Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: The New World

9th - 10th
Europeans begin to travel to North America, "The New World," to claim its vast riches and establish colonies. Over time, Great Britain's influence on the eastern side of the continent grows to 13 colonies which would become the United...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Early American Settlement

9th - 10th
In today's episode, we discuss the situation in America in the early 1600s.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: We the People Les. 1 Pt. 1: Why Study the British Colonies?

9th - 10th
Today, 60-Second Civics begins our exploration of the colonies of British North America.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: We the People Les. 1 Pt. 3:where Did British Colonists Settle?

9th - 10th
Today we learn about the impressive size of the American colonies.
Instructional Video
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Thirteen Colonies

9th - 10th
U.S. History Intensive Review video in which Tom Richey explains the development of the Thirteen Colonies and compares the social, religious and economic characteristics of the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies. [10:26]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #2: When Is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America

9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #3: The Natives and the English

9th - 10th
John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the native...
Instructional Video
Other

Digi History: Youtube: Reasons for English Colonization

9th - 10th
This video identifies two reasons the English kept up the efforts of establishing colonies in the New World. Overpopulation and religious persecution in England drove people out. [5:01]
Instructional Video
Other

13 Colonies Review

4th - 6th
This teacher-created video is a review of information about the thirteen colonies and can be used to study for a quiz. [3:31]