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Any online apps to learn history/ geography/ economics (serious stuff)?

15 pointsby de4sherover 8 years ago
At some point i ran into this game: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bramus.github.io&#x2F;mercator-puzzle-redux&#x2F; ...and now I&#x27;m freaked out by the fact that i know where 95% of the countries in the world are, and what their shape is.<p>Does anyone know such games for learning history, economics... or whatever other adult topics like that? :)

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brylieover 8 years ago
[Khan Academy](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;khanacademy.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;khanacademy.org</a>) has forever free, study at your own pace, courses in many topics.
afarrellover 8 years ago
For learning historical narratives, Youtube is honestly pretty great. Crash Course[1] is good for a broad overview. It presents a fairly coherent narrative and the advantage of this is that you can then relate any other historical narrative to this skeleton. Extra History[2] is a good example of a channel that presents narratives of specific incidents. If you are looking for a channel focusing on one particular period from lots of different angles, The Great War is not bad[3].<p>But none of this is actually going to teach you the skill of inquiry and skeptically reading different competing historical narratives. You kinda do need a class for that. A friend of mine is building a startup to make running one easier: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.beaglelearning.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.beaglelearning.com&#x2F;</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I&amp;list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&amp;index=1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I&amp;list=PLBDA2E52FB...</a> , <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG...</a> , and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPNZwz5_o_5uirJ8gQXnhEO" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPNZwz5_o_5...</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=EbBHk_zLTmY&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5Aq7g4bil7bnGi0A8gTsawu" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=EbBHk_zLTmY&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLh...</a> [3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMK8YelHj6VS6w3KxuKsMvT" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;playlist?list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMK8YelHj6V...</a>
SimpleMindsover 8 years ago
Sadly, looks like all comments misunderstood your question :(<p>I was searching for something like that too, but I didn&#x27;t found anything interesting. Only usual repeat-until-you-remember style games, like famous now duolingo. No real games using what you&#x27;re trying to learn as main mechanic to encourage learning :(
davidc11over 8 years ago
Just launched Duolingo flash cards. haven&#x27;t tried yet. Not just for language other subjects too. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tinycards.duolingo.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tinycards.duolingo.com</a>
roschdalover 8 years ago
Freeciv-web at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.freeciv.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.freeciv.org</a> is a game which could teach some history and geography.