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Professor Dave Explains

Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 – 1961)

9th - Higher Ed
Dwight Eisenhower was the first military hero to become president since Ulysses Grant nearly a century earlier. But the post WWII era was much different from the post Civil War era. The military-industrial complex was taking shape, and...
Instructional Video6:20
IT'S HISTORY

Zero Hour - Origins of THE COLD WAR

12th - Higher Ed
The origins of the Cold War can be traced back to World War 1 and World War 2. In the final months of World War 2, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin already started to work on a post-war order for the world....
Instructional Video8:05
IT'S HISTORY

Fast Food - Would You Like Capitalism With That? I THE COLD WAR

12th - Higher Ed
A city that is not plastered with branches of US Fast Food chains is a rare sight nowadays. That wasn't always the case. Fast Food, as we know it today, is a child of the economic boom after World War 2. Taking your new car for a ride to...
Instructional Video7:38
Extra Credits

The Martian Chronicles - A Dying Race - Extra Sci Fi - #11

9th - 11th
We're diving into Ray Bradbury's short stories about life on Mars--and how that life reacts when it encounters human life, and what *their* reaction says about American society in the Cold War era. Subscribe for more episodes every
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Curated Video

How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan

9th - 11th
What was the purpose of America's longest war? Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos On August 15, 2021, the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s...
Instructional Video14:52
Curated Video

Command of the Seas - Arctic (1952)

6th - 11th
Made in 1952, "Command of the Seas" is a series of four, full color films that document America's post-WWII Navy. Intended to promote the important role the fleet could play in Cold War conflicts (such as the recently-stalemated Korean...
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Reading Through History

History Brief: The Red Scare (Part 2)

6th - 11th
This video gives a brief description of reaction, in the entertainment industries, to the Red Scare of the 1950s. Teachers, check out our store on TpThref='http://bit.ly/2fSXb3V' Horror='_blank' rel='nofollowhereT *** Music Provided...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: United States History: Us History Overview 3: Wwii to Vietnam

9th - 10th
Gain an understanding of the era that covers World War II, Hitler, Cold War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Space Race.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: Return of the Czar

9th - 10th
PBS's Frontline examines the failures of U.S. policy and Boris Yeltsin's leadership during Russia's tumultuous 1990's Post-Soviet transformation. Content includes interviews, photographs, video excerpts, and more.