PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Thomas Jefferson: 60 Second President
Short animated video [1:07] on Thomas Jefferson and his influence on the presidency. Accompanied by background essay for students to read before watching and a student handout to follow along with the video. Lists National Education...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Enlightenment: Video: The American Enlightenment
Use the video "The American Enlightenment" [1:10:55] to consider the two learning outcomes below. It features discussions of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; perfectionism; Deism; Benjamin Franklin; errata; Thomas Jefferson; syllogisms;...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Women and Thomas Jefferson
In this video, journalist and bestselling author Cokie Roberts, and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss Thomas Jefferson's views on colonial women and their role in the politics of the day. [5:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Constitution and the Bill of Rights: Amendments 1 3
In this video, historian Joe Ellis and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss the Constitution's Bill of Rights, Amendments 1-3. [6:41]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: First Draft of the Declaration of Independence
In this video, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson talks to Sal about the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. [8:09]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
In this video, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson talks to Sal about the Declaration of Independence, specifically the phrase "...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". [5:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Madison, Foreign Policy, and Declaring War
Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" in conversation with Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute about the Election of 1800. [4:46]
HipHughes History
Hip Hughes History: The Jefferson Era in Ten Minutes
Covers John Adams and Jefferson, including the Alien Sedition Act, Nullification, the Election of 1800, the Louisiana Purchase, and Constitutional Power. [10:15]
PBS
Liberty's Kids Hd 114 the First Fourth of July
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of Admiral Lord Richard Howe's siege on New York Harbor and the submarine nicknamed The Turtle created by David Bushnell. [23:06]
PBS
Liberty's Kids Hd 134 Conflict in the South
A Liberty's Kids video [23:07] telling the story of General Nathanael Greene's campaign in the South and Thomas Jefferson's ownership of slaves.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Repetition: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces repetition as a rhetorical device using an excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Address, 1881.