Yeah, that's what we watch today instead of reading history books.
I like the idea, but I prefer a book any day. Unless it was an extremely well done video explaining the event,era,etc.
Most history videos on youtube are like that one - made for middle schoolers. The problem with educational videos like that is that they have to operate under the assumption that the average person watching is not doing it for their own historical interest, but for school or entertainment purposes, therefore requiring them to tone down the technical historical talk a bit and make them more funny and goofy to keep people interested. This degrades the quality of the video quite a bit. This is something we can see quite clearly in John Green's Crash Course videos, which have the potential to be extremely educational and informative, but just end up being silly and dumbed down to capture audiences with an attention span not tailored for dense history. It's quite a shame - there are some good channels on youtube who focus more on analysis and discussion rather than basic level education, but they're few and far between. I wish more people were interested in history.
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