ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos

Social Studies Videos


Play All
Social Studies 4: What Do Maps Do?
835 Views

Well...not really anything to be honest. They just kind of lay there. If they moved and did things on their own, that'd be pretty alarming. Oh, but...

Social Studies 4: How Experience Shapes Opinions
5 Views

Sometimes when people disagree with you, it's not because they're wrong, they just had a different experience than you did. Maybe they don't like S...

Social Studies 4: Plagiarism and Citing
138 Views

You know how you can't copy someone else's answers on a homework assignment? Well the same goes for publishing someone else's ideas. That is, unles...

Social Studies 4: Local Institutions
6 Views

Today we're learning all about local institutions. You know, important stuff like public libraries. Or even more important, public restrooms. 

Social Studies 4: How to Write a Narrative
21 Views

It is absolutely imperative that you learn how to write a narrative. We're like so bored right now, and a good story would really hit the spot.

Social Studies 4: Population and Location
19 Views

Today we're learning about the study of populations by location. Apparently Washington D.C. is almost 10,000 times as densely populated as Alaska....

Social Studies 4: Water Sources and Geography
24 Views

Where does our water come from? It doesn't just grow on trees...right? If it did, what would you water those trees with?

Social Studies 4: Democracy
28 Views

Today we're learning about democracy. You know, like when you get to vote for the way things are done...or at least vote for people to vote for you...

Social Studies 4: Informative Writing and Organized Research
191 Views

Informative writing is all about sharing information in an easy-to-understand way, and it requires a precise organization of research to be success...

Social Studies 4: Elections in the U.S.
16 Views

Time to watch a video about democratic systems of government. Well, I guess we don't have to watch it. Let's take a vote.

Social Studies 4: Landform Creation and Changes
77 Views

Mountains can be formed by plates colliding and stacking on top of each other. And no, we're not just referring to the "mountains" your mom yelled...

Social Studies 4: Landforms
133 Views

Today we're going to get your butte into gear and teach you all about land forms. Yes, including buttes.

Social Studies 4: Expanding the Power of the National Government
7 Views

Today's lesson is all about government superpowers. You know, like the power to be super...executive. Or super judgey. Okay, so it's not exactly a...

Social Studies 4: Geographies of Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C.
14 Views

Turns out you don't have to be connected to the mainland to be a state, and you can technically live in the United States without...living in a sta...

Social Studies 4: Creation of the National Park Service
18 Views

It turns out people actually like seeing the wilderness rather than turning it into sprawling cityscapes. Go figure. Today's lesson is on the creat...

Social Studies 4: U.S. Geography Subtopics
60 Views

The study of geography in terms of the United States is actually the study of many, many different subtopics. Well…great. That sounds like a lot...

Social Studies 4: Civic Participation
90 Views

The success of any nation depends to a certain degree on civil participation. Although, as we've discovered in the U.S., uncivil participation work...

Social Studies 4 Government Structures of the Fifty States
13 Views

Have you ever looked at our federal government and thought, "Awww...I'll bet if there were little, miniature versions of it they would just be abso...