Ancient History Encyclopedia

Ancient History Encyclopedia is an excellent resource for high quality information about ancient world history. It's run by a British nonprofit organization, and is the most visited dedicated history website. It contains articles, videos, interactive maps, and books on natural history. And most of the content is licensed with a Creative Commons license, so it can be used with proper attribution.

TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

TED-Ed is a nice initiative from TED, where educators and film makers come together to create video lessons explaining or uncovering topics, ranging from philosophy and history to mathematics and technology. Also includes the ability to build lessons, where you can design questions that engage students and groups of learners. This can be done for YouTube videos or TED-Ed original videos.

Open Yale Courses

Yale University is offering a number of freely available online courses though its Open Yale Courses initiative. The courses cover topics such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Political Science, Sociology, and Economics. A list of the courses is available here and they are also available on YouTube.

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PBS Documentary: The War of 1812

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The war of 1812 is a little known war fought between 1812-1815 between the United States and the British Empire. Its results are celebrated in some places and forgotten in others. The 2-hour PBS documentary The War of 1812 goes through the history of the war and its repercussions existing till this very day. You can watch the video online for free at PBS Video. More information about the war is available on Wikipedia.