# What’s Your Go-To YouTube Channel for Teaching History? 🎬 **URL:** \ **Category:** Teachers\ **Created:** [April 6, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70 "2026-04-06T10:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ellisnewton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/ellisnewton/32/70_2.png) [@ellisnewton](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/ellisnewton)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/1 "2026-04-06T10:27:49Z")
Now more than every short visual content is what many students love. We’d love to know, what YouTube channels do you use in your history teaching? - Why do you use them? - What age group are they best for? - What teaching style do they suit? How do you build them into your lessons? I’ll start! 👇 I love using **OverSimplified**. I send a link out a few days before we start a new topic and have students watch it as preparation. The videos are short, funny, and brilliantly simple, they give students a clear overview of the basics before we dive deeper in class. It saves me time creating introductory material, and it means students arrive with some shared foundational knowledge. What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![tulibanerjee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/tulibanerjee/32/71_2.png) [@tulibanerjee](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/tulibanerjee)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/2 "2026-04-07T15:38:28Z")
World History Encyclopedia has their YouTube channel. Whenever I have time I watch. They describe everything beautifully. ---
**Author:** ![OldMapsAndBLTWraps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f6c823/32.png) [@OldMapsAndBLTWraps](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/OldMapsAndBLTWraps)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/3 "2026-07-18T19:37:33Z")
I’ve generally enjoyed NBC News Learn’s channel, although it’s far more U.S. History focused (I love their Simon Bolivar video though). Encyclopedia Britannica has some good videos as well, although a few of them my students found hard to understand. ---
**Author:** ![tulibanerjee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/tulibanerjee/32/71_2.png) [@tulibanerjee](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/tulibanerjee)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/4 "2026-07-19T04:29:43Z")
I used to follow alpha and Omega YT channel. ---
**Author:** ![jvdc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jvdc/32/28_2.png) [@jvdc](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/jvdc)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/5 "2026-07-19T14:43:59Z")
I’m a big fan of the [TED Ed](https://www.youtube.com/@TEDEd) videos (many about history) and I also like [Crash Course World History](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9). ---
**Author:** ![arnoldkanarek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@arnoldkanarek](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/arnoldkanarek)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/6 "2026-08-02T22:37:39Z")
Crash Course is entertaining and engaging for students. ---
**Author:** ![Linawyn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/linawyn/32/161_2.png) [@Linawyn](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/Linawyn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/7 "2026-08-03T08:51:09Z")
Great list! OverSimplified and Crash Course World History are both staples in my classroom too, and TED-Ed works really well for visual learners. A couple I’d add: [Extra History](https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory), whose mini-series format suits a week-long unit nicely, and [Feature History](https://www.youtube.com/@FeatureHistory) for quick overviews when time’s tight. Both fit that same short-and-engaging style people are describing here. ---
**Author:** ![tondalayagilles](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/tondalayagilles/32/214_2.png) [@tondalayagilles](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/tondalayagilles)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/8 "2026-08-03T18:18:12Z")
I am a big fan of William Dalrymple and enjoy the wit and wisdom of The Rest is History and historical documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![jvdc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jvdc/32/28_2.png) [@jvdc](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/jvdc)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-s-your-go-to-youtube-channel-for-teaching-history/70/9 "2026-08-04T08:30:52Z")
I just have to mention here that we know that World History Encyclopedia’s YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia](https://www.youtube.com/channel/@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia) is also used in many schools around the world. We’ve heard from teachers and students that they show our videos in class.