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History

Age of Enlightenment

Isaac Newton

• Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs: Sir Isaac and The Apple

Jeremy Bentham

• Seinfeld: George Eats Garbage

Age of Exploration

Virginia Colony

• The New World: Founding of Jamestown

Age of the Enlightenment

Influence on Democratic Thought

• Higher Learning: No Special Treatment

Jeremy Bentham

• Black Mirror: Human Rating System

Social Contract

• Seinfeld: Airport Pickup
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Superman's Lack of Care

Thomas Hobbes

• The Walking Dead: Negan's Introduction

American History

Alien and Sedition Acts

• John Adams: Alien and Sedition Acts

Boston Massacre Trial

• John Adams: Boston Massacre Trials

Colonial Times

• Good Will Hunting: Will Hunting on American History
• Schoolhouse Rock!: No More Kings

Declaration of Colonial Rights

• John Adams: Declaration of Colonial Rights

Declaration of Independence

• Liberty's Kids: Voting For Independence
• Schoolhouse Rock!: Fireworks
• John Adams: Declaration of Independence

Dust Bowl

• The Dust Bowl: How The Dust Bowl Began
• The Dust Bowl: Environmental Conservatism

Financial Crisis of 2007-2008

• The Big Short: Jenga

Fireside Chats

• All in the Family: I Wanna Sit In My Chair

First Continental Congress

• John Adams: Declaration of Colonial Rights

Great Depression

• The Grapes of Wrath: I'll Be There Speech
• The Grapes of Wrath: They're Paying Good Wages
• Seabiscuit: The Stock Market Crash of 1929

Immigration

• Schoolhouse Rock!: The Great American Melting Pot
• West Side Story: America

Infamy Speech

• Pearl Harbor: Infamy Speech

Intolerable Acts

• John Adams: Coercive Acts

Iran Hostage Crisis

• Argo (2012): Iran Hostage Crisis

Jay Treaty

• John Adams: The Jay Treaty

Mexican-American War

• One Man's Hero: Attending Mass

New York Draft Riots of 1863

• Gangs of New York: Innocent Citizens Hanged
• Gangs of New York: The Draft Riots

Olive Branch Petition

• John Adams: Drafting of the Olive Branch Petition

Pearl Harbor Retaliation

• Pearl Harbor: We Are at War

Proclamation of Rebellion

• John Adams: Olive Branch Petition

Prohibition

• Bet You Didn't Know: Prohibition Era
• The Simpsons: Prohibition in Springfield

Rally for Independence

• John Adams: Let Me Have a Country Speech
• Give Me Liberty: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!

Salem Witch Trials

• The Simpsons: Witch Trials
• The Ben Stiller Show: The Witches of Salem

Scopes Trial

• Inherit the Wind: Colonel Drummond Speech

Second Continental Congress

• Liberty's Kids: The Second Continental Congress

Segregation

• The Help: Bathroom Segregation

Stock Market Crash of 1929

• It's a Wonderful Life: Bank Run
• Seabiscuit: The Stock Market Crash of 1929

The American Revolution

• April Morning: Midnight Ride
• Bet You Didn't Know: Revolutionary War Fun Facts
• Schoolhouse Rock!: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
• Schoolhouse Rock!: No More Kings

U.S. Presidents

• Animaniacs: The Presidents Song

Watergate Scandal

• All the President's Men: Freedom of the Press
• Frost/Nixon: Watergate Questioning

Westward Expansion

• Far and Away: The Oklahoma Land Rush

Women's Suffrage

• Iron Jawed Angels: Everyone's Tired
• Schoolhouse Rock!: Sufferin Til Suffrage
• Iron Jawed Angels: Force Feeding

XYZ Affair

• John Adams: XYZ Affair

Ancient Greece

Alexander the Great

• Alexander: Conquer Your Fear

Phalanx

• Alexander: Phalanx Formation

Ancient Rome

Architecture

• Angels & Demons: The Pantheon

Battle of Cannae

• Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare: Hannibal's Military Strategy

Caesar's Civil War

• Rome (2005): Caesar Rallies Support

City of Rome

• David Macaulay: Roman City: The Grandeur of Rome

Culture

• Luther: Martin Luther Visits Rome

Fall of the Roman Empire

• Crash Course: World History: The Fall of Rome

First Triumvirate

• Rome (2005): Caesar Rallies Support

Grid Plan

• David Macaulay: Roman City: Roman City Design

Herald

• Rome (2005): Announcing Prince Herod's Visit
• Rome (2005): Roman Empire Updates

Roman Army

• Ben Hur (2016): The March

Roman Culture

• Rome (2005): Announcing Prince Herod's Visit
• Rome (2005): Roman Empire Updates

Roman Religion

• David Macaulay: Roman City: Omens in the Woods

Second Punic War

• Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare: Hannibal's Military Strategy

British History

King Charles I

• Cromwell: King Charles I Dissolves Parliament

King Charles II

• Charles II: The Power and The Passion: Parliament Is Dissolved

London

• Bet You Didn't Know: London On Top

"We shall fight on the beaches" Speech

• Darkest Hour: Winston Churchill's Speech
• Into the Storm (2009): We Shall Never Surrender

Women's Suffrage

• Sufragette: No Right to Vote

Chinese History

Qin Dynasty

• The Emperor and the Assassin: A Unified China

Qin Shi Huang

• The Emperor and the Assassin: Ying Zhen's Aspirations
• The Emperor and the Assassin: A Unified China

Cold War

Vietnam War

• Platoon: Hell is the Impossibility of Reason
• Forrest Gump: Forrest in Vietnam

Communism

The Communist Manifesto

• The Young Karl Marx: Writing of the Communist Manifesto

European Exploration

Influence of Catholic Church

• The Borgias: Coronation of Pope Alexander VI

Slavery

• Roots (1977): Mutiny on a Slave Ship

French History

French Revolution

• The French Revolution: Part 2: Marie Antoinette's Execution
• The French Revolution: Part 2: Saint-Just's Speech
• History of the World: Part I: Poverty in Paris

Marie Antoinette

• The French Revolution: Part 2: Marie Antoinette's Execution

German History

Berlin Wall

• Bridge of Spies: Crossing the Wall

History of Aviation

Amelia Earhart

• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: The Name Is Amelia

Chuck Yeager

• The Right Stuff: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Monoplane

• The Spirit of St. Louis: Building the Spirit

History of Computing

IBM and Microsoft Meeting

• Pirates of Silicon Valley: Meeting with IBM

History of Radiation

Marie Curie

• Animated Hero Classics: Marie Curie

Imperialism

Resistance

• Princess Kaiulani: The Princess Gives an Impassioned Speech

Indian History

Indian Self-Rule Movement

• Gandhi: The Father of a Nation

Mahatma Gandhi

• Gandhi: Non-Violence Speech

Industrial Revolution

Reactions to Industrialization

• The Young Karl Marx: Meeting with Marx and Engels

Latin American History

Mexican-American War

• One Man's Hero: Attending Mass

Mexican Revolution

• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Chicken Thieves

Mayan Civilization

Human Sacrifice

• Apocalypto: Sacrifice Ritual

Mayan Religion

• Apocalypto: Taking Captives Through the City

Medieval Japan

Bushido

• The Last Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

Feudalism

• 47 Ronin: Feudal Japan Overview

Isolation

• Silence: An Ugly Woman

Samurai

• The Last Samurai: From the Moment They Wake Up

Nationalism

Israel/Palestine

• Munich: Home Is Everything

Postcolonialism

Sierra Leone Civil War

• Blood Diamond: Blood Diamond Trade

Precedent

Learning from the Past

• Pinky and the Brain: A Meticulous Analysis of History

Renaissance

Cosimo de Medici

• Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants: Sink or Float

Harlem Renaissance

• The Great Debaters: Revolution

Michelangelo

• Animaniacs: Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

Scientific Revolution

• Galileo: Galileo's Heliocentric Model
• Animated Hero Classics: Galileo Cannot Teach
• Animated Hero Classics: Concern with Galileo's Teachings

Rwandan History

Rwandan Civil War

• Hotel Rwanda: Hutus and Tutsis

Scientific Revolution

Galileo

• Animated Hero Classics: Concern with Galileo's Teachings

Inoculation

• John Adams: Smallpox Inoculation

Spanish History

The Spanish Inquisition

• Monty Python: Confess!
• History of the World: Part I: Spanish Inquisition Overview

Stone Age

Paleolithic Period

• 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Dawn of Man

The Reformation

Indulgences

• Luther: Selling Indulgences
• Luther: Martin Luther Visits Rome

Martin Luther in Rome

• Luther: Selling Indulgences

Printing Press

• Luther: Selling Indulgences

Twentieth Century

Fascism

• The Great Dictator: The Barber's Speech

Women's Liberation Movement

• Black-ish: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That

West Africa

Slavery

• Amistad: Kidnapped and Sold

World History

Witches

• Bet You Didn't Know: History of Witches

World War I

• Bet You Didn't Know: World War I Overview

World Religions

Islam

• The Message: Muhammad Completes Islam
• The Message: The First Call to Prayer

World War I

Cavalry

• War Horse: Supporting the War Effort

Trench Warfare

• All Quiet on the Western Front: Fighting in the Trenches

World War II

Adolf Hitler

• Downfall: Shocked by Treason
• Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi: The Making of the Nazi

Anne Frank

• The Diary of Anne Frank: Our Blessed Radio

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

• Anne Frank: The Train Journey

Codebreaking

• The Imitation Game: Finding a Pattern

Code Talkers

• Windtalkers: Call in the Code

D-Day

• The Longest Day: The British Invasion

Enigma Machine

• Breaking the Code: The Enigma Has To Be Broken

German U-boats

• Family Guy: Stealing The U-boat

Himmler's Betrayal

• Downfall: Shocked by Treason

Holocaust

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: Gas Chamber
• Schindler's List: Helen Hirsch
• Schindler's List: Save One Life, Save the World Entire
• Schindler's List: Bach or Mozart
• The Pianist: Play For Me
• Anne Frank: The Train Journey
• Freedom Writers: Miep Gies Deemed Heroic

Japanese Imperialism

• Pearl Harbor: War is Inevitable

Kristallnacht

• The Book Thief: Hitler Youth Choir Scene

Nazi Propaganda

• The Book Thief: Hitler Youth Choir Scene
• The Pianist: Permitted to Stand
• Inglourious Basterds: The Jew Hunter
• Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi: The Making of the Nazi
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: Continue Reading

Pearl Harbor Attack

• Pearl Harbor: We Are at War

United States Propaganda

• The Thrifty Pig: Thrifty Pig

US Entrance

• Pearl Harbor: Infamy Speech
• Pearl Harbor: We Are at War