Oversimplified is legitimately one of the best educational YouTube channels out there—it makes history click for teens in a way textbooks never will. The animation is sharp, the humor lands, and the historical content is surprisingly substantive.

But it's definitely not for elementary schoolers. There are sexual references (a Reddit thread literally titled 'Oversimplified is not appropriate for children' exists for a reason), war violence played for laughs, and humor that skews older. IMDb rates everything 'Mild,' but that's still mild adult content.

For middle and high schoolers? This is gold. It's the kind of thing that might actually get a reluctant student interested in history class. Just preview an episode first if your kid is on the younger end, and maybe watch together so you can pause for context when jokes gloss over serious stuff.

The YouTube platform itself is the other consideration—comments are on, and the algorithm will immediately try to funnel viewers elsewhere. But with 33 videos total, it's a finite, high-quality library rather than an infinite scroll trap.