C-SPAN
On This Day: Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Scholars learn about the history of Mount Rushmore, the artist behind the vision, and the preservation of the monument in a series of video clips. The interesting resource also explores how Mount Rushmore impacts tourism and the economy...
TED-Ed
Are the Illuminati Real?
A video sheds some light on the Illuminati, a short-lived, secret society founded in Bavaria by Adam Weishaupt.
C-SPAN
On This Day: Life and Contributions of Alexander Hamilton
Historians have been fascinated by Alexander Hamilton long before he was the subject of a Broadway hit. Using video resources, scholars explore how his early upbringing as an orphan and social outcast may have influenced his role in the...
PBS
Having a Strong National Government
How did American political parties form? Scholars research the end of the Washington era and the beginning of politics in America. Video evidence and discussion questions allow insight into the emergence of the three branches of...
Bill of Rights Institute
Andrew Jackson and The Bank Wars
Viewers examine the historical arguments for and against establishing a National Bank in the United States. They examine just how Andrew Jackson's debate continues to rage on, all the way to today's America.
Bill of Rights Institute
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Viewers examine the court case McCulloch vs. Maryland. They investigate the power of the federal government to tax and create a national banking system in the United States, and find that the case would reshape the roles of both the...
Crash Course
Where US Politics Came From
After the passage of the United States Constitution, the founding fathers faced a difficult question: What kind of country should we be? How democratic should we be, and much free speech should we have? Discover the different visions...
Curated OER
The American Revolution (Sesame Street) - Part 1
The Sesame Street crew take on the American Revolution. Part one depicts Thomas Jefferson attempting to write the Declaration of Independence. Unfortunately, he breaks his quill and Mr. Grover gets him everything but a quill. This is a...
Library of Congress
Loc: Journeys and Crossing: Jefferson's Letter to Meriwether Lewis
Watch this interesting webcast by Gerard Gawalt from the Library of Congress as he discusses the importance of the letter from Thomas Jefferson to Lewis that initiated the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Jefferson as Revolutionary
Frank Cogliano, of the University of Edinburgh, delivers a lecture addressing Thomas Jefferson as a revolutionary. Coglliano initiates the discussion with the death of Jefferson. Find out why! [36:58]
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...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Jefferson and Monroe
Thomas Jefferson was a multi-talented man. His list of accomplishments include president, author, statesman, inventor, architect, and more. This short film presents the legacy of James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson but mostly focuses on...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 - 20 years after the end of the Revolutionary War - Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the United States pays a total of $15 million dollars for French Lousiana Territory. 14 current U.S. states are comprised of the area purchased...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Hamilton and Jefferson and the Necessary and Proper Clause
Hamilton and Jefferson had different interpretations of the necessary and proper clause.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jefferson on Political Parties
Thomas Jefferson's views on political parties are discussed.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 7: Thomas Jefferson and the Presidency
Different presidents have defied attempts at stereotyping them. Thomas Jefferson was a president who saw his role in simpler terms than others before him.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jefferson's Arguments in the Declaration of Independence
Why did the American colonists declare independence? We find out on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1660: We the People Lesson 19 Part 2: First Cabinet
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Alexander Hamilton formed George Washington's first cabinet.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1666: Birth of Political Parties in the United States
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had very different views on the role of government.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Jefferson and the Constitution: Louisiana Purchase
Video by Tom Richey on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase as part of a series on Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution. [5:16]
Tom Richey
Tr: Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French Revolution: Part 4)
Video Part 4 on the French Revolution in which Tom Richey discusses Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson and the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" passed by the French National Assembly in 1789. [14:39]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Jefferson, Neutrality, and the Embargo
Video part one of a series entitled, The Trials of the Jeffersonians, in which Tom Richey explains the Embargo Act of 1807, Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy effort to keep the U.S. out of the Napoleonic Wars. [11:09]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Thomas Jefferson's Agrarian Vision (Apush Review)
Brief video for AP U.S. History students on Jefferson's ideas about the virtues of agriculture and his preference for an agricultural society over an industrial one. [3:46]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Thomas Jefferson vs Alexander Hamilton (Apush Review)
Short video with graphic organizer for AP American History students on the ideological conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton resulting in the emergence of two political parties. [10:32]