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U.S. History
Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) (5)
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The 2008 Wall Street BailoutThis video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" traces the unprecedented decisions made by the U.S. government to intervene in the financial crisis of 2008. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd GarrisonThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” profiles William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and a leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society, whose position on the slavery question generated strong and often violent resistance to the abolitionist cause. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Alexander Hamilton: Early InfluencesIn this video segment from American Experience, learn about how the events of Hamilton's youth in the West Indies influenced the direction of his life. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Are Teens Addicted to Texting?In this resource featuring video segments adapted from Wide Angle Youth Media: “Textaholic,” a teenager explores the role of texting in her life and speculates on whether teens are addicted to texting. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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The Bayonet ConstitutionThis video from American Experience describes the events that forced Hawaiian King Kalakaua in 1887 to accept a new constitution for Hawai‘i that limited his power and gave increased influence to white landowners. Accessibility features: Caption |
8-12 |
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Building the Erie CanalIn this video segment adapted from American Experience, learn about the construction of the Erie Canal, the biggest public works project of its time. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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A Case for the Separation of PowersThis video segment adapted from American Experience introduces how John Adams called for the separation of powers in the Massachusetts Constitution into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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The Causes of the 2008 Financial CrisisThis video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" explores the changes in the U. S. financial market that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Deciphering the Maya CodeThis video segment adapted from NOVA examines the ancient Maya writing system and looks at what they recorded in their writings. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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The Effects of the Columbian ExchangeThis resource featuring video segments adapted from Chronoscope: Exploring 1492: “Columbian Exchange” describes the movement of plants, animals, and disease that characterized the Columbian Exchange and explains how this changed the world. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990In this 1990 archival news footage from Cambridge Community Television, environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the possible effects of climate change at an Earth Day celebration in Cambridge, MA. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste LandfillThis video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Environmental Justice in DallasFollow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism." Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Ex-slave Frederick Douglass Joins the AbolitionistsThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” describes the contributions of Frederick Douglass, a former slave, to the abolitionist movement in the early 1840s. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Exchange StudentThis video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes the experience of Jim Zwerg, a white college student who was among the Freedom Riders seeking to end illegal discrimination against African Americans during the civil rights era. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Freedom Riders Challenge SegregationThis video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how a group of black and white Americans planned to challenge illegal racial segregation by riding buses across Southern states. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Freedom Riders Create ChangeThis video segment adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" highlights the impact of the 1961 Freedom Rides on the efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Fresh TroopsThis video segment from American Experience: "Freedom Riders" describes how the Nashville student movement trained future Freedom Riders in nonviolence, and why these students were so essential in sustaining the Freedom Rides. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Geospatial Revolution: Food DesertsFood deserts refer to a lack of easy access to nutritious food. They exist all over America as an outcome of poverty. This video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution shows how geospatial technology can help change this reality. Accessibility features: Caption |
7-12 |
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Getting an Education This video segment, adapted from NOVA, chronicles the education of leading chemist Percy Julian. Although Julian began his elementary school years in the Deep
South under Jim Crow laws, he became one of the few African Americans of his time to earn a Ph.D.
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