Six years ago on March 15th, a wild, naked man was arrested in San Diego. He happened to be the creator of Kony 2012, the most popular viral Youtube video in history at the time. What on earth happened? Learn about this 2 week long hysteria of 2012! 
Sources <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_next_20/2016/09/kony_2012_quickly_became_a_punch_line_but_what_if_it_did_more_good_than.html">1</a> <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/12/kony-2012-documentary-becomes-most-viral-video-in-history/">2</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2014/06/14/321853244/the-kony-2012-effect-recovering-from-a-viral-sensation">3</a> <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/news/kony-2012-goes-hollywood-celebrity-photog-tyler-shields-writes-stop-kony-in-his-own-blood-2385906">4</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADUMe_3h3g">5</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/14/kony-2012-screening-anger-northern-uganda">6</a> <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/9132991/Joseph-Kony-2012-Obama-administration-congratulates-success-of-campaign.html">7</a> <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/invisible-children-closing_n_6329990.html">8</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14107906">9</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/10/2011101418364196576.html">10</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17299084">11</a> <a href="https://www.biography.com/people/milton-obote-9426306">12</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/world/africa/yoweri-museveni---fast-facts/index.html">13 </a>

Six years ago on March 15th, a wild, naked man was arrested in San Diego. He happened to be the creator of Kony 2012, the most popular viral Youtube video in history at the time. What on earth happened? Learn about this 2 week long hysteria of 2012! Sources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Six years ago on March 15th, a wild, naked man was arrested in San Diego. He happened to be the creator of Kony 2012, the most popular viral Youtube video in history at the time. What on earth happened? Learn about this 2 week long hysteria of 2012! 
Sources <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_next_20/2016/09/kony_2012_quickly_became_a_punch_line_but_what_if_it_did_more_good_than.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">1</a> <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/12/kony-2012-documentary-becomes-most-viral-video-in-history/" rel="noopener noreferrer">2</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2014/06/14/321853244/the-kony-2012-effect-recovering-from-a-viral-sensation" rel="noopener noreferrer">3</a> <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/news/kony-2012-goes-hollywood-celebrity-photog-tyler-shields-writes-stop-kony-in-his-own-blood-2385906" rel="noopener noreferrer">4</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADUMe_3h3g" rel="noopener noreferrer">5</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/14/kony-2012-screening-anger-northern-uganda" rel="noopener noreferrer">6</a> <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/9132991/Joseph-Kony-2012-Obama-administration-congratulates-success-of-campaign.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">7</a> <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/invisible-children-closing_n_6329990.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">8</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14107906" rel="noopener noreferrer">9</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/10/2011101418364196576.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">10</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17299084" rel="noopener noreferrer">11</a> <a href="https://www.biography.com/people/milton-obote-9426306" rel="noopener noreferrer">12</a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/world/africa/yoweri-museveni---fast-facts/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">13&nbsp;</a> 
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17- Kony 2012: A Viral Meltdown

Jess and Joe provide a humorous and thoughtful approach so some of the lesser known or poorly explained stories of history.  These two history teachers will set the record straight and unveil some fascinating and lesser known stories of American and World History

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Jess and Joe provide a humorous and thoughtful approach so some of the lesser known or poorly explained stories of history. These two history teachers will set the record straight and unveil some fascinating and lesser known stories of American and World History

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