Videos About Global Social Change
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History.com   http://www.history.com/videos   from the tv show. Videos on various history topics.  Some are full episodes.


How stuff works   http://videos.howstuffworks.com/history   has videos about history, geography, health, other topics.


Wide Angle video bank from WNET in NY   http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/video_bank.html   videos of several themes, conflict, migration, human rights, power, economics. Stories about the people.  Also here   http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/category/video/watch-full-episodes/   from PBS


Economic network   http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/teaching/video.htm   on many topics, some of which are history or related.  I also can't seem to load some of them.


Archives.org   http://www.archive.org/details/movies   had movies on lots of topics.  In particular, look at this category   http://www.archive.org/details/newsandpublicaffairs  


Kenneth Pomeranz Explores Reasons Why the Industrial Revolution Succeeded in Europe But Failed in East Asia  
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/03/kennethPomeranz_lecture/  


Academic Earth   http://academicearth.org/subjects/history   has some history lectures of interest.


video lectures  http://videolectures.net/Top/Social_Sciences/    has some lectures that might be of interest, for example, Democracy as a Concept of Political Responsibility of the People.   http://videolectures.net/freedem08_pitsios_dcprp/   except that some of the videos don't say who it is that's speaking, so you can't determine the reliability.


itunes university  http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/   bunch of on line lectures.  I'm not sure how to get specific lectures from here, but many universities seem to have itunes, like
Stanford,   http://itunes.stanford.edu/  
UC Berkely   http://itunes.berkeley.edu/   


youtube education   http://www.youtube.com/education    has some lectures of interest. For example:
   Stanford University lectures   http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stanford+university&aq=f   with some of historical interest

   There is also Utube University   http://www.youtube.com/education?category=University   with some history videos.

  

Youtube has other misc videos of interest, but have to search.
Joseph Stiglitz - Problems with GDP as an Economic Barometer   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUaJMNtW6GA&feature=fvwrel  

The Story of Stuff   http://www.youtube.com/storyofstuffproject   videos on a number of topics. 
One is The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)   http://www.youtube.com/storyofstuffproject#p/a/u/1/k5kHACjrdEY      about how corporations became "people" so they could contribute to political campaigns.   The Story of Stuff project is here   http://www.storyofstuff.org/   which links to videos etc. Don't know why but I can't control volume on the story of stuff website.
   The story of stuff is listed here
   http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/InformationResources/resources.cfm  
   http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/ocean_guardian/resources.html      

Youtube also has a teachers history channel   http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers   by Amy Burvall   http://www.amyburvall.com/  
Some ... interesting presentations, such as
    Ms. Burvall is featured here
        in this fox news story   http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/01/12/pop-songs-history-lessons-youtube-smash/  
        Honolulu magazine story   http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/September-2012/Honolulu-Teacher-Becomes-YouTube-Sensation/  
        Washington Post story   http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/arts-education/learning-the-french-revolution.html  
        Wired   http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/07/revolution-in-france-music-for-history-lovers/  


Recently, youtube has a Crash Course channel.   http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse   wide variety of topics, some related to social change. by John and Hank Green.
    The world history set is here   http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9  
    Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology #3   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8dkWQVFAoA&list=UUX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q&index=14    population growth
    Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ic&list=UUX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q  

    Don't know anything about the Greens, but they or crash course was featured on:
    kqed, public media for northern California   http://www.kqed.org/arts/multimedia/article.jsp?essid=114134  
    Huffington Post   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/john-green-crash-course-latin-american-history_n_1847769.html  
    The Chicago Tribune   http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-18/entertainment/ct-ae-0520-john-green-award-20120518_1_youtube-video-copernicus-solar-system  


Research Channel at you tube   http://www.youtube.com/ResearchChannel  
                The Digital Evolution and International Competitiveness   http://www.youtube.com/ResearchChannel#p/u/20/v4GmvYGXUQM     
                Sherman's march   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqIZWE5s7vY  
        The Research Channel was from U of Maryland, Baltimore County, according to this story   http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2009/11/umbc_in_the_loo_4.html  
        but the site for research channel doesn't appear to be working any more.



American Experience   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/   various topics in US history  


Watch documentary   http://watchdocumentary.org/browse-history-documentaries-1-date.html   videos from various people, don't really know anything about some of them. But some from History Channel too.


C.G.P. Grey has some videos   http://www.youtube.com/user/cgpgrey   kind of related, like the Debt Limit Explained.
  Mr. Grey is mentioned here
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/10-misconceptions-debunked_n_1231651.html  
    http://college.lclark.edu/departments/physics/physics_resources.php  




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