Instructional Video4:16
TED-Ed

What Causes Economic Bubbles?

8th - 12th Standards
What do tulips, real estate, and stock in a pet store have in common? Find out what happens when products or services sell for much more than they are worth.
Instructional Video9:27
C-SPAN

On This Day: Me Too Movement Takes Off

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Listen to the #MeToo stories from a movement that has shaped the lives of women in the twenty-first century. With a series of video clips from C-SPAN, pupils consider the genesis of the movement. Videos include discussion from the...
Instructional Video5:59
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PBS

Reconstruction: The Birth of a Nation - Rewriting History through Propaganda

7th - 12th Standards
How historically accurate was the film The Birth of a Nation? Using a video that features clips from the film and analysis from historians, young scholars explore the connection between art and history. Additional activities...
Instructional Video2:57
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PBS

Reconstruction: Ida B. Wells - Pioneer of Civil Rights

7th - 12th Standards
When Ida B. Wells was kicked off the whites-only ladies railway car, it ignited a ferocious warrior for civil rights. Wells and others worked to preserve the hard-won freedoms of Reconstruction, which were tenuous at best during...
Instructional Video7:05
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PBS

Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress

7th - 12th Standards
To escape to freedom, Robert Smalls had to steal a Confederate ship and sail to Union lines. He continued that fight for freedom as one of the first African American representatives in Congress during the Reconstruction era. Learners...
Instructional Video12:11
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Crash Course

The Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Theater #41

9th - 12th Standards
Artists shattered stereotypes during the Harlem Renaissance. Video 41 on the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist describes art and theater during the time period with a focus on Broadway plays and musicals written by...
Instructional Video11:20
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Crash Course

Little Theater and American Avant Garde: Crash Course Theater #40

9th - 12th Standards
When it comes to quality theater, Americans were tardy to the party. A video on early American theater, number 40 on the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist, shares information about plays during the early 20th century. ...
Instructional Video13:52
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Crash Course

Futurism and Constructivism: Crash Course Theater #39

9th - 12th Standards
Politics and theater go hand-in-hand. The 39th video in the Crash Course Theater and Drama series introduces plays from the futurist and constructivist movements, including works from an Italian fascist. A summary of "The Storming of the...
Instructional Video12:15
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Crash Course

Expressionist Theater: Crash Course Theater #38

9th - 12th Standards
Darkness. Murder. Emotion. These traits characterize expressionist theater. A video, number 38 on the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist, discusses key themes and works from the period. An overview of Spring Awakening, which...
Instructional Video4:09
PBS

The Pilgrims: European Plague in Native New England, 1616-1619

6th - 12th Standards
Before the Pilgrims' arrival to New England, a vicious plague swept across New England and wiped out over 50% of the Native American people from Maine to Massachusetts. Watch a video that examines this devastation and the role it played...
Instructional Video4:16
PBS

The Pilgrims: Mayflower Compact

5th - 12th Standards
What was the Mayflower Compact? Watch a video that explains the purpose of coming to New England on the Mayflower and the social compact that bound the Pilgrims to the government and laws that would be created in the new land.
Instructional Video6:01
PBS

The Pilgrims: William Bradford

6th - 12th Standards
As a young boy, William Bradford was drawn to the Separatist idea that Christ could be with a person through prayer and worship. But soon after the Separatists arrived to Plymouth, the experiment in the New England had failed. Watch a...
Instructional Video5:44
TED-Ed

Why Do We Have Museums?

6th - 12th Standards
How did the tradition of collecting and displaying interesting items to the public begin? How have museums evolved over time? Offer your young historians a fascinating look into a cultural pastime we so often take for granted...
Instructional Video5:16
TED-Ed

Einstein's Miracle Year

7th - 12th Standards
Why was Albert Einstein initially labeled as a "failed" academic, and what events occurred in 1905 that constituted a major turning point for this great scientist? Review Einstein's major theories regarding relativity, light...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Scholarly Research

9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will describe the difference between scholarly and non-scholarly publications.
Instructional Video
Other

Gerald Oehler: Bias the Art of Historical Inquiry

9th - 10th Standards
This video provides an examination of bias and point of view and why this is an important skill to know when studying his/her story. [5:30]