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Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers: Scientists Are Helpers: In Depth
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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History.com: Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman
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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History.com: Apollo 11: Jfk's Secret Space Tapes
Author Charles Fishman talks about secret recordings between JFK and NASA administrators. [1:01]
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History.com: The Toys That Built America
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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History.com: Timeline of the Jonestown Massacre
Explore the timeline of the weeks leading up to the Jonestown massacre on November 18, 1978. [2:03]
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History.com: The Toys That Built America: Masters of Invention (S1, E1)
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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History.com: The Toys That Built America: Board Game Empires (S1, E4)
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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History.com: The Toys That Built America: Toy Car Wars (S1, E3)
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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History.com: Returning to Pearl Harbor
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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History.com: Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?
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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History.com: Norad Santa Tracker
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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History.com: New Year's Eve Ball Drop
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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History.com: Hurricane Katrina: Survivors Talk
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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History.com: Montgomery Bus Boycott
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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History.com: Selma to Montgomery March
Newsreel footage [1:35] of the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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History.com: March on Washington
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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History.com: Fight for the Vote: The 19th Amendment
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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History.com: History Shorts: Protecting Cultural Treasures From War
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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History.com: Woodstock Almost Never Happened
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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History.com: What Happened at the Waco Siege?
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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History.com: What Is Veto Power?
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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History.com: 9 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient History
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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History.com: America 101: What Is a Contested Election?
In this video [1:23] you will learn more about the history of contested elections.
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History.com: What Killed Cleopatra?
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...