Instructional Video18:28
Khan Academy

US History Overview 1: Jamestown to the Civil War

8th - 11th
Complete with territory maps, photos, and interesting anecdotes, this video covers the major events of American History, roughly from 1754 to 1865. Plymouth and Jamestown are mentioned at the beginning of the video, but the speaker...
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: The Louisiana Purchase

9th - 10th
In 1803 - 20 years after the end of the Revolutionary War - Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the United States pays a total of $15 million dollars for French Lousiana Territory. 14 current U.S. states are comprised of the area purchased...
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Lewis and Clark

9th - 10th
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned Merriwether Lewis and William Clark to find a water route from the east to the west coast of North America which they undertook beginning on May 14, 1804. [1:00]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Slavery in New Territories Part 2

9th - 10th
Continues the discussion of slavery in the new territories, and how Congress admitted new states in pairs - one a free state, the other a slave state.
Instructional Video
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Jefferson and the Constitution: Louisiana Purchase

9th - 10th
Video by Tom Richey on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase as part of a series on Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution. [5:16]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Women and the Expansion of America

9th - 10th
In this video, journalist and best selling author Cokie Roberts and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss women and their role in the expansion of America. [5:33]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Madison and the Louisiana Purchase

9th - 10th
Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" in conversation with Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute about Madison's role in the Louisiana Purchase. [1:54]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Overview: James Madison

9th - 10th
Madison was "the most important person responsible for creating what America is today" and played many roles in the founding of America. Lynne Cheney, author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" gives an overview of his life. [6:04]
Instructional Video
HipHughes History

Hip Hughes History: The Jefferson Era in Ten Minutes

6th - 8th
Covers John Adams and Jefferson, including the Alien Sedition Act, Nullification, the Election of 1800, the Louisiana Purchase, and Constitutional Power. [10:15]