Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies

9th - 10th
John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachusetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there though, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated women pretty fairly,...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Madison as an Advocate of Religious Freedom

9th - 10th
Virginia once had an official religion; James Madison thought that this was not a good idea. [1 min. 4 secs.]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Laws for the Human Mind

9th - 10th
James Madison fought for religious liberties in Virginia, calling laws mandating state religion "laws for the human mind." [1 min.]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1689: Protecting Religious Freedom

9th - 10th
Religious freedom wasn't always protected in America. Learn more on today's podcast.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #2: When Is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America

9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal...
Instructional Video
University of California

University of California Television: Why Politics Cannot Be Freed From Religion

9th - 10th
A televised presentation regarding the historical premise of the separation of church and state and evaluating the reality of it by UC Riverside Professor Ivan Strenski. [59:09]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Personal Aspects of James Madison

9th - 10th
Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" in conversation with Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute about the personal life of James Madison. [5:37]
Instructional Video
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Puritans and Pilgrims

9th - 10th
Puritans and Pilgrims came to America because they could freely practice their chosen religion and not worry about persecution. Do we still uphold religious freedom in today's society?