18 TED Ed Video Lessons Ideal for Social Studies Class

Below is a chart we published a few weeks ago featuring some interesting TED Ed lessons social studies teachers can use in class with their students.  These are video lessons created by teachers and educators and cover numerous topics related to social studies. We arranged these resources into three main categories: Geography, History, and Civics. If you rather have an infographic version of this chart, check out this page. Enjoy

Geography:

• How North America got its shape - Peter J. Haproff

• The most lightning-struck place on Earth - Graeme Anderson

• Why is Mount Everest so tall? - Michele Koppes

• What happens when continents collide? - Juan D. Carrillo

• The colossal consequences of supervolcanoes - Alex Gendler

• China so extraordinary - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen

History:

• How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean? - Peter Campbell

• How Magellan circumnavigated the globe - Ewandro Magalhaes

• The missing plague that could have changed history

• History through the eyes of the potato - Leo Bear-McGuinness

• What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen

• The history of museums - J. V. Maranto

Civics:

• Democracy - A short introduction

• What are the universal human rights? - Benedetta Berti

• What does it mean to be a refugee? - Benedetta Berti and Evelien Borgman

• How do US Supreme Court justices get appointed? - Peter Paccone

• Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays? - Jacob Soboroff

• How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman