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America's National Monuments: The Historic South

America's National Monuments: The Historic South

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Host Jordan Murphy explores eleven spectacular National Monuments throughout America's historic southland. He travels from the prehistoric ruins of Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama to the center of Colonial Spain (present day Florida). Then he travels on to the battlegrounds where the Civil War began and was fought in the Historic South. It is also a journey of natural history from the dawn of the Appalachian Mountains to the modern day rich agricultural lands of the South. Each monument is presented in three chapters: virtual tour, nature and science, and history and culture.

Treetop view of forested area with rolling hills peeking through in background. Caption. Not the uniformity of summer's full foliage.
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 1
11 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Wooden sign with white figure aiming a spear-like arrow. Sign reads, "Russell Cave National Monument." Caption. Male as narrator. The monument's sign marks the entrance.
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 2
11 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of light reflecting on water and a tangle of branches at bottom right of frame. Caption. Have just crossed the dominant geographical feature.
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 3
10 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 men wearing blue and red colonial military uniforms use wooden sticks to move a canon on a fort wall into position. Caption. "Spanish-born Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés."
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 4
20 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man with a helmet rides a red mountain bike down a paved road amongst green trees. Caption. "Is situated on 1 of Georgia's barrier islands."
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 5
13 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A protected bay of light green water with a handful of buildings slightly set back from the coastline. Caption: Christopher Columbus landed in 1493
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 6
22 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a green plant with little green bulbs. Overlaid text reads, "George Washington Birthplace National Monument Virtual Tour."
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 7
12 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Cobblestone street lined with 3-story buildings and trees. Cars drive along the street. Caption. "It is the region's oldest city."
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 8
10 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Large red and white freighter ship floats in the ocean, with green plants on a beach in the foreground. Overlaid text reads, "Fort Pulaski National Monument."
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 9
11 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Open field of dry, brown grass with mist hovering above it. Caption: The monument preserves the land where Carver was born--
America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Episode 10
17 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12