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U.S. History - Precolonial-1774

Within History
Still image from: 13 Colonies
9 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man looks at camera and parts lips mid-speech. Backdrop displays black and white illustration of shirtless man falling forward with hair swept up behind him. Caption. One on the eastern seaboard near present-day Boston.
A History Of American Indian Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 4
28 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Aerial view of sprawling red rock formations. Caption. Resting between the Rocky Mountains on the east.
A History Of American Indian Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 3
28 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man looks down at camera and parts lips in mid-speech. Backdrop displays painting of a militia bearing an American flag and facing off against Native Americans in battle.
A History Of American Indian Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 5
25 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman parts lips in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. And, in the process, founded San Antonio, Texas.
A History of Hispanic Achievement in America
Episode 3
28 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Red and white stripes of U, S flag with overlay of the U, S Constitution. Text overlay reads, Founding the Constitution.
A History of the U.S. Constitution
Episode 2
27 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Red and white stripes of U, S flag with overlay of the U, S Constitution. Text overlay reads, The Seeds of the Constitution.
A History of the U.S. Constitution
Episode 1
28 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of senior man in colonial costume with tricorn hat. Caption. They raid the milita's arms stash.
America the Story of Us
Season 1 / Ep 1
43 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Color illustration of colonial figures standing on a dock lined with boats. Clusters of buildings fill background.
American Entrepreneurial Genius
Episode 1
28 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of Black men wearing Civil War-era clothing, hoeing fields alongside Black women and children. Caption. Her skill in speaking impressed many people.
Black American History
Season 0 / Ep 2
48 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Lighthouse with outbuilding and trees as seen through dense fog. Caption: The old lighthouse shimmers in and out of view--
America's National Monuments: The Geologic West
Episode 11
13 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Colonial Times
9 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Man wears polo and stands in a room. His mouth is open in mid-speech. Caption. It's a great day to learn about history.
Constitution Hall Pass
Episode 4
19 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Map shows a circuitous sailing route from Plymouth out to the Atlantic Ocean. Caption. Narrator. The ships turn back not once but two times.
2 hours 16 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Painting of explorer Balboa staring into distance while sailing on ocean. Spanish caption. En el 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
35 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Muted portrait painting of Christopher Columbus against a red and yellow background. Caption. Not surprising for a boy from Genoa.
Drive Thru History
Episode 1
25 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Exterior shot showing the ruins of a building. Text below reads, King James the First, 1566 to 1625. Caption. Back in 1606, King James the First granted a charter.
Drive Thru History
Episode 8
22 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Dave Stotts speaks to camera while standing in an old graveyard. Caption. Richard Clyfton was fired from his position as parson.
Drive Thru History
Episode 2
18 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Portrait painting of George Fox, 1624 to 1691. He has shoulder length white hair, wearing a jacket, cravat, and wide brimmed hat. Caption. Even went as far as springing him from jail several times.
Drive Thru History
Episode 5
17 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Image collage, including a painting of the Roman Senate and a closeup photo of the mask of KIng Tutankhamun. Caption. Would help to improve human life and reduce society's problems
Exploring Our Nation
Episode 1
12 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a stone archway topped with a cross. A weathered stone wall looms in the background. Caption. As the father and founder of California.
The Missions Of California
Episode 1
11 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 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
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
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
Color illustration of a man wearing a brown shirt, pants, and matching hat rowing a canoe through choppy water. Caption. A voyager to the end, Louis Joliet died in 1700.
Famous Explorers
Episode 3
17 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Large wooden ship with 3 masts is painted black and docked on a sunny day with calm waters. People walk along the dock in the background.
Museum Access
Season 2 / Ep 5
26 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People wearing costumes resembling colonial men and Native Americans, gathered together around a table. Caption. Today, we celebrate a version of their festival, Thanksgiving.
16 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Native American women hoeing the land. Caption. These new neighbors taught them how to plant and grow corn.
21 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Men wearing militia uniforms stand in a line, rifles by their side pointing up. Caption. The congress also asked colonists to start a militia.
14 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Cartoon of a street lined with almost identical white multi-story homes and trees with orange leaves. A gray dog wearing a blue dress, yellow hat, and a brown satchel walks away down the street.
Pups Of Liberty
Episode 1
16 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Sketch of cats from a side view. They're wearing colonial style soldier hats and coats while holding bayonets on their shoulders. Caption. Meanwhile, the Red-Cats were on their way.
Pups Of Liberty
Episode 2
18 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Still image from: Read Out Loud: "Revolutionary Rogues"
Read Out Loud
Episode 34
27 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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
Closeup of two story stone building. Caption. Than judge an honest woman to be a witch.
23 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Aerial shot looking down a well. Title below reads, Save our History. Caption. Dug this well to secure a supply of fresh water.
44 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Man dressed in American Revolutionary clothing speaking at a podium with a large book open and 2 lit candles in holders on either side. Caption. In churches for religious practice and fellowship.
Colonial Life
Episode 5
19 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People dressed in Pilgrim-era clothing stand outdoors near a table filled with food. A wooden structure is in the background. Caption. Of sharing our harvests with family and friends.
Colonial Life
Episode 6
16 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 6
Still image from: The Boston Tea Party
9 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
3 wooden sailing ships with large masts and British flags sail on the calm, open sea. Caption. If he hopes to found his own colonies in North America.
Pocahontas and the Survival of Jamestown
Episode 1
28 minutes
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Painting of George Washington. 1 hand over his heart, other is on a bible. Spanish caption. En la escalinata del edificio Federal.
38 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Painting of George Washington with a white powdered wig and wearing a black colonial suit standing behind a desk as 1 man signs a paper and several men in powdered wigs look on. Caption. The Convention decided the nation.
Our Presidents In America's History
Episode 1
13 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Black and white illustration of Native Americans and English colonists intermingling. John Smith and Pocahontas are at the center standing next to a religious figure.
30 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Men in colonial costumes gather around a table. 1 individual bends over to sign a document. Caption. To make just and equal laws for the colony's general good.
The New World
Episode 3
27 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 10
Still image from: The Pilgrims
7 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Closeup of a man with short blonde hair wearing a gray pinstripe suit talking in front of a blurred background. Caption. And relations between the colony and the Indians.
Pocahontas and the Survival of Jamestown
Episode 2
25 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Linear print of a colonial fort topped with a flag. Boats sail in the water and mountains stand in the background. Caption. People of every sort keep coming to America's shores.
The Story Of America
Episode 1
57 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 11
Simple line drawing of North America with green shaded arrows in Central Canada and New England. A key indicates the green shaded areas are Britain. Caption. Britain claimed the East Coast and most of Canada.
U.S. History
Episode 4
31 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Red underwater ROV floats on the surface of a stream. Caption. Halligan as narrator. The spring-fed river and the stream is flowing all the time.
EcoAdventures in North Florida (WFSU Local Routes)
Episode 3
6 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Men, women, and children sit at church pews wearing American Revolutionary-era clothing. Caption. Children would also learn to obey parents.
Colonial Life
Episode 7
20 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person crouching and using a brush to expose an item in the dirt. Caption: The team has already brought up thousands of artifacts,
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 336
2 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Underwater view of man in black scuba gear with a blue oxygen tank swimming to the left. Caption. It's forensic science at 25-feet deep.
Wild Chronicles
Season 3 / Ep 339
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
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