Instructional Video15:14
TED Talks

TED: The mission to safeguard Black history in the US | Julieanna L. Richardson

12th - Higher Ed
Black history in the US is rich, profound -- and at risk of being lost forever, if not for the monumental efforts of Julieanna L. Richardson. As the founder of The HistoryMakers -- the largest national archive of African American...
Instructional Video9:28
National Geographic

See How Life Has Changed in the Middle East Over 58 Years | Short Film Showcase

Pre-K - 11th
Colbert Held is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has amassed a photo collection spanning 48 years and 17 countries. He did so to have a detailed, photographic record of all the landscapes he visited, a complete...
Instructional Video6:56
Curated Video

How ads follow you around the internet

9th - 11th
Hint: It’s why every site asks you to accept cookies. Join the Open Sourced Reporting Network='http://www.vox.com/opensourcednetwork' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Network You’ve seen the pop-ups: “This site uses cookies to improve...
Instructional Video7:42
NativLang

What Montezuma's Aztec Sounded Like - and how we know

9th - 11th
The Aztecs didn't call him Montezuma. Nor Moctezuma. They didn't call chocolate "chocolate". Heck, they didn't even call themselves Aztec! Though they were an oral culture, we have an idea of what their language really sounded like....
Instructional Video3:35
C-SPAN

On This Day: Battle of the Bulge

7th - 12th Standards
The Normandy invasion was the beginning of the end for World War II. Using the series of video clips, pupils explore the role the Battle of the Bulge played in bringing World War II to an end. The interesting resource includes...
Instructional Video3:27
C-SPAN

On This Day: Attack on Pearl Harbor

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Curious historians relive the "day which will live in infamy" using video clips from C-SPAN on the Pearl Harbor attack. The curated collection includes veteran testimonies and vintage newsreels. Additional footage includes scholars'...
Instructional Video4:38
TED-Ed

Did Ancient Troy Really Exist?

8th - 12th
Because the monsters Scylla, Charybdis, and Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey are fictional, scholars may assume the Iliad is also entirely fictional. A carefully researched video describes Heinrich Schliemann's discovery of the...
Instructional Video10:38
C-SPAN

On This Day: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American Internment

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Forced to leave, branded a security risk, held at gunpoint. It's hard to imagine this happened in the US. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thousands of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were forced in internment camps. Using video...
Instructional Video10:39
C-SPAN

On This Day: Apollo 8

7th - 12th Standards
Apollo 8—the mission to orbit the moon—changed the trajectory of human history and space travel. A series of videos, including historians, the mission commander, and footage of the mission, allows pupils to watch the mission as it...
Instructional Video2:24
C-SPAN

On This Day: Kristallnacht

7th - Higher Ed Standards
Krristallnacht—the night of broken glass—shattered lives in a watershed moment in Holocaust history. Learners listen to the testimony of survivors of the violent night that marked a pivotal moment of the early Holocaust. The three video...
Instructional Video9:02
C-SPAN

On This Day: Cuban Revolution

7th - Higher Ed Standards
What was life like after the Cuban Revolution under the government of Fidel Castro? Historians consider the question by examining the firsthand accounts of people living there and old newsreels of the Batista regime ouster. A video from...
Instructional Video7:38
C-SPAN

On This Day: Ellis Island Opens

7th - Higher Ed Standards
Immigration is a hot topic in the news, but it has been a part of the American story for centuries. Learners explore Ellis Island and its connection to the American immigration story with a video tour of Ellis Island, Congressional...
Instructional Video7:56
Be Smart

Where Do Teeth Come From?

9th - 12th Standards
Surprisingly, dinosaur teeth and human teeth have a lot in common. Scholars discover how teeth form during embryonic development. They then compare fossil evidence of the similarities of teeth of ancient species.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Lived History: The Story of the Wind River Virtual Museum

9th - 10th
'Lived History' documents the making of the Wind River Virtual Museum, a high definition archive of Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho ancestral artifacts. In the accompanying lesson plan (found in the Support Materials) students will...