Famous Landmarks for Kids - By CrashCourse
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00:0-1 | wherever I go , I like to look for things | |
00:02 | called landmarks , which is what this video is all | |
00:05 | about . And you might be wondering what is a | |
00:08 | landmark ? What are landmarks ? Well , landmarks are | |
00:11 | things that help you identify where you are . For | |
00:14 | example , if you see this landmark called the Eiffel | |
00:18 | Tower , you know you are in paris France or | |
00:21 | if you see Big Ben , you know you are | |
00:24 | in London England in this video , we are going | |
00:27 | to be learning about famous landmarks . Let's start out | |
00:31 | with a natural landmark that is incredibly powerful . Niagara | |
00:36 | Falls . So what exactly is Niagara Falls ? Well | |
00:42 | , it is a group of three waterfalls on the | |
00:45 | border of the United States and Canada . Here , | |
00:49 | we'll show you on the map . Niagara Falls is | |
00:51 | right here on the map , on the border of | |
00:54 | Canada and the United States . One of the falls | |
00:58 | is mostly in Canada . The other two are in | |
01:01 | the United States . The biggest waterfall of the three | |
01:07 | is called horseshoe falls or Canadian Falls , depending on | |
01:10 | who you ask . It is called horseshoe falls because | |
01:13 | of its shape . It looks like a horseshoe . | |
01:16 | Many people also call it Canadian falls because most of | |
01:20 | it is in Canada . Now , horseshoe falls is | |
01:23 | huge . Okay , It is 2590 ft wide , | |
01:28 | with a drop of 187 ft . Horseshoe falls isn't | |
01:33 | just big , it is powerful . In fact , | |
01:36 | horseshoe falls is the most powerful waterfall in all of | |
01:40 | North America . You can see the power of horseshoe | |
01:46 | falls by seeing just how much missed is generated by | |
01:50 | the falls so much missed . Mhm . The other | |
01:57 | two waterfalls are american falls and bridal veil falls . | |
02:02 | Both of them are on the United States side . | |
02:05 | They are much smaller than horseshoe falls . American falls | |
02:08 | is the largest of the two and is called american | |
02:11 | falls because it is on the american side of the | |
02:14 | border , bridal veil falls is the smallest of all | |
02:18 | and is called bridal veil falls because it looks like | |
02:22 | the veil that a bride wears at a wedding . | |
02:27 | Now , here is a super easy fact to remember | |
02:31 | the waterfalls are on the Niagara River . Okay , | |
02:34 | Niagara Falls , Niagara River . Alright , real easy | |
02:38 | . Really simple . Okay , share that fact with | |
02:41 | your friends . Okay now catch this . If you | |
02:45 | ever visit , you can ride on a boat on | |
02:47 | the Niagara River and see the falls up close . | |
02:51 | Everyone has to wear a poncho because you'll get wet | |
02:54 | . The amount of mist that comes from the falls | |
02:57 | is amazing . Speaking of visiting , did you know | |
03:04 | over 30 million people visit Niagara falls every year . | |
03:09 | It is one of the most inspiring natural wonders in | |
03:12 | the world Now , through the years , not everyone | |
03:18 | has come just to visit . Okay , for example | |
03:21 | , 11 people have walked a tightrope across Niagara falls | |
03:26 | . Tightrope walking is when someone walks across a very | |
03:29 | thin rope , it requires amazing balance and focus . | |
03:33 | A man named Charles Blondin is pictured here walking a | |
03:37 | tightrope across Niagara falls while carrying his manager on his | |
03:44 | back . Can you imagine being that guy , thankfully | |
03:47 | Charles Blondin and his manager made it across safely . | |
03:51 | Charles Blondin walked across Niagara falls on a tightrope many | |
03:56 | times . Yeah , One lady named Annie Edson . | |
04:01 | Taylor also did something dangerous with the falls in 1901 | |
04:06 | . You can see her picture here . She got | |
04:08 | in a barrel and rode down the falls . That's | |
04:12 | right . She was the first person to do that | |
04:15 | and she survived although she did get hurt if you | |
04:21 | visit the falls , just look at the falls . | |
04:25 | Okay ? They are beautiful . Just look at them | |
04:28 | and if you think they look beautiful during the day | |
04:30 | , they are lit at night . Those are LED | |
04:33 | lights and they look almost magical . Wow . Niagara | |
04:37 | Falls . Okay . Yeah . This guy isn't allowed | |
04:41 | to visit Niagara Falls . It's for your safety . | |
04:44 | Okay . You just shouldn't go . You'd be tempted | |
04:47 | unless if you promise just to look at them like | |
04:50 | everyone else . All right , okay . We have | |
04:53 | one more fact about Niagara Falls to share with you | |
04:57 | something we referenced at the beginning of the video , | |
05:00 | Niagara Falls generates a lot of electricity . The type | |
05:07 | of power generated by Niagara Falls is called hydro electricity | |
05:13 | . That's a fancy name . Hydro electricity . The | |
05:16 | fast movement of the water allows the generators at the | |
05:20 | plants to make electricity . Hydro electricity is electricity that | |
05:26 | is powered by water . Niagara Falls a beautiful place | |
05:32 | , an incredible natural wonder and also a source of | |
05:35 | energy and electricity to the surrounding areas . Mhm . | |
05:40 | The next landmark we are learning about is Big Ben | |
05:46 | . We are talking about one of the most famous | |
05:49 | clock towers in the world . It's called Big Ben | |
05:53 | . Big Ben might sound more like a nickname for | |
05:56 | the kid next door that Fido is scared of . | |
05:58 | Okay . But it's this clock tower . It is | |
06:03 | part of a very special building in London called the | |
06:06 | Palace of Westminster . It is located in the north | |
06:11 | end of the palace . So this huge clock tower | |
06:16 | at the Palace of Westminster in London . Why is | |
06:20 | it called Big Ben ? That's a good question to | |
06:23 | be honest . We don't know . No seriously we | |
06:27 | don't , no one does . There are rumors and | |
06:29 | stories but we don't know for sure . Even stranger | |
06:34 | . The real name for the tower is Elizabeth Tower | |
06:37 | . A name it was given in 2012 in honor | |
06:41 | of the queen queen Elizabeth the second before that , | |
06:47 | it was simply called the Clock tower by many . | |
06:50 | Which is a very honest name , isn't it ? | |
06:53 | That is exactly what Big Ben is . It's a | |
06:56 | clock tower . Now , while we may not know | |
06:59 | why it is called Ben , we do know why | |
07:02 | it is called Big . It is 315 ft tall | |
07:08 | . That's huge . Of course The clock itself is | |
07:12 | massive . To the hour hand is nine ft long | |
07:15 | and the minute hand is 14 ft hug , wow | |
07:21 | , that's a big clock . Yeah . Not only | |
07:25 | is the clock huge . It is lit at night | |
07:28 | . It's like a huge night light for the people | |
07:31 | of London . People from all over London can see | |
07:34 | what time it is by looking at Big Ben in | |
07:38 | the evening . Well , here's a question . So | |
07:41 | , okay , How long has Big Ben Ben around | |
07:45 | . Okay , when did they build this clock tower | |
07:47 | ? When did they build this thing ? Well , | |
07:49 | here's a hint . It is . Super old . | |
07:52 | Super old . No offense Big Ben , But you | |
07:56 | are a very old clock tower . So when was | |
08:00 | it felt ? Well , Big Ben was completed in | |
08:02 | 18 59 . It has been a famous part of | |
08:06 | London for a very , very long time . Now | |
08:10 | . Through the years , as you might imagine , | |
08:12 | Big Ben has been a reliable and accurate way of | |
08:16 | keeping track of time . Not just because Big Ben | |
08:19 | displays the time . There are also five bells in | |
08:23 | Big Ben that chime Four of the bells chime every | |
08:29 | 15 minutes . The main bell called the Great Bell | |
08:33 | chimes every hour . It's the really , really big | |
08:37 | one . Okay , it's pretty loud because you know | |
08:40 | , everyone in London has to hear it right . | |
08:44 | Originally the nickname Big Ben belonged to the Great Bell | |
08:48 | . That's right . But over time it came to | |
08:50 | mean the whole clock and tower , not just the | |
08:54 | Great Bell . What we've had so much fun talking | |
08:57 | about Big Ben . Big Ben is a symbol of | |
09:00 | the United Kingdom . When people think of the United | |
09:03 | Kingdom or think of the city of London . Big | |
09:06 | Ben is what pops into their minds when movies and | |
09:10 | television shows film in London . They usually want to | |
09:14 | film near Big Ben or at least have Big Ben | |
09:17 | featured in the background because it is such an iconic | |
09:21 | part of the city . Since it is such a | |
09:25 | special landmark , it has been important to keep the | |
09:28 | tower safe and in good working order repairs and renovations | |
09:32 | have happened which keep Big Ben looking its best . | |
09:35 | These eyes are cleaning the clock okay careful . Don't | |
09:39 | fall and with exception to sometimes of crazy weather or | |
09:42 | times of repair , the clock has just kept going | |
09:46 | and going and going as it will for future generations | |
09:51 | . What a beautiful landmark . If you ever visit | |
09:55 | London , you will see Big Ben or Elizabeth tower | |
09:58 | . You will hear the chimes . You'll tell the | |
10:00 | person next to you that Big Ben is 315 ft | |
10:04 | tall . You can tell them that Big bed has | |
10:07 | five bells , four of them smaller and one great | |
10:11 | bell . You can tell them . You know that | |
10:13 | that building it's attached to , that's the Palace of | |
10:16 | Westminster . Okay . You might take a picture , | |
10:21 | eat a sandwich , walk around , wear a hat | |
10:25 | . Okay . All right , we're done cool . | |
10:28 | Now we are going to learn about a landmark in | |
10:31 | Washington D . C . Called the Lincoln Memorial . | |
10:36 | The Lincoln memorial is an american monument in Washington , | |
10:40 | D . C . The capital of the United States | |
10:44 | . Yeah . Mhm . As you could probably tell | |
10:48 | from the name , the Lincoln Memorial Honours Abraham Lincoln | |
10:53 | , the 16th president of the United States . Mhm | |
10:58 | . Abraham Lincoln is most famous for being the president | |
11:02 | of the United States during the Civil war and abolishing | |
11:06 | slavery . He was one of the most influential presidents | |
11:10 | in american history . Yeah , we mentioned earlier that | |
11:17 | the Lincoln memorial is in Washington D . C . | |
11:20 | The capital of the United States . Mhm . Mhm | |
11:25 | . The Lincoln Memorial is in a section of Washington | |
11:28 | D . C . Called the National Mall . Can | |
11:31 | you say the National Mall ? Uh The national Mall | |
11:36 | . The national mall is a big park in downtown | |
11:39 | Washington D . C . With many important historical monuments | |
11:46 | . Mm Right down here you can see the Lincoln | |
11:50 | Memorial High Lincoln memorial . How you doing Then , | |
11:56 | right in front of the Lincoln Memorial is a big | |
12:00 | pool . That's right , a big pool , a | |
12:03 | pool called the reflecting pool . It is a large | |
12:07 | rectangular pool that was built shortly after the Lincoln Memorial | |
12:11 | was dedicated in 1922 . There are beautiful walking paths | |
12:20 | around the reflecting pool . It is an amazing sight | |
12:24 | to see the reflections of the monuments in the water | |
12:28 | . It's not for swimming , you know , it | |
12:30 | looks so beautiful . Then across from the Lincoln memorial | |
12:34 | , on the other side of the reflecting pool is | |
12:37 | the Washington monument . A monument honoring George Washington , | |
12:42 | one of the founding fathers of the United States of | |
12:45 | America and the first president of the United States . | |
12:49 | There are other monuments as well in the National Mall | |
12:52 | that pay tribute in honor to significant people and events | |
12:56 | in american history . So if anyone says I'm going | |
13:02 | to the national mall , they aren't talking about going | |
13:05 | shopping . All right . They're talking about visiting the | |
13:07 | large park in downtown Washington D . C . And | |
13:11 | the monuments there . Hey , do you remember what | |
13:17 | year the Lincoln memorial was dedicated ? We mentioned it | |
13:21 | briefly when we were talking about the national mall . | |
13:24 | Do you remember ? Uh huh . Okay , 1922 | |
13:32 | . The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in 1922 . On | |
13:40 | May 30 , the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated . Here | |
13:45 | is a picture of President Warren G harding on that | |
13:49 | day . It was such a special day . Plus | |
13:52 | Abraham Lincoln's son , Robert Todd Lincoln was able to | |
13:56 | attend the dedication . He was the last surviving son | |
14:00 | of Abraham Lincoln And was 78 years old when the | |
14:03 | Lincoln Memorial was dedicated . Everyone was so impressed with | |
14:10 | it . It's designed like a classic greek temple and | |
14:14 | it's made of marble from colorado . You might have | |
14:21 | noticed . The Lincoln Memorial has a lot of columns | |
14:24 | . The Lincoln Memorial has 36 columns representing the 36 | |
14:30 | states that were in the United States during his presidency | |
14:35 | . Mm The most memorable part of the Lincoln Memorial | |
14:39 | for most people is the statue of Abraham Lincoln . | |
14:43 | Inside the statue is 19 ft tall and is made | |
14:47 | of marble that came from the state of Georgia . | |
14:50 | It took four years to finish the statue . That's | |
14:54 | a long time . Four years . Mm Now here's | |
15:00 | something cool . Okay , the Lincoln memorial is open | |
15:03 | 24 hours a day . Okay . That means you | |
15:07 | can even visit the Lincoln memorial . Uh No , | |
15:10 | I I mean look how cool is this ? This | |
15:12 | is the statue of Abraham Lincoln at night . It | |
15:15 | looks awesome at night because it is well it allowing | |
15:18 | people to stop by and reflect on the legacy of | |
15:22 | Abraham Lincoln regardless of what time it is . That's | |
15:26 | so cool . Yeah . Here is another amazing fact | |
15:32 | . On August 28th , 1963 Dr . Martin Luther | |
15:36 | King jr gave his famous I have a dream speech | |
15:40 | from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial . Yeah , | |
15:44 | that's where he delivered that speech that famous . I | |
15:48 | have a dream speech . It was delivered on the | |
15:51 | steps of the Lincoln memorial . Mm Here's the fact | |
15:59 | that's a little sad . You know the U . | |
16:00 | S . Penny used to feature the Lincoln memorial on | |
16:03 | the back . You could even see a little abraham | |
16:05 | Lincoln inside of the Lincoln memorial . Super cool . | |
16:08 | Right . But in 2000 and eight they changed it | |
16:11 | to the Union shield in the Union shield is cool | |
16:14 | . But you know the Lincoln memorial used to be | |
16:16 | there , you know , we like the Lincoln memorial | |
16:19 | . Right , comment below do you think the Lincoln | |
16:22 | memorial should have stayed on the penny ? Let us | |
16:24 | know we still have the $5 bill , right ? | |
16:26 | The $5 bill still has the Lincoln memorial but you | |
16:30 | know it used to be on the penny too , | |
16:32 | you know and then they changed it . Mm Here | |
16:37 | is our final fact about the Lincoln memorial . The | |
16:40 | Lincoln memorial is a popular monument to visit . In | |
16:44 | fact , it is estimated that over six million people | |
16:48 | visit the Lincoln memorial every year . Over six million | |
16:52 | people . Not only is the Lincoln memorial , a | |
16:56 | tribute to Abraham Lincoln , but it has also become | |
16:59 | a symbol of Washington D . C . Itself . | |
17:05 | Next we are going to learn about the great wall | |
17:09 | of china . The great wall of china is the | |
17:14 | longest wall in the world . How cool . How | |
17:18 | fun . How interesting is that ? There's not a | |
17:20 | single wall that's longer than the great wall . The | |
17:23 | great wall is the longest wall in the world and | |
17:28 | it's the biggest ancient structure ever built . You might | |
17:32 | be wondering how big , how long is this thing | |
17:35 | ? Okay , The Great Wall of China is over | |
17:40 | 13,000 miles long , wow . Think of it . | |
17:46 | A wall that's 13,000 miles long . Now as the | |
17:54 | name implies because it's called the Great wall of china | |
17:58 | . The great wall of china is in china . | |
18:01 | And this is the flag , the chinese flag . | |
18:04 | And you see it's a red flag and it's got | |
18:07 | five gold stars , one big gold star and four | |
18:11 | smaller gold stars . This is the flag of the | |
18:15 | country of china . Mhm . Now if you remember | |
18:22 | china is in the continent of Asia . Right about | |
18:26 | here . Okay . Right about here . If you | |
18:29 | remember your continent , China is in the continent of | |
18:33 | Asia . Ok , now you might be wondering where | |
18:38 | in china is this great wall ? Hey where is | |
18:42 | it ? Well we're about to share that with you | |
18:44 | , millions and millions of people visit each and every | |
18:48 | year because it's such a special place and you're about | |
18:51 | to find out where . So that if you ever | |
18:53 | in china you can say hey I know where to | |
18:56 | go to go to the wall . I want to | |
18:58 | see the great wall of china . Yeah the great | |
19:03 | wall of china is in the northern part of china | |
19:06 | . On this map it looks like the entire wall | |
19:10 | is continuous . The whole thing is connected but it's | |
19:13 | not there are places where there are very high mountains | |
19:16 | or rivers that form a natural barrier and so the | |
19:20 | wall doesn't go over those places but from a distance | |
19:23 | it looks like the wall is one great big wall | |
19:28 | . Now this is insane . The great wall of | |
19:33 | china is over 2300 years old . Now that doesn't | |
19:39 | mean every part of the wall is that old . | |
19:41 | But that's when they started building the great wall of | |
19:45 | china and connecting some of the regional walls that were | |
19:49 | already there . Mhm . Alright before we continue , | |
19:54 | we want to ask you this question . This question | |
19:58 | to see if you remember . Yeah . How many | |
20:03 | miles long is the great wall of china ? Do | |
20:08 | you remember ? We mentioned it earlier in the video | |
20:12 | . How many miles long is the great wall of | |
20:16 | china ? Thank you . Yeah . Over 13,000 miles | |
20:24 | . Oh my goodness . Over 13,000 miles , wow | |
20:31 | . 13,000 . All right , let's get back . | |
20:37 | Here we go . The Great Wall of China as | |
20:39 | we said , is over 2300 years old . To | |
20:47 | be honest , the history of the Great wall of | |
20:50 | china goes back even further than that from the eighth | |
20:57 | to the fifth centuries . Bc china went through the | |
21:01 | warring States period . Whoa . It was called the | |
21:07 | warring states period because china was not one country but | |
21:12 | instead was made up of multiple states that were fighting | |
21:16 | all the time . They would fight , they would | |
21:18 | fight , they would fight , they didn't work together | |
21:23 | during this time leaders built small defensive walls in the | |
21:27 | north , in the northern part of china which remember | |
21:31 | is where the great wall of china is today . | |
21:36 | But then this man came along . His name was | |
21:42 | Chin Xi wang and he was the first emperor of | |
21:46 | china . He brought china together . He unified china | |
21:52 | . Can you say that with me ? Chin xi | |
21:55 | wang . Oh come on you can you can do | |
21:59 | better than that right Jin xi wang . Yeah it's | |
22:04 | pretty good Jin Shi Hwang United China and began connecting | |
22:12 | many of the northern walls to protect China against northern | |
22:16 | invaders and that was 2300 years ago , 2300 years | |
22:23 | ago . The start of the great wall of china | |
22:29 | . Now this map shows the great wall of china | |
22:33 | today . Back then it was not that long and | |
22:36 | also it was made mostly of wood and stone and | |
22:39 | when you visit today you'll see the great wall of | |
22:42 | china is mostly made of brick . Mm mhm . | |
22:47 | Now most of the wall you see today was built | |
22:51 | during the Ming dynasty . The Great Wall of China | |
22:56 | has been built by millions of people over these 2300 | |
23:02 | years . Wow ! Oh my goodness . Yeah the | |
23:08 | great wall of china still fascinates and amazes people every | |
23:13 | single year that want to visit And just say wow | |
23:16 | how did they build something this magnificent , this huge | |
23:20 | with such rich history . It's so cool . And | |
23:24 | if you ever visit someday you could say listen I | |
23:28 | know a little bit about this place . All right | |
23:31 | now we are going to learn about the Eiffel Tower | |
23:38 | . The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous | |
23:41 | structures in the entire world , the entire world . | |
23:49 | It is made out of iron and is 1,050ft tall | |
23:55 | . That's absolutely massive and it's made out of iron | |
24:00 | . This is huge . Here's a picture of the | |
24:04 | base of the Eiffel Tower and look how tiny the | |
24:07 | people look . They look like little baby ants . | |
24:10 | And this is just the base of this incredibly huge | |
24:16 | iron tower . Look how tiny they look . They | |
24:19 | look like little baby ants . This is such a | |
24:22 | huge structure . All right , so where is the | |
24:29 | Eiffel Tower ? Yeah , the Eiffel Tower is right | |
24:33 | here in the country of France which is in the | |
24:37 | continent of europe . Here is the french flag , | |
24:44 | the flag of the country of France . You can | |
24:47 | see that the flag has three vertical stripes , a | |
24:50 | blue stripe , a white stripe and a red stripe | |
24:55 | . Now you might be wondering where in France is | |
24:58 | the Eiffel Tower ? Well , the Eiffel Tower is | |
25:03 | in paris the capital of France . Here is the | |
25:08 | city of paris at night . Do you see the | |
25:12 | Eiffel Tower ? Yeah , Yeah , there it is | |
25:18 | , right there . It's kind of hard to miss | |
25:20 | . It's so huge . The Eiffel Tower remember is | |
25:23 | 1,050ft tall and it looks like it's lit up . | |
25:28 | That's because it is it , It's incredible . There | |
25:33 | are over 20,000 light bulbs on the Eiffel Tower . | |
25:38 | Over 20,000 light bulbs so people can see the Eiffel | |
25:42 | Tower at night . All right . So what's the | |
25:47 | history behind the Eiffel Tower ? Why did they build | |
25:51 | it ? And why does it look the way it | |
25:52 | does ? Why do they call it ? The Eiffel | |
25:54 | Tower ? What's what's the story here ? The Eiffel | |
25:58 | Tower was built to be the entrance for the 1889 | |
26:03 | World's Fair . Here is a poster they put up | |
26:08 | in France , telling people about how the Eiffel Tower | |
26:12 | was going to be featured in the 1889 worlds fared | |
26:16 | . So many people were excited because the entire world | |
26:20 | was looking at Paris that day , because it was | |
26:22 | the world's fair was a huge deal . The Eiffel | |
26:27 | Tower was named after Gustave Eiffel . Well , his | |
26:34 | company designed and built the Eiffel Tower , so they | |
26:38 | thought , well let's name it after you , Eiffel | |
26:41 | Tower , you know Eiffel Tower . So Eiffel was | |
26:44 | an actual man , Gustave Eiffel and he's the one | |
26:48 | that designed and built the Eiffel Tower , him and | |
26:52 | his company . So they started building it in 1887 | |
26:58 | , they needed a lot of iron , a lot | |
27:00 | of metal and they just kinda heaped in the beginning | |
27:03 | and they started building the foundation . This is a | |
27:06 | picture of what it looked like right at the start | |
27:08 | . These guys have a lot of work . Oh | |
27:11 | my goodness , that must have been so overwhelming . | |
27:17 | And then they finish the base , How cool is | |
27:21 | that ? They're doing such a great job , that | |
27:23 | must smell so good to finish the base . And | |
27:26 | then they just kept working and working and working . | |
27:30 | Then they started building the middle section of the Eiffel | |
27:33 | Tower , careful , we don't want to follow is | |
27:36 | starting to get really high up . Really , really | |
27:39 | , really high up . Now here is a picture | |
27:44 | of the last stage of building the Eiffel Tower when | |
27:47 | they were building the very , very top of the | |
27:50 | tower , which is called the cupola . And then | |
27:55 | after a lot of hard work in 1889 , the | |
27:59 | Eiffel Tower was completed in time for the world's fair | |
28:05 | . Yeah . Are you ready for Eiffel Tower ? | |
28:09 | Fact , I know this video has been full of | |
28:12 | facts , but we're going to share one . That's | |
28:14 | really , really , really , really interesting . Did | |
28:18 | you know every seven years the Eiffel Tower has to | |
28:21 | be repainted ? Yeah , literally . They have to | |
28:26 | paint the Eiffel Tower every seven years . And here's | |
28:30 | a real picture of a guy in the 1950s painting | |
28:35 | the Eiffel Tower by hand . Can you believe it | |
28:38 | ? Look how high up this guy is . He | |
28:40 | doesn't even look scared . He's just like a lot | |
28:42 | of that . And I'm really high up and I'm | |
28:44 | painting , I'm painting the Eiffel Tower , This is | |
28:48 | what I do , This is what I do . | |
28:51 | And he seems to be pretty happy apparent . It's | |
28:53 | amazing . Has to be painted every seven years now | |
28:59 | . What color do you think they paint the Eiffel | |
29:02 | Tower ? Here's a picture of the Eiffel Tower . | |
29:04 | What color do you think they paint it ? It's | |
29:10 | a good question . The Eiffel Tower is actually painted | |
29:15 | brown and there are three shades of brown they use | |
29:18 | with the darkest shade of brown on the bottom and | |
29:21 | the lightest on the top , The Eiffel tower is | |
29:24 | painted brown . Mhm . So there you have it | |
29:30 | , the Eiffel Tower and amazing brown iron structure that | |
29:34 | was built for the 18 89 World's Fair and is | |
29:38 | one of the most famous symbols of France . Bring | |
29:41 | in millions of visitors every year . Who want to | |
29:44 | see this incredible structure for this next landmark . We're | |
29:51 | going to get help from our other narrator who will | |
29:54 | be telling us about Mount Rushmore . This is Mount | |
29:58 | Rushmore . It is located in South Dakota in the | |
30:02 | Black Hills National Forest . Do you know where South | |
30:07 | Dakota is ? South Dakota is here in the midwestern | |
30:12 | United States and this is where Mount Rushmore is . | |
30:17 | Mount Rushmore is a monument . A monument is something | |
30:23 | that is made to give honor to a person or | |
30:26 | an event . This monument gives honor to four United | |
30:33 | States Presidents , George Washington , Thomas , Jefferson , | |
30:40 | Theodore , Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln . Before the monument | |
30:49 | was made , the mountain was already named after a | |
30:53 | man named Charles Rushmore Charles Rushmore was a lawyer from | |
30:58 | New York . He visited the Black Hills in the | |
31:02 | 1880s , Over 400 people worked to Carve Mountain Rushmore | |
31:10 | out of stone . That's a lot of people carving | |
31:16 | is changing some things appearance by cutting it . The | |
31:20 | workers used explosives like dynamite for a lot of the | |
31:24 | carving . They used smaller tools for the details on | |
31:33 | the President's faces and to smooth it out . A | |
31:37 | south Dakota state historian thought of the idea for the | |
31:41 | monument as a way to bring more visitors to the | |
31:45 | state . The historian originally wanted the faces of different | |
31:51 | people on Mount Rushmore , but the artist he hired | |
31:55 | said more people would come to see the president's Mount | |
31:59 | Rushmore started being made in the 1920s . Work on | |
32:05 | it began in 1927 and it was finished in 1941 | |
32:11 | , Which was 14 years later . That's a long | |
32:15 | time . The artist wanted the monument to show more | |
32:20 | of the president's upper bodies . But the United States | |
32:27 | was getting ready for war in 1941 . So the | |
32:31 | money for finishing Mount Rushmore stopped coming . Some native | |
32:36 | American groups don't like the monument because the land used | |
32:41 | to belong to them . The United States government treated | |
32:48 | them poorly and took the land away from them . | |
32:52 | So they are upset that Mount Rushmore was built on | |
32:56 | that land . So a native American chief from the | |
33:00 | Soup tribe planned his own monument near there . That | |
33:04 | would honor a native American named crazy horse . So | |
33:10 | we learned today that Mount Rushmore was carved out of | |
33:13 | stone work on Mount Rushmore began in the 1920s . | |
33:21 | It has the faces of four United States presidents . | |
33:27 | Do you remember the president's names ? What is his | |
33:35 | name ? Great job , That's George Washington . How | |
33:44 | about him ? That's right . That's thomas jefferson . | |
33:52 | What is his name ? Yes , that's Theodore Roosevelt | |
34:02 | . Can you name this president ? Yes , you | |
34:10 | got it . That's Abraham Lincoln . Great job you | |
34:15 | did so well , guessing those presidents names and learning | |
34:19 | all about Mount Rushmore today . That's wonderful . Next | |
34:24 | we are going to learn about Hoover Dam . If | |
34:30 | you've ever been to the Hoover Dam , you've seen | |
34:32 | this sign . This is the sign . When you're | |
34:34 | really close to the hoover dam , it lets you | |
34:36 | know , you know , it's Hoover Dam Time , | |
34:39 | it's really exciting , you know , and you want | |
34:41 | to dance in front of the side and it's cool | |
34:43 | , and it's fun . What an amazing place ! | |
34:47 | And we're going to talk about it , but real | |
34:49 | quick , if you've ever been to the Hoover Dam | |
34:51 | , we want to hear what you thought about it | |
34:53 | . So , write in the comments section , if | |
34:56 | you've been to the Hoover Dam and we're going to | |
34:58 | jump right in . But this is the sign . | |
35:00 | This is the sign that you see when you get | |
35:02 | to the Hoover Dam , and you might think it's | |
35:04 | not impressive . It is . It's a great sign | |
35:06 | . It's an amazing sign . Great sign for the | |
35:09 | Hoover Dam . Mhm . Well , G will occur | |
35:12 | . This is quite a structure , you're looking at | |
35:15 | it right now , on that picture , it's amazing | |
35:18 | . It's made of 3.25 million tons of concrete . | |
35:24 | It weighs more than 6.5 million tons . The hoover | |
35:30 | dam is an amazing structure . Now , where is | |
35:34 | the hoover dam ? The hoover dam is near the | |
35:36 | west coast of the United States of America . It's | |
35:40 | actually on the border between the states of Nevada and | |
35:44 | Arizona , you can see right where it is , | |
35:48 | where that red dot is , right there , That's | |
35:51 | where the hoover damage . Okay , it crosses the | |
35:55 | Colorado River , which you could see right here . | |
36:00 | And of course , here's the hoover dam , this | |
36:01 | big concrete structure . I wonder if the river gets | |
36:06 | angry about this , Right ? Wouldn't you think the | |
36:09 | river would get upset ? Right ? Just flowing along | |
36:12 | and all of a sudden boom ? You know , | |
36:13 | there's there's concrete , the concrete wall , you know | |
36:16 | , the river does flow through , but it's a | |
36:19 | big , it's a big hassle , right ? I | |
36:22 | mean , you know , it's it's blocking the way | |
36:24 | , you know , it's a big deal . You | |
36:25 | don't you don't think you don't think the river is | |
36:27 | upset ? Okay . The river doesn't have feelings . | |
36:31 | Okay , Okay . I just just throwing it out | |
36:36 | there . Okay . No need to nit pick Okay | |
36:42 | . They started building the Hoover Dam in 1931 and | |
36:47 | they finished building it in 1936 , which is a | |
36:51 | little confusing because on the Hoover Dam it says 1931 | |
36:55 | and 1935 , but it was in 1935 , the | |
36:59 | year before It was finished , that they dedicated it | |
37:03 | . Okay , so they dedicated it before it was | |
37:05 | actually finished , but it was in 1936 That they | |
37:09 | finished construction and by the end of it , 21,000 | |
37:14 | total people helped build it huge achievement . You might | |
37:20 | not realize this , but there was a big controversy | |
37:23 | back then about what we should name it , what | |
37:26 | should we name it ? While some people wanted to | |
37:29 | name it , Boulder Dam and in the early days | |
37:32 | a lot of people did , it was originally thought | |
37:35 | that it was going to be called the Hoover Dam | |
37:37 | after President Herbert Hoover . You see President Herbert Hoover | |
37:43 | was not popular . In fact , when he ran | |
37:45 | for re election in 1932 , he lost . And | |
37:49 | so a lot of people didn't like him and a | |
37:51 | lot of people didn't want to name the damn after | |
37:54 | him . It might seem silly and funny to us | |
37:59 | today , but back then it was a big deal | |
38:01 | and there was a big fight over it . In | |
38:03 | fact , map makers didn't even know what to put | |
38:06 | , they didn't know whether to put Boulder Dam or | |
38:08 | Hoover Dam and there's so much disagreement . Eventually , | |
38:12 | thankfully everyone just decided , hey , let's call it | |
38:16 | the Hoover Dam . There are other things that we | |
38:19 | can argue about and fight about , let's just call | |
38:23 | it the Hoover Dam . We mentioned earlier that the | |
38:27 | Hoover dam has two main purposes . I mean it's | |
38:31 | not just there to look pretty . If it was | |
38:33 | , they would have put the home school pop logo | |
38:36 | on the damn right , if they wanted it to | |
38:39 | look pretty , that's what they would have done . | |
38:41 | Okay . That's a joke . The two purposes of | |
38:51 | the Hoover dam are to control the Colorado River and | |
38:55 | also to generate electricity . Remember this ? It's easy | |
39:02 | to see how the Hoover dam helps control the Colorado | |
39:05 | River to make sure the levels are always where they | |
39:08 | need to be . Yeah , yeah . But it | |
39:12 | also generates a ton of electricity for people to use | |
39:17 | . It uses things called turbines , which are spun | |
39:21 | by the water and generates electricity . It generates enough | |
39:25 | power for 1.3 million people . The Hoover Dam is | |
39:31 | a massive powerhouse , which is amazing and that energy | |
39:35 | is really good for the environment . The Hoover Dam | |
39:40 | , made from 3.25 million tons of concrete . It's | |
39:45 | amazing . It took five years to build . It | |
39:48 | weighs more than 6.5 million tonnes . It looks cool | |
39:53 | . It controls the Colorado River and it gives enough | |
39:58 | power for 1.3 million people . What an amazing structure | |
40:03 | ! The Hoover Dam is all right next we are | |
40:08 | going to learn about the Golden Gate Bridge . The | |
40:14 | Golden Gate Bridge is a massive suspension bridge that is | |
40:18 | almost a mile long . It's an impressive bridge . | |
40:25 | In 1994 , the Golden Gate Bridge was declared one | |
40:28 | of the seven wonders of the modern world and today | |
40:33 | it is still one of the most famous structures in | |
40:36 | the world . The Golden Gate Bridge is on the | |
40:41 | west coast of the United States of America in the | |
40:44 | state of California . And here's an arrow that shows | |
40:49 | where the Golden Gate bridge is in California . It's | |
40:55 | right at the edge of California by the pacific ocean | |
40:59 | . A straight called Golden gate separates san Francisco from | |
41:05 | marin County . A strait is a narrow waterway . | |
41:08 | The Golden Gate strait is only about a mile wide | |
41:14 | . Mhm . The Golden Gate Bridge was built to | |
41:18 | connect san Francisco to marin County because the Golden Gate | |
41:21 | strait was causing a lot of issues with traveling . | |
41:25 | Mhm . Well , construction began in 1933 . Some | |
41:30 | people worried it would cost too much . Other people | |
41:33 | worried it wouldn't be safe . Safety was important . | |
41:41 | Really important . They made sure all the workers were | |
41:44 | safe , workers had to wear hard hats and there | |
41:46 | were safety nets in case someone fell and that did | |
41:50 | happen . It saved the lives of 19 people because | |
41:54 | they knew safety was important . Just like today , | |
41:58 | safety is important , 1937 , it was completed , | |
42:06 | it only took four years to build and by the | |
42:08 | time it was completed it was the longest bridge and | |
42:12 | the tallest bridge , making it the biggest bridge in | |
42:15 | the world . Mhm . Yeah , SAn Francisco is | |
42:21 | a very busy city . A Golden gate bridge was | |
42:24 | built so people could more easily get in and out | |
42:28 | of the city . And this is so fascinating . | |
42:31 | Over 100,000 cars cross every day . Over 100,000 cars | |
42:39 | drive on the Golden Gate Bridge every single day . | |
42:46 | Mhm . Now , here's an interesting question we have | |
42:50 | for you about this bridge . What color is the | |
42:54 | Golden Gate Bridge ? It's an interesting question . Did | |
42:59 | you know this is something a lot of adults don't | |
43:02 | know . A lot of grownups don't know what color | |
43:04 | it really is . There's a specific color . Do | |
43:08 | you know what it is ? The Golden Gate Bridge | |
43:14 | is International Orange . That's the color of the Golden | |
43:18 | Gate bridge . And it's interesting . There are so | |
43:20 | many people that don't know that . So just for | |
43:22 | a second , why don't we stop ? And I | |
43:25 | think just for a second we're just going to put | |
43:27 | it in our memory bank . And if anyone ever | |
43:30 | asks you what color the golden Gate bridge is , | |
43:34 | you'll say international orange , can you say that ? | |
43:39 | International orange ? So what color is the bridge ? | |
43:44 | International Orange ? Wow . I think I think you | |
43:48 | got it . I think you got great . The | |
43:51 | last landmark we are learning about in this video is | |
43:55 | the statue of Liberty . The statue of Liberty is | |
44:01 | a massive statue in new york city . It is | |
44:08 | on Liberty Island in what is called new york harbor | |
44:12 | . Now they called it Liberty Island after the statue | |
44:15 | of Liberty got there because the statue of Liberty is | |
44:18 | the coolest thing about Liberty Island . It's actually a | |
44:21 | very , very small island in New york harbor . | |
44:27 | Okay , so you might look at pictures and wonder | |
44:29 | , oh my goodness , How big is it ? | |
44:32 | How big is this thing ? Well , the statue | |
44:35 | itself is over 151 ft tall . This is a | |
44:40 | massive statue , huge . Now you may not know | |
44:48 | this the word Liberty means freedom . The statue of | |
44:52 | Liberty is a statue that celebrates the freedoms we all | |
44:57 | share . Now there are symbols of freedom all throughout | |
45:03 | this statue . The torch itself that she carries represents | |
45:08 | freedom and in the statue she is stepping over broken | |
45:13 | change . The statue of Liberty is a statue of | |
45:17 | freedom . Hey , did you know the statue of | |
45:24 | Liberty was a gift from France . How cool is | |
45:28 | that ? The country of France gave us the statue | |
45:32 | of Liberty . Pretty huge gift . A really generous | |
45:35 | gift . It costs them a lot of money to | |
45:36 | make mm As you might have guessed the statue was | |
45:41 | built in France and august Bartholdi sculpted the statue . | |
45:47 | This student was like an amazing sculptor . Right . | |
45:51 | Didn't he do a good job and they did it | |
45:53 | out in the open because they wanted the people of | |
45:55 | France to get excited about paying for the statute because | |
45:58 | it costs a lot of money to make , it's | |
46:00 | made out of copper and it's a whole lot of | |
46:03 | cover . And so they built this thing in France | |
46:09 | . It was completed in 1886 which was actually 10 | |
46:15 | years after when they wanted to finish it . They | |
46:17 | wanted to finish it by 1876 . The 100 year | |
46:22 | anniversary of when the United States became a country . | |
46:28 | I mean , wow , even though it took longer | |
46:30 | to complete than they thought , what an incredible accomplishment | |
46:34 | . Just look at this statue made in the 1800s | |
46:38 | . Such an amazing gift from France , Wow . | |
46:43 | Who is this guy ? Hey , get out of | |
46:49 | here . What do you , what do you think | |
46:50 | this is ? I got to just show up here | |
46:54 | . Oh my goodness . Oh boy , Okay , | |
47:01 | I'm sorry . That wasn't nice . How about this | |
47:04 | ? We've got , you know , it's a statue | |
47:07 | of Liberty video . Why don't you , why don't | |
47:09 | you help us out the last , the last little | |
47:11 | bit ? Okay , okay , good . Well the | |
47:16 | last thing we want to share with you is why | |
47:18 | the statue is green . Why is the statue of | |
47:21 | Liberty Green ? Well , remember the statue of Liberty | |
47:26 | is made of copper When copper is exposed to air | |
47:30 | and water , it can have a protective green coating | |
47:34 | called copper oxide . It's almost like it's a coat | |
47:37 | a jacket to protect the copper called copper oxide . | |
47:44 | Here's what the statue of Liberty's face used to look | |
47:47 | like and that was the color of the entire statue | |
47:50 | and then it looked like this . The statue of | |
47:54 | liberty is now covered in copper oxide . It took | |
47:58 | 30 years for the statue of liberty to turn completely | |
48:02 | green . If you want to try something fun , | |
48:06 | you can take a penny . A penny is also | |
48:09 | made out of copper and you can do the same | |
48:11 | thing to the penny that happened to the statue of | |
48:15 | Liberty . You can leave it outside and over time | |
48:19 | that penny as it's exposed to the air into the | |
48:22 | water from the rain , it will be covered in | |
48:26 | copper oxide over time that green protective coding and you | |
48:32 | can see that happened for yourself . You can check | |
48:35 | back with that Penny over time and you'll be like | |
48:38 | , oh my goodness , you're turning green just like | |
48:41 | the statue of liberty . Abraham Lincoln can turn green | |
48:45 | too . Mhm wow . The statue of Liberty , | |
48:51 | a symbol of freedom in new york harbor in new | |
48:54 | york city , a gift from France , a reminder | |
48:58 | of the freedoms we all share For many people who | |
49:02 | came to the United States of America in search of | |
49:05 | a better life . The statue of Liberty was the | |
49:08 | first thing that they would see a statue of freedom | |
49:11 | for you and me . Special thanks to our patrons | |
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49:22 | , click the link below the video or visit home | |
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