Mr. Beat

Matthew Beat (born: November 6, 1981), better known online as Mr. Beat, is an American history teacher and musician who makes educational videos teaching geography, American history, world history, political history, and economics. His most popular series is Compared, a geography series which compares two places around the world. He also has a series called Supreme Court Briefs, which looks at important Supreme Court cases in American history.

Beat is known as an American Presidential history buff, with songs about all of the former American Presidents and a series chronicling every presidential election in American history. He also occasionally creates historical parody songs and original history songs for his band Electric Needle Room.

History
He launched his YouTube channel in January 2011. His first videos were only made for his actual students in his classroom. Once the videos took off, he expanded his content.

Personal Life
He was born in Topeka, Kansas, United States and currently lives in the Kansas City area.

Trivia

 * He currently is a high school social studies teacher.