Crash Course
The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. As you may remember from last week, things were not great at this time in US history. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of...
Hip Hughes History
U.S. Sectionalism for Dummies -- The Civil War, States Rights and The Missouri Compromise
Mr. Hughes throws it down on Sectionalism, breezing through the essential causes of the American Civil War beginning with the ratification of the Constitution and culminating with the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln
Hip Hughes History
The Election of 1860 Explained
A summary of the most consequential Presidential Election in US History, the election of Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Beat
The Compromise of 1850 (according to the Traveling Salesman)
This is the best video about the Compromise of 1850 ever made. It was also the first educational video Mr. Beat ever made. If you are watching this, you are watching history...about history.
Macat
An Introduction to Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man
Should leadership be inherited? Is it the responsibility of a government to ensure the rights of its people? Thomas Paine argues in his Rights of Man that it is not only the obligation of a government, but also that revolution is...
Bill of Rights Institute
Constitutional Principles: Consent of the Governed
A government of the people, by the people, and for the people! Invite your class to really analyze the concept of consent of the governed and why it is one of the foundational principles of the United States Constitution and of...
Other
Texas Law Related Education: Videos: Seven Principles of the Constitution
Seven short videos that explain constitutional principles, including checks and balances, federalism, individual rights, limited government, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and separation of powers. The animation drawings for these...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals in the Declaration of Independence
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the democratic ideals in the Declaration of Indpendence. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals of Us Government
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the foundational democratic ideas of the US Government, primarily stated by John Locke. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rule by the People
Learn about popular sovereignty, a foundational component to democracy, and the consent of the governed on today's podcast. [1:05]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Popular Sovereignty
What is popular sovereignty? Is government the master of the people, or is it the other way around? Find out on today's podcast. [1:03]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Authority Flows From the People
Popular sovereignty means that authority flows from the people to the state, not the other way around. This concept is one of the foundations of the democracy of the United States to limit the power of the government. [56 secs.]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Elements of Democracy: Constitutions as Higher Laws.
A constitution is a higher law that can be changed by the sovereign people.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:the Elements of Democracy Part 86:features of Constitutionalism
Today we learn some of the key features of constitutionalism.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Individual Rights and Popular Sovereignty
Learn how natural rights philosophy informed the Founders' conceptions of individual rights and sovereignty on today's episode.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: State Constitutions: Social Contract and Popular Sovereignty
On today's episode we explore the ideas of social contract and popular sovereignty in state constitutions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals in the Preamble to the Us Constitution
Learn how the Preamble to the US Constitution reflects the democratic ideals of the Framers. [3:11]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals in the Declaration of Independence
This video is a close reading of the beginnings of the Declaration of Independence to identify ideas of natural rights, social contract, limited government and popular sovereignty in the text. [7:52]