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U.S. History (General)

Within History
Illustration of Sonia Sotomayor smiling at us as she wears her supreme court justice robe. Text reads, “Sonia Sotomayor.”
Influential Women
Episode 9
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: John F. Kennedy for Kids
5 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Children in 19th century clothing gather on and around the Statue of Liberty's torch as they wave an American and a French flag. Text reads, "Let Liberty Rise! How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty."
12 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 4
ASL
Still image from: Lincoln Memorial
6 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Native American person on horseback rides off into the distant sunset. Caption. We have a right to speak about it.
29 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Woman in a suit stands in shadow with hands clasped at waist and lips parted as she speaks. Caption. As governor, it's up to me to decide.
Living News Classroom Discussion Clips
Episode 3
2 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Park ranger stands with his hands clasped at his waist. An American flag hangs in the background. Caption. Of the signing of the Constitution.
Living News Classroom Discussion Clips
Episode 1
3 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young woman in tie-dyed shirt with sunglasses on her head smiles and holds a box of cigarettes. Caption. I'm like, "Mr. Choplick, how ya doin'?"
Living News Classroom Discussion Clips
Episode 2
2 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 10
Still image from: Living St. Louis: Dred Scott and "A More or Less Perfect Union"
Living St. Louis
Episode
4 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Living St. Louis: Eliza Rone--Enslaved & Emancipated at the Campbell House
Living St. Louis
Episode
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Living St. Louis: History of the Automobile in St. Louis
Living St. Louis
Episode
7 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Living Up to Our Declaration of Independence
13 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bronze sculpture depicts pioneers fording a river in a covered wagon pulled by oxen. Caption. A thematic dry riverbed with rocks cropping out.
54 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Jan E Matzeliger standing next to the image of him on the Black Heritage 29 cent USA stamp.
22 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Cartoon character standing next to a drawing of an African American man. Caption: I was just reading about Garrett Morgan.
Marvie
Episode 7
1 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Animated puppet, Marvie, smiles and looks sideways at an easel that displays a drawing of a woman labeled, "Ada Lovelace." Caption. I just learned about mathematician, Ada Lovelace.
Marvie
Episode 5
1 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 2
Overhead view of a a large assembly line with tan boxes being moved along conveyor belts. Several people with white hard hats and uniforms are working in various stations. Caption. For the milk they were producing on their farms.
What We Eat
Season 0 / Ep 1
25 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
John Lewis wears a dark suit and sits in front of black and blue background. His face turns to the side with a perplexed expression. Title bar reads, "Minds that matter. John Lewis, Democratic U, S congressman, Georgia."
58 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Stone ledges stand on both sides of a curved brick wall. Caption. The mission Indians mixed this quicklime with water.
The Missions Of California
Episode 8
9 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 12
Mission Santa Barbara stands behind a paved plaza with trees and mountains in the background. Caption. Mission Santa Barbara is a noble landmark.
The Missions Of California
Episode 7
8 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 12
Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala surrounded by trees. Caption. Father Junipero Serra.
The Missions Of California
Episode 5
8 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala overlaid with a map of California. Gold crosses mark locations along the coast of the map. Spanish caption. La misión San Diego.
The Missions Of California
Episode 4
8 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of the bell wall at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Caption. All who and all who hear the ringing of its bells.
The Missions Of California
Episode 6
7 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of the bell wall at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Spanish caption. Ésta la distinguida misión de San Gabriel Arcángel.
The Missions Of California
Episode 10
8 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Closeup of a fountain in front of the arches of the Mission Santa Barbara. Caption. So soundly was this water system engineered that, remarkably.
The Missions Of California
Episode 9
9 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Black and white illustration of the Mission Santa Barbara. Man in a wide brimmed hat rides a horse and other people populate the foreground. Spanish caption. La misión santa Bárbara.
The Missions Of California
Episode 11
9 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Amundsen's Snowshoes
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 2
7 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Bouncing Back From Adversity
Mossback's Northwest
Season 0 / Ep 3
28 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Chief Joseph in Seattle
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 6
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Cracking the Case of Crab Louis
Mossback's Northwest
Season 5 / Ep 4
6 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Different Drummers of Our Past
Mossback's Northwest
Season 1 / Ep
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Emily Carr
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 7
6 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Frank Waldron & the Jackson Street Jazz Scene
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 8
5 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: History Stands Still for No One
Mossback's Northwest
Season 0 / Ep 2
27 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Japanese Castaways in the Northwest
Mossback's Northwest
Season 4 / Ep 2
4 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Kingdome Come and Gone
Mossback's Northwest
Season 4 / Ep 3
6 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Panama Hotel
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 1
6 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Paul Bunyan--The Man, the Myth, the Debate
Mossback's Northwest
Season 5 / Ep 3
6 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Paul Robeson at the Peace Arch
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 3
6 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Sea Serpents of the Salish Sea
Mossback's Northwest
Season 5 / Ep 2
6 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Seattle's Ramps to Nowhere
Mossback's Northwest
Season 3 / Ep 7
4 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Seattle’s Complicated History With Orcas
Mossback's Northwest
Season 1 / Ep 11
3 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Sir Thomas Beecham's Seattle "Dustbin"
Mossback's Northwest
Season 3 / Ep 4
4 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Amazing Caytons
Mossback's Northwest
Season 5 / Ep 7
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Centralia Tragedy Left a Legacy Still Debated
Mossback's Northwest
Season 3 / Ep 2
5 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Great Swinomish-Husky Race of 1941
Mossback's Northwest
Season 3 / Ep 5
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Northwest Outlaw They Couldn’t Capture
Mossback's Northwest
Season 4 / Ep 4
7 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Odd Thing About D.B. Cooper
Mossback's Northwest
Season 5 / Ep 1
6 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Other Curtis Brother
Mossback's Northwest
Season 5 / Ep 5
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Palouse Cowboy Who Invented John Wayne
Mossback's Northwest
Season 4 / Ep 8
7 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Pig War
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 5
7 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Shipwreck That Still Shares Its Bounty
Mossback's Northwest
Season 2 / Ep 2
3 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The True History of the “Seattle Freeze”
Mossback's Northwest
Season 4 / Ep 1
5 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Woman Who Sailed Seattle Onto the Silver Screen
Mossback's Northwest
Season 4 / Ep 5
6 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Wyatt Earp
Mossback's Northwest
Season 6 / Ep 4
6 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Mount Rushmore is collaged in front of an American flag and a bald eagle. Text reads, "Mount Rushmore for Kids."
8 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Garage with four small planes parked inside.
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 6
28 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View of New York City’s Museum of Natural History with a horse-drawn carriage on the road in front of it.
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 10
28 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Plaque on the side of the American Writers Museum with text that reads, “one hundred eighty, American Writers Museum.”
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 8
27 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
View looking up at a bridge in the middle of Chicago. On the edge of the bridge are the American Flag, Chicago Flag, and Illinois flag flying in the wind.
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 4
27 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bronze statue of a man in uniform holding his belt. On the wall behind him is a star below text that reads, "In honor of those members of the Office of Strategic Services who gave their lives in the service of their country."
Museum Access
Season 2 / Ep 4
28 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 trains face opposite directions on separate tracks. The train on the left is black and older, probably coal-powered, and the train on the right has thick tan and green horizontal stripes and is more modern.
Museum Access
Season 2 / Ep 6
26 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Museum Access: International Spy Museum (Washington, DC)
Museum Access
Season 6 / Ep 7
27 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Outside view of a 2-story green building with a pitched roof and one turret next to a grass tennis court. There's a small bronze statue of a man with an older tennis racquet extended backward next to a small informational sign.
Museum Access
Season 3 / Ep 6
24 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Four different vintage covers for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 1
28 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Museum Access: Morgan Library and Museum (NYC)
Museum Access
Season 6 / Ep 9
27 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Old film projector made of dark metal sits on a table in a dimly lit warehouse room next to cardboard boxes and other artifacts in the background.
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 7
25 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Inside a museum with white walls and pillars. Several different types of aircraft hang from the ceiling on display, including a large passenger jet with an old United Airlines logo on the side.
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 1
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Old film camera used on old motion pictures rests on a tabletop in a museum.
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 7
27 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Old red fire truck that looks like an early car from the 1920s in a museum.
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 5
28 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Colorful poster for Ringling Bros Circus has images of Alf T. Ringling, Al Ringling, John Ringling, Chas Ringling, and Otto Ringling. Text reads, “Ringling Bros, Kings of the Circus World"
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 3
26 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Museum Access: Submarine Force Museum (Groton, CT)
Museum Access
Season 6 / Ep 3
28 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Street view of the entrance of the Adler Planetarium, a domed building made of darker stone with a wide staircase leading up to it. It is surrounded by a building of a triangular shape made of glass.
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 5
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Museum Access: The Sailing Museum
Museum Access
Season 5 / Ep 6
27 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Museum Access: Volo Auto Museum (Volo, IL)
Museum Access
Season 6 / Ep 4
27 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Colorful plaque that has a bald eagle with its wings spread out over an emblem of the American flag that has a Roman helmet with a sword stuck in it. There's a ribbon wrapped around the eagle that says, “duty, honor, country, west power.”
Museum Access
Season 4 / Ep 2
28 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small silver plane with a front propeller and a sealed cockpit sits outside a large warehouse. Text on the plane reads, "Toulouse Nuts."
Museum Access
Season 2 / Ep 1
28 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white image of 3 men seated across from a woman, all in business attire. Caption. Byck turned to Dwight Anderson, dean of the School of Music.
1 hours 40 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Sepia-toned closeup portrait of a senior Native American man wearing a headdress. Caption. They all survived off the herds of buffalo that roamed the land.
Exploring Our Past
Episode 4
12 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Closeup of a shiny brown bird-like mask with a red beak and dark eyes. Caption. They also carved elaborate masks made of wood for ceremonies.
Exploring Our Past
Episode 1
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Sepia-toned photo of a multi-level stone structure with stairs, walls, and chimneys. Caption. They could be built to stand up to seven stories high.
Exploring Our Past
Episode 3
12 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Interior of hut with wood poles lashed together in a grid, forming the frame for the walls and ceiling. Caption. A long house was much like an apartment house.
Exploring Our Past
Episode 2
12 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Still image from: Nick News: Kids, Immigration, and Equality
Nick News
Season 1 / Ep 2
22 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: No Time to Waste: The Urgent Mission of Betty Reid Soskin
51 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: November Fun Facts
4 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Oberlin: A Village Rooted in Freedom
56 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black people in period costumes gather around a fire pit in the grass with log cabins in background. Caption. And they had no personal freedoms at all.
America's Journey Through Slavery
Season 0 / Ep 2
12 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Still image from: Origin of Everything: How Did Martin Luther King, Jr. Get a Holiday?
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 16
9 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 10
6 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: What If There Were No Taxes?
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 27
8 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: What Is Racial Passing?
Origin of Everything
Season 2 / Ep 12
10 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 38
7 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon?
Origin of Everything
Season 2 / Ep 23
10 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies?
Origin of Everything
Season 1 / Ep 42
6 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Have Hobbies?
Origin of Everything
Season 2 / Ep 14
9 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close-up side-angle view of a small three-ring binder full of pages of notes.
Overview
Season 1 / Ep 6
7 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Wide shot of the Portland skyline in the distance, looking through 2 glass towers in the foreground. Caption. Who have produced a thriving economy in the 21st century.
33 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Past Present: Giving Stories New Life With Lesa Cline Ransome ("Of Walden Pond")
Past Present: Giving Past Stories New Life With Lesa Cline-Ransome
Episode 3
7 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Bearded middle-aged man in a brick-walled room with large steel frame windows. Caption. Acting as a sort of global policeman.
16 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Blackbeard (Episode 3)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 3
5 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Bonnet (Episode 4)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 4
2 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Effects on Economy (Episode 6)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 6
5 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Female Pirates (Episode 5)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 5
3 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Golden Age Ends (Episode 7)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 7
12 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: History (Episode 1)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 1
10 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Lost Shipwrecks (Episode 8)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 8
16 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pirates of the Carolinas: Rules (Episode 2)
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 2
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Placed-Based Local History Projects: Inspiring Deeper Understanding
Place-Based Local History Projects
Episode 1
7 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Still image from: Placed-Based Local History Projects: Middle School Place-Based History Project and Community Impact
Place-Based Local History Projects
Episode 2
6 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Black and white illustration of 3 figures standing around a wooden pole with their arms around one another. Other figures dance in a circle around them. Caption. Chief Powhatan decided he still loved his daughter.
American Tall Tales & Legends
Episode 4
15 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Text framed by a white box on blue background with fading white stars reads, "Political Parties and Their Candidates." Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."
1 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
United States Constitution in original form. On screen is the text of the First Amendment to the Constitution written in black.
Politics on Point
Episode 1
3 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Computer graphic of the state of Ohio and a scroll that reads, "Ohio's First Constitution 1803." In the background on the left is a detailed map of Ohio, and on the right is a photo of the Ohio capitol building above the seal of the governor of Ohio.
Politics on Point
Episode 2
3 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
2 black and white photos. The left photo shows the Ohio Statehouse, which is domed and has many pillars around the perimeter. The right photo shows the Greek Revival Building, which has a circular second story and many pillars around the perimeter.
Politics on Point
Episode 3
3 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Screenshot of Camp David, Maryland from Google Earth. A computer graphic of a red push pin is dropped over the location.
Politics on Point
Episode 4
3 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
ASL
Several privacy booths used for voting in U, S elections are lined up. They have American flags with the word "vote" in blue painted on them. Caption. Our most important right as citizens.
Politics on Point
Episode 5
2 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Text framed by a white box on a blue background with fading white stars reads, "Executive Branch. What's Inside. “Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."
1 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Articles of Confederation
Primary Source Essentials
Episode
2 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Brutus 1
Primary Source Essentials
Episode
2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Declaration of Independence
Primary Source Essentials
Episode
2 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: Federalist 78
Primary Source Essentials
Episode
2 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Primary Source Essentials: U.S. Constitution
Primary Source Essentials
Episode
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The deck of an underwater ship covered in debris and rusted metal. Caption: the wreckage of the Titanic rests on the seafloor,
2 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of a white building with a sign that reads L. Kaufman, Cheap Cash Store. Caption. They had all of these informal financial relationships
54 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: Rock Legends Who Changed the World
8 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Large metal object hangs from a beamed structure fixed to the ocean floor. Boats pass by in the background.
2 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Reenactment of Roanoke Island Colony life. 2 men in elegant fifteen nineties clothing walk past an indigenous person speaking to a settler. Caption. Thus, Lord Grenville returned to England for supplies.
Colonial Life
Episode 4
27 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Still image from: Rock the Park: National Parks of New York Harbor
Rock the Park
Season 4 / Ep 2
20 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Rock the Park: Washington, D.C.
Rock the Park
Season 3 / Ep 15
20 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Roots of Resistance: Boycotts
Roots of Resistance
Season 1 / Ep 4
10 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Color illustration of diverse children in an art gallery looking up at framed portraits of 13 historical American women.
11 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Painting of 1800s frontiersmen shooting at Native Americans. Caption. He then, successfully, led his warriors.
21 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Still image from: Snow Dogs: Into the Wild
50 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 10
Painting of a man looking up as he crouches by a rock at the edge of a body of water. Another man pulls a boat full of people to shore in the background. Title bar reads, "Religious freedom." Caption. In search of religious freedom.
Social Studies Video Vocab
Episode 20
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Blurry black and white photo of a procession of women wearing long black dresses and headscarves. Spanish caption. En los 1840, imigrantes irlandeses.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 20
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Woman with gray hair wearing a green shirt talking. White text on bottom of screen reads, "Barbara Ketcham Wheaton. Culinary historian, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University." Caption. Due to political disruption in Asia.
What We Eat
Season 0 / Ep 7
24 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Young men in robes face away from camera and write on a small chalkboard. Caption. Man as narrator. Way, way, way back, the ancient Greeks.
Standard Deviants School: American Government
Episode 1
23 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Title card on striated prismatic background reads, "The making of the president." Caption. The making of the president.
Standard Deviants School: American Government
Episode 8
18 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Medium shot of a smiling middle aged man wearing glasses. Caption. Looking at the branch's creation might help us understand.
Standard Deviants School: American Government
Episode 10
22 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of the front of the Supreme Court building. Statues and stairs lead to the west entry door of the building. A series of columns support the building's pediment. Text on image reads, "Thanks to the Civil Rights Act."
Standing Up for Freedom
Episode 2
17 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: A.P. Giannini
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 2
3 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Annie Malone
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 9
2 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Frank Woolworth
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 10
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Fred Harvey
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 3
3 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Henry Kaiser
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 4
3 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Herbert Hoover
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 5
3 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a woman looking directly at camera as she smiles broadly. Behind her is a background that appears to be a glassed-in entry to a school hallway. Caption. As the Court ruled in 1986.
Supreme Court Spotlight
Episode 1
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man with white hair and a beard wearing a red shirt and navy jacket talks while standing on the deck of a wooden ship. Several brown ropes and open ocean are in the background. Caption. By the early fifteen hundreds, there were shops that sold coffee.
What We Eat
Season 0 / Ep 2
25 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of Black person wearing glasses and looking downward. Caption. Were shocking.
1 hours 20 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
English soldiers march through the fog, moving towards a distant blaze. Caption. Mad Anthony's troops indiscriminately destroy.
27 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Grocery store produce department with stacks of different fruit. Caption: Many fruits are better for us than candy and cookies.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1018
22 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Background image with cross legged people seated on Yoga mats raising their arms overhead. A book cover overlay on the has a title that reads, "Access Your Inner Power. Awakening Your Health and Vitality."
Teen Kids News
Episode 1515
21 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Medium view of a man speaking while sitting before a backdrop of the U, S flag and an overlay of the Georgia state flag. Title card below the man reads, "Randy Howe. Author. Flags of the 50 States."
Teen Kids News
Episode 1518
21 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Red background with a logo and text in the lower left hand corner that reads, "Teen Kids News."
Teen Kids News
Episode 1525
21 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of Abraham Lincoln's young son, William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln. A black and white photo of the child with a black star in the lower left corner appears next to text which provides William's biography.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1530
21 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Side-by-side news-style Teen Kids News interview with a teenager speaking to a middle-aged woman. A text box below reads, "Anger. Dr. Susan Heitler, Psychologist."
Teen Kids News
Episode 1535
21 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Middle aged man in a suit stands in front of a large conference table. He looks at camera as he speaks and gestures with both hands.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1603
21 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Teenage boy looks at a textbook as he studies at a table covered with books. Above him is a clock overlay display showing 12:20 with 12 to 4 shaded in red. Text below him reads, "Experts say most of us can only concentrate for about 45 minutes at a time."
Teen Kids News
Episode 1605
21 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Digital screen in background reads, "Speak of the Week" with an image of a teenage boy standing in front of wall art next to it. Text in a box below images reads, "How would you spend a million dollars?"
Teen Kids News
Episode 1608
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A gallery area filled with mosaic art in large and small frames hanging side by side on walls or on easels. In the foreground, tabletops with iron legs display elaborate mosaic designs.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1619
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Medium view of a doctor wearing a lab coat and necktie with his name embroidered on 1 side and the logo and name of his medical facility on the other. He stands while being interviewed in a waiting room area.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1622
21 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Medium view of a teenage girl in a studio setting standing in front of a digital backdrop. She looks straight towards camera, smiling. Text on backdrop reads, "Teen Kids News" overlayed on a series of geometric shapes.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1702
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of Washington D, C. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial stand across the water from one another in the foreground.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1822
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Teenage boy looks down and to the side while a teenage girl blows a bubble in the background.
Teen Kids News
Episode 1826
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
New Jersey's state flag, a buff-colored background with the state crest in the middle, which features two women standing on either side of a shield, a helmet, and a horse head. Below the women's feet, a banner says, "Liberty and Prosperity, 1776."
Teen Kids News
Episode 1904
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ancient topographical map depicting the lands and seas of the Middle East forms the background for a news segment slide. An ancient portrait bust appears in the bottom left corner, and title text is coming into view.
Teen Kids News
Episode 2007
19 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person wearing a mask and a hat kick-pushing a blue scooter, with a walking cane tucked under their arm.
Teen Kids News
Episode 2009
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2103)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2103
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2106)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2106
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2108)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2108
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2109)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2109
21 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2110)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2110
17 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2113)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2113
21 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2125)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2125
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2126)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2125
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2127)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2127
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2128)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2128
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2130)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2130
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2134)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2134
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2223)
Teen Kids News
Episode 2223
20 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 teenage girls stand outdoors in front of a concrete block wall. 1 girl's arm rests on the shoulder of the other girl who holds a microphone while speaking. Both look towards the camera.
Teen Kids News
Episode 952
22 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Slide shows autumn colors blurred in the background of text that reads, "Thanksgiving."
6 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Gray map of the United States with an American flag backdrop. Text reads, "The Fifty States."
5 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Still image from: The Automat -- Horn & Hardart Documentary
1 hours 18 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Smiling cartoon man with long wavy hair wears a bow tie with ruffled collar and a waistcoat as he points down towards text that reads, "Boston Tea Party."
9 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white photos of a Native American woman and man wearing medals around their necks. Caption. Like currency used to purchase loyalty.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 52
10 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of 4 men sitting in a car with the top down. 2 wear flat caps and another is in uniform.
The Cars That Made America
Episode 1
1 hours 26 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man bends forward to work on an early model car. He is dressed in a vest and pants from the early 1900s. A large garage door is open to a grassy field and trees in the background.
The Cars That Made America
Episode 2
1 hours 24 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bird's eye view of a white mid-century car with chrome details.
The Cars That Made America
Episode 3
1 hours 26 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a girl wearing a flannel jacket, hat, and gloves, leaning against a wood railing. Caption. Got to let our children take their chances here.
43 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Two men on horses wear costume Civil War uniforms as they pass by a camp of white tents beneath an American flag. Text reads, "The Civil War: A Nation Divided."
12 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Wide high shot of New York City skyline with smoke billowing from the World Trade Center Towers.
43 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Blurry golden closeup of the Declaration of Independence creates a backdrop for script that reads, "The Declaration of Independence."
5 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Bartnicki v. Vopper. The Illegal Digital Intercept Case."
The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Episode 2
27 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Boy Scouts of America v. Dale. The Gay Scoutmaster Case."
The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Episode 1
28 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The Campaign Finance Reform Case."
The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Episode 4
28 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Garcetti v. Ceballos. The Whistleblower Case."
The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Episode 3
28 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Van Orden v. Perry. McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky The Ten Commandments Cases."
The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Episode 5
29 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. The School Voucher Case."
The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Episode 6
29 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Tide recedes on a quiet beach beneath a rocky cliff and a cloudy sky. Text reads, "The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors."
12 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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