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History Brief: Fallout Shelters (Cold War)
This video gives a brief description of Fallout Shelters and other preparations made for communities during the height of the Cold War. Teachers, check out our store on TpT: http://bit.ly/2fSXb3V *** Music Provided by Piano Horror:...
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History Brief: Family Fallout Shelters
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What is 1984?
For a teaching unit covering Orwell, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW The following video provides a brief history of the novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", including a plot summary, as well as how it was received by critics upon its initial...
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History Brief: Black Blizzards
Get the 1930s History Brief series on Kindle: http://amzn.to/2mnEuJH Get the Teacher's Resource Manual here: http://amzn.to/2nhvNAw The following video provides a short introduction to the dust storms of the Dust Bowl era, which became...
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History Brief: The Berlin Wall Explained
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Ask Teach 16: The Fuhrer's Book and Why Confederate Soldiers Fought
Support the channel by purchasing our books: http://amzn.to/2gb3xIr In the latest episode of Ask Teach, I address the question of the most influential book ever written by a political leader and the not so complicated issue of why...
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History Brief: Dust Pneumonia and Dust Storm Preparations
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History Brief: the U-2 Incident
Teachers, get the workbook here: http://amzn.to/2kLF9TH Music used with the permission of Liam Seagrave: http://bit.ly/2qh5DPK This video gives a brief description of the U-2 spy plane incident during the Cold War in 1960. *** Like our...
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The History of Marijuana: Live Streamed
Reading Through History will attempt to go LIVE with Matt Beat to discuss what he discovered about Marijuana. He learned about it in college. You can watch his video here: https://youtu.be/BrllyBmaCsI Get the Supreme Court book here:...
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History Brief: The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained
This video gives a brief description of the Cuban Missile Crisis. For a great piece of historical fiction: http://amzn.to/2q17icM Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory/ Follow us on Instagram:...
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The Star Spangled Banner: The National Anthem of the United States of America
During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem which would eventually become the nation’s anthem. In the days after Washington D.C. was burned during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner were sent on a...
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Flag Day & Flag Etiquette
This is a remake of our Flag Day video, just in time for Flag Day 2017! Please remember to always respect the flag of the United States of America! *** Like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory/ Follow us on...
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What is Ramadan?
This video offers a brief explanation of Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic Calendar. Teachers, check out our holiday resource workbook here: http://amzn.to/2rQ2irF *** Like our Facebook page:...
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Hitler's Artwork Going Up for Sale
Apparently, a whole bunch of Adolf Hitler's watercolors and sketches are going up for auction in Germany. These are my thoughts on the matter. Not that they are worth a whole lot. *** Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the...
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The History of Mother's Day
This is a remake of our original Mother's Day video which had no background music and very poor audio. We also swapped out most of the pictures. Make sure to add this to your holiday playlists! *** For a wonderful Common Core aligned...
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I Was Standing on 75 Highway: Lightnin' Hopkins LIVE
In this video, Lightnin' Hopkins performs "I Was Standing on Highway 75. Sam Hopkins was a blues singer from Centerville, Texas. His career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, the genre changed...
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10-year-old Dances the Charleston on Top of a Plane!
This is crazy footage of an adorable 10-year-old barnstormer dancing the Charleston on top of a plane at 2,000 feet. The girl's name is Mildred Unger, and apparently her parents thought this was a great idea. Barnstorming was a major...
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Bold Soldier Boy: Songs of the Civil War
This song is called Bold Soldier Boy, or the Bowld Sojer Boy if you prefer. This version of the song is performed by musical historian Bobby Horton, and it appears on the album Homespun Songs of the C. S. A., Volume 5. Get Bobby's Civil...
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George HW Bush Biography
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...
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York Fusiliers: Marches of the American Revolution
For a great book summarizing the American Revolution: http://amzn.to/2pTUvEb This was a British marching song during the American Revolution. A Fusilier would be a member of any of several British regiments which were formerly armed with...
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Yankee Doodle: Marches of the American Revolution
To brush up on the Revolutionary War, check out our History Brief: http://amzn.to/2pTUvEb *** This is Yankee Doodle, the most popular song of the American War for Independence. The distant sound of artillery and then the emergence of a...
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General Washington's March: Marches of the American Revolution
To brush up on the Revolutionary War, check out our History Brief: http://amzn.to/2pTUvEb This name of this march is pretty self explanatory, it's the march of General George Washington who led American troops to victory during the...
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If the Heart of a Man: Marches of the American Revolution
To brush up on the American Revolution, read our History Brief: http://amzn.to/2pTUvEb This is another very popular and catchy British march around the time of the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Variations of the song were...
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History Brief: Andrew Jackson Early Life
This video is the result of a collaboration between Reading Through History, GetArchive, and Picryl. The lesson was written and recorded by Reading Through History, while the video was created and composed by GetArchive and Picryl. The...