Digital History
Digital History: Puritans
Video [3:50] on the history of the Puritans, their beliefs, and how their cultural and social practices shaped the nation.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: How Did People in the Colonies Earn a Living?
On today's podcast, we learn where the American colonists lived and what they did for a living.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1525: We the People Lesson 1 Part 5: Self Sufficiency
American colonists were largely self-sufficient. This self-sufficiency would become an important part of the American experience.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1528: We the People Lesson 1 Part 8
J. Hector St. John wrote about life in colonial America as being vastly different from that in Europe. Find out why on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:opportunity and Equality in Colonial America
Colonial America really was a land of opportunity for many people, but not for everyone: equal opportunity was still many years away.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 153: English Practices in America
Today we discuss we discuss how some English practices that protected the landed aristocracy in Great Britain did not survive in the colonies.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: American Colonists and Rights
On today's podcast, we discuss the rights American colonists were accustomed to and why they refused to have these rights abridged.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1559: The Rights of Englishmen
The American colonists were British subjects and had the rights of Englishmen. Today we learn what these rights were.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1572: The Stamp, Quartering, Declaratory and Tea Acts
Today we learn about four unpopular taxes in American colonial history.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 160: Rights Denied in Colonial America
Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 161: Rights Denied in Colonial America
Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Moral Education Part 2
Examines moral education in colonial America.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: The Colonists, the Indians, and General Patton (Apush Review)
AP U.S. History review video on how the French, Spanish and English regarded the Native Americans during colonial times, each having a different relationship based on their goals. [4:30]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: New Netherland (Dutch Colonization Colonial America) Apush
AP History teacher, Tom Richey, describes the Dutch Colony of New Netherland and its history in the fur trade with Native Americans in this video for AP U.S. History students. [8:56]
Other
13 Colonies Review
This teacher-created video is a review of information about the thirteen colonies and can be used to study for a quiz. [3:31]
Other
The Original Thirteen Colonies: The New England Colonies
The first of three videos looking at the similarities and differences between the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. This is a teacher-created video that begins by asking some questions about the thirteen colonies that will be...
Other
American Colonization Settlement
A teacher-created video lesson that focuses on the Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, and Southern Colonies, primarily their geography, climates, and resources. [7:02]
Other
The Original Thirteen Colonies: The Southern Colonies
The third of three videos looking at the similarities and differences between the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. This is a teacher-created video that touches upon the geography of the Southern Colonies, their first years, the...
Other
The Original Thirteen Colonies: The Middle Colonies
The second of three videos looking at the similarities and differences between the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. This is a teacher-created video that touches upon the geography of the Middle Colonies, their history, the...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Life as a Child in the 18th Century
What was a typical day like for a kid growing up in the colonies? How was it the same or different from a kid living today? Young volunteers reenact in Colonial Williamsburg how children worked, learned, and played. [5:32]