Instructional Video22:07
Curated Video

Planning and writing the conclusion of an essay about the Windrush

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use my research and understanding of this historical event to plan and write the conclusion of an essay. Key learning points: - The conclusion is the final paragraph of a non-fiction text. - Information in the...
Instructional Video25:28
Curated Video

Migration to modern Britain

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain the reasons for migration to Britain and the experiences and impact of migrants in the modern period. Key learning points: - Most migrants settled in Britain because of changes in laws, the growth of the...
Instructional Video5:04
Wonderscape

The Devastating Impact of Jim Crow: From Freedmen’s Towns to Black Wall Street

K - 5th
Discover the tragic events that unfolded during the Jim Crow era, from the destruction of thriving Black communities like East St. Louis and Tulsa's Black Wall Street to the widespread violence of the Red Summer. This video highlights...
Instructional Video9:08
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Cameron McWhirter - Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

Higher Ed
Cameron McWhirter, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, authored "Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and The Awakening of Black America" based on research conducted during a Harvard fellowship in 2006-2007. The book explores the racial...
Instructional Video17:36
Step Back History

How the Police Became an Occupying Army

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve heard quite a bit about the institution of the police lately. We see them in places like Portland or Minneapolis sporting military weapons, driving armoured personnel carriers, and dressed like the jackboots from a dystopian 70s...
Instructional Video22:45
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Exploring the Economics of Race

Higher Ed
Columbia professor Dan O’Flaherty explains how an awareness of racial trauma developed from growing up in Newark inspired him to write and teach on the economics of race.<b<br/>r/>

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Instructional Video17:36
Step Back History

America's Secret Police

12th - Higher Ed
So, how did the freest nation of freedom in the free world develop what is essentially America's secret police in the form of COINTELPRO? It's actually quite the story that has a lot to do with hating immigrants, suppressing left-wing...
Instructional Video10:20
Weird History

How a 1921 Mob Destroyed America's Richest Black Neighborhood

12th - Higher Ed
"What happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921? A mob of 10,000 whites descended on Greenwood, the richest black neighborhood in America, after a black teenager on his way to a blacks-only bathroom stepped on the foot of a white elevator...
Instructional Video
PBS

The Legacy of Rodney King

9th - 10th
The 1991 beating of Rodney King has had ramifications to this very day. PBS interviews people that were totally involved in the case for their thoughts on the legacy of this incident.