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African-Americans

Within History
ASL
Slide shows Key Concept 5. Enslaved people resisted the efforts of their enslavers to reduce them to commodities in both revolutionary and everyday ways.
Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery
Episode 5
5 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Slide shows Key Concept 6. The experience of slavery varied depending on time, location, crop, labor performed, size of slaveholding and gender.
Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery
Episode 6
5 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery (Concept 7)
Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery
Episode 7
4 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery (Concept 8)
Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery
Episode 8
4 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery (Concept 9)
Teaching Hard History: A Framework for Teaching American Slavery
Episode 9
4 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Three log-cabin-style structures in a row next to each other, near a paved driveway and white house, and backing up to a wooded area. Caption reads: "FightersHeaven.com."
Teen Kids News
Episode 2003
21 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Installation shows a mannequin wearing a beaded face covering and quilted dress with fabric pieces surrounding the hem in a gallery with a quilt hung in the background.
6 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: The Backbone
1 hours 11 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a man standing in profile. He looks down at a notecard held in his hand. Title card reads, "Carl Cotton, A Natural Talent."
The Brain Scoop
Episode 73
9 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Dance: African Dance and the Middle Passage
The Genius of African-American Dance
Episode 1
25 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Dance: Minstrel Shows, Vaudeville, and Broadway
The Genius of African-American Dance
Episode 2
26 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Dance: R&B, Modern Dance, and Breakdancing
The Genius of African-American Dance
Episode 4
28 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Dance: The Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age
The Genius of African-American Dance
Episode 3
26 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Music: Afrofuturism
The Genius of African-American Music
Episode 5
27 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Music: Jazz
The Genius of African-American Music
Episode 3
28 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Music: Soul
The Genius of African-American Music
Episode 4
27 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Music: Spirituals
The Genius of African-American Music
Episode 1
27 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: The Genius of African-American Music: The Blues
The Genius of African-American Music
Episode 2
26 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame of Jackie Robinson at bat mid warm-up swing. Caption. Come on, Jackie boy, get a hold of one!
1 hours 17 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Young woman stands in shadows next to a projected image entitled, The End of the Old Testament. Caption. It was not uncommon for birthdays to be recorded down.
1 hours 47 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black man in a white tunic stands on a platform to the right of 2 men in suits and top hats. Caption. To stand on a raised platform.
America's Journey Through Slavery
Season 0 / Ep 1
12 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 10
Storybook cover with a colorful illustration of 2 students holding books and walking; 1 of the students has white hair and glasses. Title reads, "The Oldest Student. How Mary Walker Learned to Read."
14 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
ASL
Watercolor painting of a child standing with 1 foot up on a fence, houses in the distant background. Caption. Each morning she climbed up on the fence.
7 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: K - 5
Still image from: The Path to Creativity Is Not Predictable: How to Be a Successful Black Artist!
7 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man standing at chalk board in front of class. Caption: George's discoveries brought so many benefits to mankind
35 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Black woman and man wearing plain Civil-war era clothing across from a man wearing a suit and brimmed hat. Caption. This path will lead to a road.
37 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: The Road to Justice
30 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Seated Black man in a suit writing at a teacher's desk. A line of Black teenagers are to his left. Caption. Blacks were denied admission to white schools.
57 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Painting. Young Black girl jumping rope outside with homes in background. Caption. Under the shade of a sweet-smelling pine.
7 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
ASL
Man seated on a stool speaks directly to camera against an orange stage backdrop like he is giving a lesson as a subject expert. Caption. Cooler climates, less land, and the flourishing.
U.S. History
Episode 3
31 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white side angle profile of W, E, B Du Bois wearing circular glasses and looking off with a concentrated stare. Caption. Will write, "Now the children cease to hear my name."
1 hours 2 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo. President Johnson signs a bill, surrounded by a crowd of men in suits. Caption. To Pass the 1964 Civil Rights and 1965 Voting Rights Acts.
44 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Color illustration. 3 school children pause to chat. Caption. You don't know what you're talking about.
24 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Digital illustration of a man gesturing toward a photo of the artist Basquiat as he sits casually on a stool with his head tilted to the side.
6 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Who Was Benjamin Banneker?
5 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Young man in blue tank top and visor touches glasses and holds a C, D player while walking along a tree-lined street. Caption. With me fixing to be 21 in December.
Aging Out
Season 0 / Ep 5
23 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Xploration Outer Space: Space Firsts
Xploration Outer Space
Season 4 / Ep 10
22 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Fluffy tan dog runs through the grass, looking happy.
Xploration Second Chance Pets
Season 1 / Ep 2
22 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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