Instructional Video1:50
60 Second Histories

The Zulu Wars - part 2

K - 5th
This video gives an introduction to the invasion of Zululand by the British and the terrible massacre at the battle of Isandlwana
Instructional Video1:48
60 Second Histories

Why were the British involved in the slave trade?

K - 5th
This video explores some of the reasons the British were involved in the slave trade and a quote from William Wilberforce's parlimentary speech about the abolition of slavery.
Instructional Video7:11
Mr. Beat

Native Americans and American Colonists (Story Time with Mr. Beat)

6th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video2:05
60 Second Histories

The Indian Mutiny of 1857 – part 2

K - 5th
This video describes the death of Mangal Pandey, the start of the mutiny in Meerut and the massacre at Cawnpore
Instructional Video2:01
60 Second Histories

The Indian Mutiny of 1857 – part 1

K - 5th
This video takes a look at one of the main causes of the mutiny being the bullet cartridges issued by the British to the Indian troops being greased with pork & beef fat which was against their religious beliefs.
Instructional Video1:46
60 Second Histories

The East India Company

K - 5th
A description of the founding of the East India Company, how and what it trades with India and the creation of it's own army.
Instructional Video9:26
Mr. Beat

Exploring America (Story Time with Mr. Beat)

6th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video1:50
60 Second Histories

Was the British Empire a good or bad thing? Part 3

K - 5th
Part 3 of this short series gives a brief summary of the Empire debate; it recaps on some of the positive and negative impacts and leaves the audience to decide.
Instructional Video5:17
Guinness World Records

Speeding through European Capitals

K - 5th
In this video, a group of individuals attempts to break the Guinness World Record for visiting the most capital cities in 24 hours using only public transport. They start in London and travel through Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin,...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Discrimination

9th - 10th
In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those discrete and insular minorities referenced in the 14th Amendment. We'll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino...