https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/v/frame-concept-introduction-world-history-project-beta 2026-04-15T12:20:43.64282326Z Frame Concept Introduction Frames are a tool that historians use to sort through, group, and think about long term historical trends. While you watch, answer these questions: 1. What is a frame, and how is it like a map? 2. Why are frames useful? 3. What are the three frames we use in this course? 4. Why is it useful to have more than one frame? 5. Why aren’t frames perfect tools? After you watch, respond to this question: What might be another frame, outside of the three introduced in this video, that could be used to interpret the past and make it usable? World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/Qbu4tAUM89upZL2YOu81YbM9pZkQ1xQxxK74zlun3POXsrJ1Ti_ZNzKI-WpGHgzIYoiDiSXO1T31sVdrbZp5GBi_ Frame Concept Introduction Frames are a tool that historians use to sort through, group, and think about long term historical trends. While you watch, answer these questions: 1. What is a frame, and how is it like a map? 2. Why are frames useful? 3. What are the three frames we use in this course? 4. Why is it useful to have more than one frame? 5. Why aren’t frames perfect tools? After you watch, respond to this question: What might be another frame, outside of the three introduced in this video, that could be used to interpret the past and make it usable? https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/NB-qqY3kV3w.mp4/NB-qqY3kV3w.mp4 466 History Frames | 1.3 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/a/activity-opener-defining-the-frames 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Defining the Frames You may not know much about the frames just yet, but use some hints and your own background knowledge to write some definitions. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/v/communities-frame-introduction-world-history-project-beta 2026-04-13T13:00:35.072001797Z Communities Frame Introduction One of the things that is distinctive about humans is that we live in communities. Communities provide us with support, assistance, and growth. Examples of communities include families, neighborhoods, states, religions, and even online forums. Throughout history, human communities have generally grown, and frequently changed. By exploring the history of communities, this video clearly reveals the role community plays in the present, and the possibilities for building and strengthening communities in the future. Website: https://whp.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/0smexWlxT6pFk7-KiB6gTNMSvTmrtFXTwCokB_kVYOepULUcR1_c5MEa01XH3ovmCVKn6Cz2IP5vDx648eim2IdM Communities Frame Introduction One of the things that is distinctive about humans is that we live in communities. Communities provide us with support, assistance, and growth. Examples of communities include families, neighborhoods, states, religions, and even online forums. Throughout history, human communities have generally grown, and frequently changed. By exploring the history of communities, this video clearly reveals the role community plays in the present, and the possibilities for building and strengthening communities in the future. Website: https://whp.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/nJO2C2Hk7J8.mp4/nJO2C2Hk7J8.mp4 460 History Frames | 1.3 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/v/production-and-distribution-frame-introduction-world-history-project-beta 2026-04-13T13:00:35.072001797Z Production and Distribution Frame Introduction We already know that humans live in communities and share things and ideas across networks. There is another important frame to help you understand human history. In this frame, we look at how we make things and share, sell, or trade them within our communities and across networks. The earth and our universe provided the raw materials. But across history, humans have become increasingly sophisticated in how we produce and distribute goods and tools. But this increasing sophistication has caused some problems that we deal with today. Exploring these changes and problems can orient us to the present and help prepare us for the future. Website: https://whp.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/ctkOuGX-cr_alja_RkufByCTrebPy4dITIbWJKwgatutRWmJIqasB5j9kAqjha5ML4awvSoz0DNonfswN52OlQvr Production and Distribution Frame Introduction We already know that humans live in communities and share things and ideas across networks. There is another important frame to help you understand human history. In this frame, we look at how we make things and share, sell, or trade them within our communities and across networks. The earth and our universe provided the raw materials. But across history, humans have become increasingly sophisticated in how we produce and distribute goods and tools. But this increasing sophistication has caused some problems that we deal with today. Exploring these changes and problems can orient us to the present and help prepare us for the future. Website: https://whp.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/b_lrv-8_ZPQ.mp4/b_lrv-8_ZPQ.mp4 446 History Frames | 1.3 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/v/networks-frame-introduction-world-history-project-beta 2026-04-13T13:00:35.072001797Z Networks Frame Introduction We already know that we humans create and live in different communities. But we also share ideas, material goods, and other things (including people) among communities. Sometimes we share across vast distances. This sharing happens through systems called networks. In general, humans have built larger and larger networks over time, leading up to the global exchange of ideas through the internet. But very small networks, often within this bigger pattern, are also still important today. Website: https://whp.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject World History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/zolqSMglvMP-QZLBtrZJOD0IuohyZncWSE_q6YkAF41LYIGls33lRfE1Upzm2RMybMe3NnzA5Ccfn5JlwNhwe9Y_ Networks Frame Introduction We already know that we humans create and live in different communities. But we also share ideas, material goods, and other things (including people) among communities. Sometimes we share across vast distances. This sharing happens through systems called networks. In general, humans have built larger and larger networks over time, leading up to the global exchange of ideas through the internet. But very small networks, often within this bigger pattern, are also still important today. Website: https://whp.oerproject.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OERProject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OERProject https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/yglvxAN2j6I.mp4/yglvxAN2j6I.mp4 371 History Frames | 1.3 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/a/activity-frame-overview 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Frame Overview Review each frame, consider how the frames relate to each other, and how each frame might change the way you see the world. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/a/activity-closer-draw-the-frames 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Draw the Frames Deepen your understanding of the frames by drawing each of the three and showing the ways they're all linked. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:origins-of-history/x66f79d8a:history-frames-1-3/e/frames-stories-and-scales 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z History Frames Practice your knowledge of how history can be told at different scales and through different frames, and how those stories fit together to explain the past. Jessica Shattuck exercise