History of the World in Two Hours (A&E Home Video)

History of the World in Two Hours is a perfect resource to understand and learn about the origin of our planet, beginning 13.7 billion years ago and leading up to current time.

This engaging and exciting video conveys information about the history of the planet and mankind in ways that hold students' attention and enhance learning.

The audio and visual elements of this video production appeal to multiple senses, and the video notes are written so students remain engaged and connected with the instructional material.

The prompts are timed at one minute to one-and-a-half minutes apart. Answers (in alphabetical order) are provided in the right-hand column, so students won't continually be asking, "what did they say?"

For you, as the teacher, all the prep work has been done. A teacher's edition (TE) with answers is provided. For your students, you simply need print out the student edition and hand them out. This video resource will save you hours in preparation. You can design follow-up activities to this instructional video, such as having students describe in a writing exercise 2 to 3 facts they found especially interesting, or they can discuss in small groups and then present to the class the relationship between a past historical event and how that event impacts us today.