Lesson Plan Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, and Thanksgiving, 1608-1621 Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy, World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this five-lesson unit.
Video Guns, Horses, and the Grass Revolution Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In this lecture Elliott West, a professor of history at the University of Arkansas, describes how the introduction of Old World phenomena such as guns, horses, and new diseases affected the Native peoples of the New World. Those who...
Video Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy Walter Isaacson, president of the Aspen Institute and author of Kissinger: A Biography, traces Benjamin Franklin’s life from runaway apprentice to Founding Father, exploring the breadth of his passions and accomplishments as writer,...
Video The Importance of Frederick Douglass Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Slavery and the Making of America Government and Civics James Oliver Horton, the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at George Washington University, and Lois E. Horton, Professor of Sociology at George Mason University, have collaborated on several books,...
Video The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope Literature, Religion and Philosophy Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities and Director of the American Studies Program at Columbia University, Andrew Delbanco examines the evolution of the American Dream--the idea that anyone may rise above his or her...