese Empire Chapter 18- Europe and Countries Just EastPersia, Its Enemies, and Its “Friends”William Knox D’Arcy’s Oil exploration team from Great Britain The Balkan MessThe Balkan Wars | History Abridged Chapter 19- China, Vietnam- And FranceThe Last EmperorPu Yi- The Last Emperor of China The Vietnamese Restoration SocietyFrench Colonisation – The Vietnam War | Discovery UK Chapter 20- Revolution In the Americas… War in the WorldThe Mexican RevolutionMexico in WW1 – The Mexican Revolution | The Great War World War I Chapter 21- A Revolution Begins, and the Great War EndsThe Russian RevolutionMystery of the Romanovs | National Geographic Chapter 22- National UprisingsThe Easter UprisingEaster Rising in 8 Minutes | John D. Ruddy Indian NationalismStory of The A Mahatma Called Gandhi | StoriesForKids(Increase the speed to 1.5 to watch this one!) Chapter 23- “Peace” and a Man of WarThe Peace of Versailles The Rise of Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin, Leader of the Soviet Union | Simple History Chapter 24- The King and Il DuceFascism in ItalyHistory Brief: Benito Mussolini Gains Power in Italy | Read through HistoryCh. 25- Armies in ChinaCommunists, Nationalists, and China’s Revolutions | Crash Course Chapter 26- The Great Crash, and What Came of ItBlack Tuesday and a New DealCharles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis | Reading Through History Hitler’s Rise to PowerHitler’s Rise to Power )1930-1934) | Simple History Chapter 27- Civil War and InvasionRed Spain, Black Spain, a King, and a GeneralSpanish Civil War in 3 Minutes | 3 Minute History Rebuilding the “Fatherland”Germany after the War, 1945-49 is a 1 1/2 hour documentary that looks good. I haven’t previewed the whole thing for suitability yet, so as always, use your discretion.Chapter 28- The Second World WarThe Three-War WarHow did Japan Invade China in WWII? | Animated History(Note: this video mentions rape)  The HolocaustWho Was Anne Frank? | History Chapter 29- The End of World War IIThe War that Stretched Across the WorldThe Fallen of World War II(This video provides an amazing visual representation of the casualties of the Second World War, breaking the numbers down by time, country and civilian vs military deaths. Your middle schoolers will love this (as will high schoolers & adults!) CrashCourse World History also has quite a few videos about World War II.The Atom BombA Brief History of the Atomic Bomb | NBC News Chapter 30- Partitioned CountriesMuslims and Hindus in IndiaDecolonization and Nationalism Triumphant | CrashCourse(Discussion of partition in India begins at around 4:30) The Partitioning of Palestine Chapter 31- Western Bullies and American MoneyThe Suez CrisisSuez Crisis Part 1 | Epic History TV The Marshall PlanThe Marshall Plan Explained The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall | TED-Ed Chapter 32- Africa and China After World War IIOne Country, Two Different Worlds Apartheid Explained Two Republics of ChinaWhat Was China’s Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent? | NowThis World Chapter 33- Communism in AsiaHo Chi Minh and the Viet Minh & The Korean WarThe Cold War in Asia | Crash Course Chapter 34- Dictators in South America and AfricaArgentina’s President and His WifeEva Peron – Former First Lady of Argentina | Biography Freedom in the Belgian CongoCongo and Africa’s World War | CrashCourse Chapter 35- The Cold WarThe Space RaceThe Space Race | KnowledgeHub Thirteen Days in OctoberThe History of the Cuban Missile Crisis | TED-Ed Chapter 36- Struggles and AssassinationsThe Death of John F. KennedyJohn F Kennedy Biography for Kids Civil RightsCivil Rights and the 1950s | CrashCourse Rosa Parks – Civil Rights Activist | Biography Chapter 37- Two Short Wars and One Long OneThe Vietnam War Trouble in the Middle EastYom Kippur War | 3 Minute History Chapter 38- Two Ways of FightingSoviet InvasionsWhat Was The KGB and Why Was it So Feared? | NowThis World TerrorismMunich Massacre – The Story of the 1972 Olympics | Flash Back Chapter 39- The 1980s in the East and the MideastIndia After Partition Iran and IraqWhat Happened in the Iran-Iraq War? | History Chapter 40- The 1980s in the USSRChernobyl and Nuclear PowerWhat Caused the Catastrophic Nuclear Accident in Chernobyl | The Infographics Show The End of the Cold WarThe Nuclear Threat – The Shadow Peace Chapter 41- Communism Crumbles- but SurvivesDemocracy in China?What Happened in Tiananmen Square? | NowThis World Communism CrumblesThe Collapse of the Soviet Union | Reading Through History Chapter 42- The End of the Twentieth CenturyThe First Persian Gulf WarWhat Happened in the Persian Gulf War? | History Africa, IndependentNeleson Mandela – Civil Rights Activist & President of South Africa | Biography There are many other great history videos that I didn’t include here, simply because they don’t correlate directly with the Story of the World Volume 4 chapters. There are lots of great Biographies your children will enjoy, as well as videos by Liberty Kids and Drive Through History. One of our favourite sources of history videos is Crash Course, and they have a lot of great ones that don’t fit neatly into the chronologic, Story of the World format. Check out their more topical videos on such subjects as decolonization and globalization.More Story of the World Resources:The Ultimate Guide to Using Story of the World in Your Homeschool
How to Use Story of the World with Multiple Ages
Story of the World Volume 1 Notebooking Pages
Story of the World Volume 3 Notebooking Pages
Story of the World Volume 4 Notebooking Pages
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