Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course World History #35: Imperialism

9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empires way back in the 16th century, but businesses really took off in the 19th century,...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course World History 213: Asian Responses to Imperialism

9th - 10th
Crash Course video teaches us about Imperialism from an Asian perspective. Host John Green draws upon the writings of those from colonized nations for an informative and lively presentation. [12:54]
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of Us Imperialism

9th - 10th
NPR provides a lengthy book excerpt on imperialism in the U.S. The author presents the Philippine occupation, the Spanish-American War, World War I and II, and the Cold War as times in history when America was involved in imperialism--...
Instructional Video
Other

Reading Through History: History Brief: The Rise of Imperial Japan

9th - 10th
This video gives a brief description of the militarization of Japan and the invasion of Manchuria and China in the 1920s and 30s. [4:36]
Instructional Video
Other

Reading Through History: History Brief: The Spanish American War Begins

9th - 10th
Brief video explains the history of the Spanish-American War and Imperialism. [6:12]
Instructional Video
British Library

British Library: Jane Eyre: Bertha Mason

9th - 10th
Professor John Bowen explores the character of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre, revealing the depths of her character and the context in which Charlotte Bronte created her. [4:26]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: America 1900: John Hay

9th - 10th
A brief biography of John Milton Hay.