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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers: Scientists Are Helpers: In Depth

2nd - 8th
Dive deeper into a Scientist's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations. [2:42] Make A Plan: Download, print and complete these resources to practice emergency preparedness in your home or classroom.
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A&E Television

History.com: Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman

9th - 10th
This is a series of eight videos episodes about great escapes with Morgan Freeman. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman: Hosted and executive produced by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, this new eight-part series from The...
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A&E Television

History.com: Apollo 11: Jfk's Secret Space Tapes

9th - 10th
Author Charles Fishman talks about secret recordings between JFK and NASA administrators. [1:01]
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A&E Television

History.com: The Toys That Built America

9th - 10th
Against the backdrop of major events in American history like the Civil War and the Great Depression, "The Toys that Built America" shares a different story -- one that brings new products and nostalgic toys during cultural and economic...
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A&E Television

History.com: Timeline of the Jonestown Massacre

9th - 10th
Explore the timeline of the weeks leading up to the Jonestown massacre on November 18, 1978. [2:03]
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A&E Television

History.com: The Toys That Built America: Masters of Invention (S1, E1)

9th - 10th
The incredible creations of some of the most iconic toys in history happened by chance. During World War II, a naval engineer accidentally creates an iconic spiral toy that walks down stairs, when he's trying to come up with a way to...
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A&E Television

History.com: The Toys That Built America: Board Game Empires (S1, E4)

9th - 10th
After failing to make a living selling lithographs, Milton Bradley creates one of America's first board games, which will go on to become one of the biggest of all time. But the Parker brothers threaten Bradley's reign. But it's a game...
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A&E Television

History.com: The Toys That Built America: Toy Car Wars (S1, E3)

9th - 10th
As car culture cranks up in the early 1950s, a young machinist in England invents one of the world's most successful toys when he creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox for his daughter to take to school. In Los Angeles,...
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A&E Television

History.com: Returning to Pearl Harbor

9th - 10th
Pearl Harbor survivors reveal what it's like to return to the scene of their trauma so many years later. [2:41]
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A&E Television

History.com: Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?

9th - 10th
When Japanese bombers appeared in the skies over Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, the U.S. military was completely unprepared for the devastating surprise attack, which dramatically altered the course of World War II,...
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A&E Television

History.com: Norad Santa Tracker

Pre-K - 1st
Watch this video [1:01] to learn how one misplaced phone call led to the military keeping close tabs on Santa and his reindeer.
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A&E Television

History.com: New Year's Eve Ball Drop

9th - 10th
We all watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve, but the ball has its own history that began well before Times Square. [1:01]
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A&E Television

History.com: Hurricane Katrina: Survivors Talk

9th - 10th
In this video [1:56], survivors talk about the impact of Hurricane Katrina, 15 years after the historic storm devastated the Gulf Coast.
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A&E Television

History.com: Montgomery Bus Boycott

9th - 10th
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL and sparked the American Civil Rights movement of the 20th century. [1:55]
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A&E Television

History.com: Selma to Montgomery March

9th - 10th
Newsreel footage [1:35] of the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A&E Television

History.com: March on Washington

9th - 10th
In this video [2:33] find out how Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech became an impromptu addition to the March on Washington.
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A&E Television

History.com: Fight for the Vote: The 19th Amendment

9th - 10th
In 1920, women in the U.S. gained the right to vote - but only after a struggle that lasted more than 70 years! Learn how suffragists fought for the 19th amendment in this video. [4:36]
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A&E Television

History.com: History Shorts: Protecting Cultural Treasures From War

9th - 10th
In this video [1:03] learn about a young artist, Nicholas Roerich, who made a pact to protect priceless works of art and cultural treasures from becoming casualties of war.
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A&E Television

History.com: Woodstock Almost Never Happened

9th - 10th
Woodstock, the iconic music festival, brought huge crowds and groundbreaking performances. But it almost never happened. Watch this video [1:01] to see why.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Happened at the Waco Siege?

9th - 10th
In this video [4:50] learn about the Waco Siege and how cult leader David Koresh lived as a polygamist among his Branch Davidian followers at the Mount Carmel Center. Discover the 51-day siege, which ended in a deadly FBI raid on April...
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A&E Television

History.com: What Is Veto Power?

9th - 10th
What power does the U.S. Constitution grant the president over laws passed by Congress? In this video [2:48] learn more about the purpose of veto power and how presidents have used it.
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A&E Television

History.com: 9 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient History

9th - 10th
In this video [9:21] focuses on nine of the greatest unsolved mysteries of ancient history. Some mysteries we may never find the answer to, but some are begging to be solved! From secret sunken cities to unknown texts, discover the nine...
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A&E Television

History.com: America 101: What Is a Contested Election?

9th - 10th
In this video [1:23] you will learn more about the history of contested elections.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Killed Cleopatra?

9th - 10th
This video [2:34] discusses what killed Cleopatra. Legend has it that Cleopatra took her own life by succumbing willingly to the bite of a cobra. If this story is true, was suicide by snake venom an easy way to go, or did the last...