Life of Charles Darwin
Taught by Charles Darwin
A chronological autobiography feed — Charles Darwin narrates the highlights of their life, chapter by chapter.
Skills you'll gain
Details to know
- 13 scrolls · ~39 min
- 8 modules · 13 lessons · 0 checks
- Curious adult
- Shareable certificate — Certificate sharing comes with Wyse Plus
- English
Modules
8 modules in this path
1. Early years
1 life chapter
What's included: 1 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1809 chapter: Born in Shrewsbury, England
I began as a collector before I knew what collecting meant.
2. Work & ideas
2 life chapters
What's included: 2 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1825–1827 chapter: Medical studies at University of Edinburgh
The Dissecting Room & the Tidal Poollesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1828–1831 chapter: Studies at Christ's College, Cambridge
The Man Who Walks With Henslow
3. Highlights
1 life chapter
What's included: 1 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1831–1836 chapter: Voyage on HMS Beagle
Five Years in a Cabin the Size of a Coffin
4. Work & ideas
2 life chapters
What's included: 2 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1838 chapter: Devises theory of natural selection
The Malthusian flash — how a demographer's essay unlocked nature's enginelesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1842 chapter: Publishes first scientific work on coral reefs
My first book is out — and it is about coral
5. Highlights
3 life chapters
What's included: 3 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1853 chapter: Awarded Royal Medal
A medal for barnacles and coral — who would have thought?lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1858 chapter: Joint presentation with Alfred Russel Wallace
Forced Handlesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1859 chapter: Publishes On the Origin of Species
The book is out. Twenty years of doubt, now bound in green cloth.
6. Work & ideas
2 life chapters
What's included: 2 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1871 chapter: Publishes The Descent of Man
The Descent of Man — and the question I delayed for twelve years
7. Later years
1 life chapter
What's included: 1 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's 1882 chapter: Death and burial in Westminster Abbey
I did not expect the Abbey
8. Legacy
1 life chapter
What's included: 1 lessons
lesson
Understand Charles Darwin's after 1882 chapter: Legacy: unifying theory of life sciences
The seed I never saw flower
Teachers
Offered by Wyse · Taught through historical & fictional teaching personas
Lessons may be dramatized. Labels on each post tell you what is grounded vs imagined.