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Simple History

Simple History visualizes the past, bringing history to life through animation. Witness how people lived throughout history: their culture, developments in technology, epic battles and events. Explore what it was like to be in the trenches of the First World War, a plundering pirate in the Caribbean, or a factory worker in the Industrial Revolution!

Three red, black, and gold medals hang in a row. Two cross-shaped medals stand on either side of a medal with wide spokes over a flower-like circle.
14 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Slide shows white text highlighted in red on a blue background that reads, "NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Cold War."
3 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Man wears an eyepatch and uniform as he grits his teeth and holds up a weapon in each hand. Soldiers lay on city street behind him. Text reads, "The One-Eyed Scout Who Liberated a Whole Town By Himself."
10 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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9 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Adolf Hitler looks towards us with an angry expression as men in military uniforms stand around him. Text reads, "Operation Valkyrie. The Plot to Kill Hitler."
9 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Closeup of Teddy Roosevelt squinting behind round glasses. Text reads, "Teddy Roosevelt, the President Who Kept Reading A Speech After Being Shot."
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Roman soldier wears a helmet and armor as he grits his teeth and holds up a sword. Text reads, "Roman Legionary. First Century BC to Third Century AD."
14 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
People in military uniforms hold up weapons angrily in the foreground while others march and carry flags through a city plaza in the background. Text reads, "The Russian Revolution, 1917."
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Soldiers in green and off-white uniforms stand in rows and hold weapons in a green field. Text reads, "Siege of Jadotville. Thirteen to Seventeen September 1961."
9 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
White text on a black background dotted with stars reads, "The Space Race."
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Soldier looks at us from behind a face mask as he carries weapons in his hands and backpack. Text reads, "Spetsnaz, Soviet Afghanistan War. 1979 to 1989."
11 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Soldiers holding up rifles hide behind a column and a tree as they approach men lined up in the background. Text reads, "The Tet Offensive, 1968."
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
White tombstone between two paths lined with trees reads, "Here Rests in Honored Glory an American Soldier Known but to God."
12 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Man wearing a white helmet parachutes in a clear blue sky. Text reads, "U-2 Incident. The Cold War, May 1st, 1960."
3 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Soldier wears a helmet and holds a weapon in front of a wall lined with military uniforms. Text reads, "Uniform of the American G.I. on D-Day."
6 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Slide shows white text on a black background, "The Vanished Battalion of Gallipoli."
10 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Slide shows black text over an American flag that reads, "The Vietnam War Draft."
2 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
White text highlighted in red over a gray map of the Eastern Hemisphere with a gold crest in the middle reads, "The Warsaw Pact. Formation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The Cold War."
2 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Slide shows a brown circle with a detailed drawing in the background of blue highlighted text that reads, "What was The Thing? The Cold War."
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Soldier stands in the background of text that reads, "What Was the Most Decorated U.S. Combat Unit in World War Two?"
14 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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