Curated Video
Choosing a Writing Topic for an Informational Text
In this video lesson, students learn how to choose a writing topic for an informational text by asking questions about their interests. They are guided through the process of generating ideas, avoiding topics that are too broad or too...
Mr. Beat
Native Americans and American Colonists (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time, the European colonists who came over to settle along the eastern coast of North America and the Natives who had already lived there for thousands of years, kind of got along. Sure, there were disputes and skirmishes...
Weird History
Was Andrew Jackson the Craziest US President Ever?
Andrew Jackson has a complicated legacy. On the one hand, he was a populist hero and a venerated war general. On the other hand, he enslaved persons, killed thousands of Native Americans, created an economic depression, and killed a man....
Mazz Media
Exploring Our Past: Native Peoples of the Southwest
Live-action video, archival photos and colorful animated graphics will help your students learn how the Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, and Apache peoples thrived in the barren lands of the Southwest. The program explores the foods they ate,...
Step Back History
The Mystery of the Lost Roanoke Colony
Roanoke's disappearance has been a mystery as long as there has been an America, and the failure of the colony was one of the major setbacks to British colonization of North America. Join Matt from the channel Conjecture as we explore...
Mazz Media
Exploring Our Past: Native Peoples of the Great Plains
Grammy Nominated, Native American singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah narrates this five part series on Native Peoples. The daily lives and cultures of America's Native Peoples come to life for students through reenactments recorded at...
Hip Hughes History
Andrew Jackson - US President Review
HipHughes plows his way through the field of Jackson. Perfect for those in need of saving or those interested in learning. I promise to help you brain wrinkle and to lol.
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: English Settlements - Prosperity In Virginia
Examines the establishment of Roanoke in 1585; the successful settlement of Jamestown, Virginia; the roles of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan; the settlement of Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620; Plymouth Rock and the...
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: French Settlements - Introduction And Context
Discusses the French trading networks, their alliances with Native Americans, and their conflicts with settlers. This video looks at the establishment of New France and some of the difficulties the French settlers encountered....
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: French Settlements - The Governing Of New France
Discusses the French trading networks, their alliances with Native Americans, and their conflicts with settlers. This video looks at how the French nobility tried to govern New France and how this structure reflected the old country....
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: French Settlements - The Collapse Of New France
Discusses the French trading networks, their alliances with Native Americans, and their conflicts with settlers. This video looks at the collapse of New France and how the previously French owned land was redistributed. Colonization Of...
Curated Video
Creating an Introduction for an Informational Text
In this video, the teacher explains how to create an effective introduction for an informational text. They emphasize the importance of hooking the reader with a compelling question, providing a brief answer, and then giving a preview of...
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: French Settlements - Effects Of French On Native American Culture
Discusses the French trading networks, their alliances with Native Americans, and their conflicts with settlers. This video looks at the French treatment of the Native Americans, and the reasons this tended to be more civil than the...
Mr. Beat
Exploring America (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time, for thousands of years, the human beings on two continents, Europe and North America, just ignored each other. Then, in the late 980s, a group known as the Norsemen, more famously known as Vikings, left Iceland, heading...
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Dawes General Allotment Act (1887)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Louisiana Purchase
This video provides a brief overview of the Louisiana Purchase and its impact on the United States. It explains how Thomas Jefferson, concerned about the future of New Orleans, negotiated with France to purchase the city and the...
Wonderscape
History Kids: Sacagawea
In this video, the teacher discusses the life of Sacagawea, a Native American woman who played a crucial role in the Lewis and Clark expedition. The teacher covers Sacagawea's early life, her involvement in the expedition, and her impact...
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: Spanish Settlements - Pirates! Spanish Settlements In New Mexico
Chronicles the exploits of Cortes, De Soto, and Coronado; and Spanish incursions into South & Central America, Mexico and the American Southwest. This video looks at pirates who tried to intercept Spanish ships bringing home a bounty of...
Cerebellum
Colonization Of North America: Spanish Settlements - Introduction And Background
Chronicles the exploits of Cortes, De Soto, and Coronado; and Spanish incursions into South & Central America, Mexico and the American Southwest. This video introduces the context of Spanish exploration of North America and their...
Mr. Beat
Crazy Horse (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Here's the story of Crazy Horse, who became a symbol for resistance to American expansion.
Wonderscape
History Kids: Native Americans of the Northeast
In this video, the teacher discusses the Native American tribes of the Northeast region of the United States, including the Iroquois, Pequot, and Shawnee tribes. The teacher covers topics such as their ways of life, agriculture,...
Hip Hughes History
The War of 1812: U.S. History Review
HipHughes walks you through the basics of the first declared war in US History, the War of 1812.
Curated Video
'It's long overdue': Biden apologizes for federal government's role in brutal Indian boarding schools
President Joe Biden apologized for the federal government's role in brutal Indian boarding schools, calling it one of the most horrific chapters in American history. (Scripps News)
British Movietone
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
In Washington - a warn greeting between Mr Truman and the man who takes over from him - General Eisenhower. They drive together from the White House to the Capitol, where Chief Justice Vinson administers the presidential oath. After the...