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This collection of video-centered educational materials focuses on the areas of Social Studies and Humanities for grades 6-12+. Explore our Courses (some accredited!), Learning Modules (structured content collections with about a week's worth of material), Teaching Units (educational videos with support materials), and Teachable Moments (short, right-to-the-point videos on one topic).
Educational videos with full teacher's guides.
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3 Keys to Success
Keys for a successful life: education, avoid single parenthood, work full-time.
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America & Mr. Smith
How did economist Adam Smith's ideas influence the founding of America?
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Banned Books – Censored in School
Who should choose what students can read?
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Bee the Change
A free-market economy allows a beekeeper and his family to build a better life for themselves.
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The Bridge of No Return
An incident at the North Korean DMZ leads to the most militarized tree-trimming action in history.
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Delaying World War II
Many nations desperately wanted to avoid a WWII. They appeased Hitler. It didn't last.
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The Drew Carey Project - Vol. 1
Ever think that the government doesn't know best? Drew Carey challenges assumptions!
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Energy Solutions: Who Chooses
Explore the unintended consequences of energy decisions around the world.
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Escape!
A North Korean venture capitalist helps other refugees start businesses and fulfill their dreams.
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Eusebio's Dream
In the mountains of Peru, the Peruvian government has finally granted land titles to farmers.
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Everyone's Space
Host Scott Bakula shows how competition drives innovation - even in space exploration.
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Freedom's Sound
Through entrepreneurship, a former Soviet piano company has to compete in order to survive.
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From Poop to Profits
Explore how entrepreneurs use innovation and determination to turn challenges into opportunity.
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Geography as Destiny
Explore Dr. Thomas Sowell's theory on how geography shapes the success of civilizations.
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George Shultz & the End of the Cold War
George Shultz, trust, and diplomacy - ending the Cold War
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A History Changing Choice
Almost everyone values freedom and equality, but is there a tradeoff between the two?
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I Am Human
As society moves more multiracial, some are declaring they are not one race or another - they are human.
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In the Classroom with David Robinson
This program examines leadership, relationships, and other issues that affect today's teenagers.
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Life Behind the Berlin Wall
Comparing life on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Why did people risk their lives to escape East Berlin?
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Markets Without Borders
Hernando de Soto explores why 2/3 of people are locked out of the capitalist system.
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Monkey Business
Increased economic freedom paved the way for one family to bring the Paul Frank brand to Europe.
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No More Skinny Sheep
Farming subsidies led to the unintended consequence of skinny sheep. How did farmers adapt?
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No Longer OutCastes
Explore how those born into the lowest caste in India are breaking barriers.
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Outside the Box
Eli Steele presents his powerful story of individuality vs. group identity.
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Pax Americana
Learn how the U.S. became the global peacekeeper after WWII, and see what others think.
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People, Power & Prosperity
In Morocco, see the difference between life with electricity and without.
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Question Everything – The Scientific Method
The scientific method, censorship, and stomach ulcers
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Raise the Wage
Explore minimum wage laws: their history, and the potential unintended consequences of them.
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Read All About It!
Why freedom of the press matters in this age of information overload and how/where it began.
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Recalculating
Discover how GPS works and how it was used to secure property rights for the poor in India.
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Recipe for Success
An entrepreneur turns her passion for cooking into one of the strongest corporations in Zambia.
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The Road to Prosperity
Discover how the right to property is essential to economic growth.
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Sustainable Oceans & Seas
How did New Zealand's Quota Management System create a healthier ocean & fish population?
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A Taste of Chocolate
A chance encounter in Communist China leads to one man building a vast empire.
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They've Got Tech: Next-Gen Farmers
How dairy farmers in use technology to improve profit and reduce environmental impact.
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Victoria's Chance
Victoria's dream is to become a doctor. Her parents believe that education is the key to success.
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Volunteer Military
The All-Volunteer force became a reality, but the debate over military conscription continues.
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When China Opened Its Economy
Economic reform has opened China to entrepreneurs to develop cutting-edge technologies.
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When Horses Fly
Learn how airfreight is more than just a way to get consumer goods in a hurry.
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Who Owns the Sea?
Journey to the South China Sea and explore how nations determine property rights.
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Yours and Mine: The Lesson of 1623
The Plymouth Colony learned a valuable lesson about sharing property.
Short, right-to-the-point videos.
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A Better Breathalyzer
Alcohol has an infrared color - new breathalyzer technology.
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Aftermath of the Munich Agreement
What happened after the Munich Agreement?
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Ancient Athens
The Athenians took civic responsibility very seriously.
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Antistatic Room
What's up with antistatic rooms and clothing at tech manufacturers?
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Arabic Contributions to Math & Science
Exploring Arabic contributions to mathematics & science.
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Audio Innovation
Sony Walkmans and creative destruction.
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Beer Brewing and the t-test
Origins of Student's t-test.
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Before Wikipedia – Diderot's Encyclopedia
Denis Diderot created the first encyclopedia.
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Claim Ocean but Don't Enforce
How much ocean can a country claim?
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Combat Camera
Capturing war through a camera lens - Combat Camera.
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Degenerate Art – Unfettered Creativity
After WWI, but before the Nazis, German artistic expression bloomed.
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Estonia Piano Company – Then & Now
Making pianos for the Soviet Union differs from making them for the global market.
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Fake Town - Propaganda
Fake towns and propaganda: North Korea and South Korea.
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From Lindbergh to Xprize
A prize led to the first transatlantic flight, and the Xprize opened competition in the space race.
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Galileo – Reach for the Stars
Galileo helped prove the earth revolves around the sun, but at what cost?
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Gardening Away Food Deserts
An urban farm in Gary, Indiana, grows food for their community.
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George Orwell
Totalitarianism, repression, propaganda, and Orwell.
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Globalization & the Rule of Law
Hernando deSoto explains how rule of law and globalization are tied.
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GPS & Property Rights for Poor
Why property rights matter to the poorest of the poor in India, and how GPS & Google maps helped them.
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Gutenberg Press
Books available to all with the move from hand-scribed to the printing press.
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How the West was Settled
From squatters to landowners: property rights in the American West.
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Inventing the Socratic Method
The legacy of Socrates: question everything.
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Life Without Electric in Developing World
Living without electricity in a small village in the developing world.
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Living Off the Grid
Life off the electrical grid in Oregon.
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Maasi Warriors
The Maasai are warriors and cattle herders.
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Maori Haka
Explore the traditions, particularly the haka, of the Maori people of New Zealand.
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Mutually Assured Destruction
Is anything so feared it could end war?
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North Korea – HyperStalinist Regime?
How North Korea's centrally planned economy impacted its people.
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NZ's Fishing Quota Management System
What is a fishing Quota Management System?
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Orrery
Orrerys are intricate, carefully-balanced mechanical models of the solar system.
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Reading Matters
Why is reading so important? Thomas Sowell explains
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Stasi – Suppressing Freedom
What happens to a society where people are under constant surveillance?
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Steinway Pianos
A story of the beginnings of the Steinway piano company.
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The Day the World Nearly Ended
The day we almost had a nuclear war.
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The Munich Agreement
Explore why the Munich Agreement only delayed, didn't prevent, WWII.
Explore our courses for online learning.
Civics Fundamentals with Judge Douglas Ginsburg
Our free, standards-aligned course to help all learners develop the foundational civics knowledge that every American should have.
CivicsFundamentals.org is a separate website, so you will need to create a new login and password. (Your izzit.org credentials won't work!)
CivicsFundamentals.org is a separate website, so you will need to create a new login and password. (Your izzit.org credentials won't work!)
Structured content collections with about a week's worth of material.
First Amendment
This module explores the rights protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and why they're so important.
The U.S. Constitution & Black History
This module examines how the laws of the United States, starting with the Constitution itself, have impacted the history of black Americans.