Instructional Video9:36
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 2000

6th - 12th
The 54th Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 19- I mean, 2000. (The Year 2000) It was the first election I could finally vote in! And boy, was it a messed up one. We wouldn't even know who won until over a...
Instructional Video11:34
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 2016

6th - 12th
The 58th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 2016. The biggest thing Barack Obama could take credit for was a rebounding economy. Just before election day, unemployment was under 5%. Sure, plenty of...
Instructional Video6:59
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 2008

6th - 12th
The 56th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 2008. This was the first election in which I voted in the primaries, and there were a lot of exciting candidates to vote for. But first, let's see how George W....
Instructional Video5:50
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 2004

6th - 12th
The 55th Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 2004. A lot had changed since the last election. Just 8 months after George W. Bush became President, terrorists attacked the United States. On September 11,...
Instructional Video5:04
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 1988

6th - 12th
The 51st Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 1988. It was the earliest one I remembered. By many accounts, Ronald Reagan had a solid Presidency. He helped end the Cold War, and the economy remained strong....
Instructional Video4:17
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 1984

6th - 12th
The 50th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1984, on my third birthday. Yep, this was the first presidential election I was alive to witness, although I don't remember it at all. Man, I guess that means...
Instructional Video18:00
Hip Hughes History

The 2004 Election Explained

6th - 12th
Let HipHughes accompany you through the basics of the 2004 Election. Understand the root reasons W won his second term and laugh a little bit along the journey of learnin' Visit the complete playlist here • Presidential Elec...
Instructional Video6:27
The Cynical Historian

What caused the American Civil War?

9th - 11th
In recent debates, there has been a lot of controversy over the causation of the Civil War in the US. It's mostly due to political farce, but there is a real problem, historically, with trying to define the exact causation of the Civil...
Instructional Video8:48
Reading Through History

George HW Bush Biography

6th - 11th
The following is a short biography about the life of George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. *** George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12th, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, but he lived most of his young life in...
Instructional Video15:40
Crash Course

Obamanation

9th - 12th Standards
Invite your learners to review the major objectives and policies enacted thus far into the presidency of Barack Obama in the United States. John Green begins by providing an overview of the recession of 2008 and the subprime mortgage...