Curated Video
The Carbon Family - Reducing Emissions
Meet the Carbon family and discover why reducing our carbon emissions will help stop global warming. People and places -Future of energy - The future of energy Learning Points Making small changes at home can reduce carbon emissions. We...
Curated Video
Julia Stockton Rush: Love and Family Amid War
Julia Stockton Rush's letters offer a unique glimpse into the lives of women during the American Revolution, capturing a nation's birth from a female perspective.
Curated Video
Martha Moore Ballard: Diary of a Midwife
Written over 25 years, Martha Moore Ballard’s diary gives us a unique perspective into the midwifery profession and the lives of women in 19th century America.
TED Talks
TED: The politics of fiction | Elif Shafak
Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.
Programming Electronics Academy
Serial Communication with Arduino - The details!
Are you wondering what the heck serial communication is? Maybe you have been using some functions from the Arduino Serial library, like Serial.begin() and Serial.print() and they leave you wondering more about this serial communication...
Curated Video
How the US made affordable homes illegal
The rules that keep American housing expensive. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Over the past year, housing prices in the US rose precipitously. Low interest rates and...
Curated Video
The Attachment Theory- How Your Childhood Affects Your Relationships.
The attachment theory argues that a strong emotional and physical bond to one primary caregiver in our first years of life, is critical to our development. If our bonding is strong and we are securely attached, then we feel safe to...
Curated Video
The Warmth of Wood: Innovations in Home Heating
Explore the sustainable and economical benefits of wood heating as we delve into the efficiency and environmental impact of using wood as a primary energy source in homes. This documentary features a detailed comparison between...
Mr. Roughton
CSI: Florence
Who done it? Class groups adopt the role of crime scene investigators and examine exhibits (primary source documents) to determine who attempted to assassinate the members of the Medici dynasty.
PBS
Mary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020
Catalytic events wake people up. For Mary Church Terrell the lynching of her friend Thomas Moss lead to her involvement in the catalytic events of suffrage, anti-lynching, and desegregation. Learn more about this amazing woman and her...
The School of Life
Political Theory - Thomas Hobbes
Obedience and Thomas Hobbes: two peas in a pod. Learners hear about these two concepts and more of Hobbes' political theory in an informative video. A variety of primary resources, drawings, and visual aids help convey the information.
PBS
Cesar Chavez Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist Video
Long hours, no restrooms, and low pay were all part of the life of migrant farm workers before the work of union leader Cesar Chavez. The video describes the life of Chavez and his family working in the fields of California. It also...
PBS
Politics of a Movement in a Segregated Society | Carrie Chapman Catt
The entire text of the 19th amendment is only two sentences long. It declares that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." However, the passing of the...
A&E Television
Jefferson Davis- Mini Biography
Did you know that the president of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War did not originally advocate for secession from the Union? Discover more interesting facts about the first and only Confederate president with this...
Other
Gale Family Library: Primary vs. Secondary Resources
Video explains the difference between primary and secondary sources with examples from the Minnesota Historical Society's collections. [4:18]
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Pioneers of the Plains
Experiences of a pioneer family on their journey from Illinois to the Midwestern plains. [11:00]
PBS
Pbs: Wgbh American Experience: Reagan
This multi-media website provides a timeline of the life of Ronald Reagan, fortieth President of the United States. Includes video clips from the documentary, biographical snapshots of his family and key players of his presidency,...