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[[File:Vlogbrothers at Vidcon 2012.jpg|thumb|The Vlogbrothers, creators of YouTube's ''Crash Course'' series]]
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'''Crash Course'''<ref name=CCYT>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse?feature=watch|title=Crash Course|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref> is an educational [[YouTube]] channel<ref>{{cite web|author=Justin Pot|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/crash-entertaining-youtube-courses-history-biology/|title=Crash Course: Entertaining YouTube Courses On History & Biology|publisher=MakeUseOf|date=April 7, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Victoria McNally|url=http://www.flavorwire.com/270692/10-youtube-channels-you-should-be-watching#1|title=10 YouTube Channels You Should Be Watching|publisher=Flavorwire|date=March 20, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fractuslearning.com/2012/02/29/brothers-history-biology/|title=Meet Two Brothers Who Bring Biology And History To Life|publisher=Fractus Learning|date=February 29, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janko Roettgers|url=http://gigaom.com/video/youtubes-new-tv-stars/3/|title=A first look at YouTube’s new TV stars|publisher=GigaOm|date=February 16, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bart Leib|url=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/scishow-crash-course/|title=Scishow & Crash Course: Why Isn't School This Cool?|publisher=Wired|date=March 23, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janko Roettgers|url=http://gigaom.com/video/youtube-education-channels/|title=Cool for school: Education is a big hit on YouTube|publisher=GigaOm|date=February 1, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref> started by [[Hank Green]] and [[John Green (author)|John Green]] also known as the [[VlogBrothers]]. ''Crash Course'' was one of the 100 initial channels of [[YouTube Original Channel Initiative|YouTube's $100 million dollar original channel initiative]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sam Gutelle|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/10/16/barack-obama-for-america-tumblr-vlog-brothers/|title=Barack Obama Watches The Vlogbrothers|publisher=Tubefilter|date=October 16, 2012|accessdate=October 23, 2012}}</ref> Having finished earlier courses on biology, world history, ecology, and English literature, Hank Green now teaches chemistry and John Green teaches United States history. Crash Course launched a preview on December 2, 2011. {{As of|2013|02|08}}, the CrashCourse YouTube channel has gained over 490k subscribers and ~24 million video views, mostly coming from the ''World History'' segments.<ref name=CCYT/> The series of episodes have been used in classrooms across the world, this is well greeted by "Nerdfighters" across classrooms.
'''Crash Course'''<ref name=CCYT>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse?feature=watch|title=Crash Course|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref> is an educational [[YouTube]] channel<ref>{{cite web|author=Justin Pot|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/crash-entertaining-youtube-courses-history-biology/|title=Crash Course: Entertaining YouTube Courses On History & Biology|publisher=MakeUseOf|date=April 7, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Victoria McNally|url=http://www.flavorwire.com/270692/10-youtube-channels-you-should-be-watching#1|title=10 YouTube Channels You Should Be Watching|publisher=Flavorwire|date=March 20, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fractuslearning.com/2012/02/29/brothers-history-biology/|title=Meet Two Brothers Who Bring Biology And History To Life|publisher=Fractus Learning|date=February 29, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janko Roettgers|url=http://gigaom.com/video/youtubes-new-tv-stars/3/|title=A first look at YouTube’s new TV stars|publisher=GigaOm|date=February 16, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bart Leib|url=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03/scishow-crash-course/|title=Scishow & Crash Course: Why Isn't School This Cool?|publisher=Wired|date=March 23, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janko Roettgers|url=http://gigaom.com/video/youtube-education-channels/|title=Cool for school: Education is a big hit on YouTube|publisher=GigaOm|date=February 1, 2012|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref> started by [[Hank Green]] and [[John Green (author)|John Green]] also known as the [[vlogbrothers]]. ''Crash Course'' was one of the 100 initial channels of [[YouTube Original Channel Initiative|YouTube's $100 million dollar original channel initiative]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sam Gutelle|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2012/10/16/barack-obama-for-america-tumblr-vlog-brothers/|title=Barack Obama Watches The Vlogbrothers|publisher=Tubefilter|date=October 16, 2012|accessdate=October 23, 2012}}</ref> Having finished earlier courses on biology, world history, ecology, and English literature, Hank Green now teaches chemistry and John Green teaches United States history. Crash Course launched a preview on December 2, 2011. {{As of|2013|02|08}}, the CrashCourse YouTube channel has gained over 490k subscribers and ~24 million video views, mostly coming from the ''World History'' segments.<ref name=CCYT/> The series of episodes have been used in classrooms across the world, this is well greeted by "Nerdfighters" across classrooms.


==Crash Course World History==
==Crash Course World History==

Revision as of 15:27, 6 April 2013

For other uses, see Crash Course (disambiguation).
Crash Course
Presentation
Hosted byJohn and Hank Green
GenreEducation
LanguageEnglish
Production
No. of episodes112 (6 series)
Publication
Original releaseJanuary 26, 2012
ProviderYouTube
The vlogbrothers, creators of YouTube's Crash Course series

Crash Course[1] is an educational YouTube channel[2][3][4][5][6][7] started by Hank Green and John Green also known as the vlogbrothers. Crash Course was one of the 100 initial channels of YouTube's $100 million dollar original channel initiative.[8] Having finished earlier courses on biology, world history, ecology, and English literature, Hank Green now teaches chemistry and John Green teaches United States history. Crash Course launched a preview on December 2, 2011. As of 8 February 2013, the CrashCourse YouTube channel has gained over 490k subscribers and ~24 million video views, mostly coming from the World History segments.[1] The series of episodes have been used in classrooms across the world, this is well greeted by "Nerdfighters" across classrooms.

Crash Course World History

Crash Course World History[9] launched on January 26, 2012[10] with "The Agricultural Revolution". Crash Course World History aired a new episode on YouTube every Thursday. Throughout the video John Green explains the topic presented at the beginning of the video. He also "goes" to the Thought Bubble which shows an animation of what he is explaining.[11] John Green is the host and executive producer of the show. Stan Muller is the editor and producer, John Green along with Raoul Meyer, John's former History teacher, write the show and Jason Weidner creates the music for the show. The Thought Bubble creative team is made up of Suzanna Brusikiewicz, Jonathon Corbiere, Allan Levy, James Tuer, Nick Counter and Adam Winnik. Crash Course World History features several recurring themes such as "The Open Letter" which is when John opens "The Secret Compartment" and grabs whatever is in it. The most popular recurring theme is "Unless you are, wait for it, the Mongols". This theme shows a drawing of Mongols shouting "We're the Exception!" followed by a three-second clip of a scene from the 1961 film "The Mongols" depicting a village raid. The Mongol clip entertained viewers so much that t-shirts referencing the meme are available.[12] In Crash Course World History, John frequently tries to get his viewers to not look at history through Eurocentrism, but in a broader context. On May 9, November 22, and December 27, Green uploaded outtakes. The 13th episode of the series was featured in a Mashable article in July 2012.[13] The 31st episode of the series was featured in a Huffington Post article.[14] The series ended on November 9, 2012 after 42 episodes. All of the videos in this series have between 250,000 views to over 1,100,000 views on the first video in the series about the Agricultural Revolution.

Crash Course Biology

Hank Green's web-based biology program, Crash Course Biology, launched on January 30, 2012 with "That's Why Carbon Is a Tramp". A new episode aired on YouTube every Monday until October 22, 2012. A recurring segment on the program is entitled "Biolo-graphy", in which Green relays a short biography of a person who is usually associated with the topic of the overall episode. For the benefit of uncertain viewers, Hank Green links YouTube annotations to every specific subtopic he explains in the video at the conclusion of the episode (the annotations replay the video starting from the particular annotation the viewer selects). On February 13, 2012, Hank Green uploaded "Office Hours: Water"[15] for the purpose of answering additional audience questions. On May 19, 2012, Green uploaded outtakes of the series. In July 2012, a Crash Course Biology episode discussing Comparative anatomy was featured on a Mashable article.[16] In the final episode, Green revealed that the successor series, Crash Course Ecology, would follow in the spirit of the Biology series.[17]

Crash Course Ecology

As noted above, Hank's second course was Crash Course Ecology, following on from Biology. It premiered November 5, 2012, and ran for 12 episodes.

Crash Course English Literature

John's second subject is English Literature, airing as a miniseries which premiered on November 15, 2012. Works that have been covered include Romeo and Juliet, The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, and Emily Dickinson's poetry. There have been two outtake episodes of Crash Course History.

Crash Course U.S. History

On the January 24, 2013 finale of Crash Course Literature, John Green announced that it would be followed by Crash Course U.S. History, beginning the following week on January 31, 2013 with "The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards". Following the series on World History, Green puts an emphasis on maintaining an open and non-Western view for American History.[citation needed][original research?] A new segment called 'Mystery Document' replaces the 'Open Letter'; Green takes a manuscript from the fireplace's secret compartment and reads it aloud, then must guess its author and the source work it is excerpted from. If he is incorrect, he must punish himself by use of a shock pen.

Crash Course Chemistry

In January 2013, Hank Green announced he will soon begin releasing chemistry videos in the style of the biology and ecology series. He talked about the importance of chemistry to the world, and talked about the series in a brief 2 minute preview video.[18] This series will be filmed on a new custom-built set at their Missoula, Montana studio. [19]

List of episodes

Main article: List of Crash Course episodes

References

  1. ^ a b "Crash Course". Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Justin Pot (April 7, 2012). "Crash Course: Entertaining YouTube Courses On History & Biology". MakeUseOf. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Victoria McNally (March 20, 2012). "10 YouTube Channels You Should Be Watching". Flavorwire. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  4. ^ "Meet Two Brothers Who Bring Biology And History To Life". Fractus Learning. February 29, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  5. ^ Janko Roettgers (February 16, 2012). "A first look at YouTube's new TV stars". GigaOm. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  6. ^ Bart Leib (March 23, 2012). "Scishow & Crash Course: Why Isn't School This Cool?". Wired. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  7. ^ Janko Roettgers (February 1, 2012). "Cool for school: Education is a big hit on YouTube". GigaOm. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  8. ^ Sam Gutelle (October 16, 2012). "Barack Obama Watches The Vlogbrothers". Tubefilter. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  9. ^ Chris Higgins (February 9, 2012). "John Green's Crash Course in World History". Mental Floss. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  10. ^ John Green (January 26, 2012). "The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1". YouTube. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  11. ^ "crash course (and more)". January 26, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  12. ^ "Crash Course Mongols Shirt". DFTBA Records. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  13. ^ Allegra Tepper (July 24, 2012). "These 10 Videos Turn Tough Topics Into Child's Play". Mashable. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  14. ^ "John Green's Crash Course In Latin American History Covers Everything You Need To Know (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. September 1, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  15. ^ Hank Green (February 13, 2012). "Office Hours: Water". YouTube. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  16. ^ Allegra Tepper (July 24, 2012). "These 10 Videos Turn Tough Topic Into Child's Play". Mashable. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  17. ^ Green, Hank. "Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth". Crash Course Biology. YouTube. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  18. ^ Green, Hank. "Crash Course Chemistry Preview!". Crash Course. YouTube. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  19. ^ Green, Hank. "Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop)". YouTube. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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