Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Pioneers of the Plains

9th - 10th
Experiences of a pioneer family on their journey from Illinois to the Midwestern plains. [11:00]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Freedom of Religion Pt. 7: Early Views on Freedom of Belief

9th - 10th
Examines early American views on religion, character, and freedom of belief.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: How Did People in the Colonies Earn a Living?

9th - 10th
On today's podcast, we learn where the American colonists lived and what they did for a living.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1525: We the People Lesson 1 Part 5: Self Sufficiency

9th - 10th
American colonists were largely self-sufficient. This self-sufficiency would become an important part of the American experience.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1528: We the People Lesson 1 Part 8

9th - 10th
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.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics:opportunity and Equality in Colonial America

9th - 10th
Colonial America really was a land of opportunity for many people, but not for everyone: equal opportunity was still many years away.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 153: English Practices in America

9th - 10th
Today we discuss we discuss how some English practices that protected the landed aristocracy in Great Britain did not survive in the colonies.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: American Colonists and Rights

9th - 10th
On today's podcast, we discuss the rights American colonists were accustomed to and why they refused to have these rights abridged.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1559: The Rights of Englishmen

9th - 10th
The American colonists were British subjects and had the rights of Englishmen. Today we learn what these rights were.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 160: Rights Denied in Colonial America

9th - 10th
Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1600: The Massachusetts Constitution

9th - 10th
How was the constitution of Massachusetts different from that of most states? Find out on today's podcast.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 161: Rights Denied in Colonial America

9th - 10th
Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #4: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies

9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated...