PBS
Reconstruction: The Black Codes
During the era of Reconstruction, the planter class of the South tried to replicate the time before the Civil War by squashing rights given in the Thirteenth, Fourteenths and Fifteenth amendments. Using a video clip featuring renowned...
PBS
Reconstruction: The Birth of a Nation - Rewriting History through Propaganda
How historically accurate was the film The Birth of a Nation? Using a video that features clips from the film and analysis from historians, young scholars explore the connection between art and history. Additional activities...
PBS
Reconstruction: Ida B. Wells - Pioneer of Civil Rights
When Ida B. Wells was kicked off the whites-only ladies railway car, it ignited a ferocious warrior for civil rights. Wells and others worked to preserve the hard-won freedoms of Reconstruction, which were tenuous at best during...
PBS
Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment and African American Men in Congress
To escape to freedom, Robert Smalls had to steal a Confederate ship and sail to Union lines. He continued that fight for freedom as one of the first African American representatives in Congress during the Reconstruction era. Learners...
National WWII Museum
What Would You Do? Scenario: Segregation
Young African American men at the start of World War II faced a dilemma: they could fight the racism of the Nazis but only by enlisting in a racist Army. Scholars consider this situation as they study the life of a man who in 1941 was...
National WWII Museum
What Would You Do? Scenario: Standing up to Hitler
A reporter for the Chicago Daily News, based in Germany in 1933, is documenting Hitler's rise to power. As his stories grow more critical of the regime, he faces increasing pressure to stop. Eventually, even the American government...
National WWII Museum
What Would You Do? Scenario: Bombing to Invade
The D-Day invasion was critical to the Allies defeating Nazi Germany. However, they needed to make sure Hitler could not get resources to France to fight back. Should the Allies bomb the rail lines feeding the German army through France...
National WWII Museum
Air War over Berlin
The air Battle of Berlin was harrowing with fighter pilots so close in the skies they could see each other's eyes. A video studies the important engagement, explaining that while the Allies lost the largest number of men in a single air...
National WWII Museum
What Would You Do? Scenario: Dachau
When American troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp, they were so enraged by the death they saw that a group of soldiers summarily executed Nazi soldiers. One man filmed the actions, and then struggled with a moral dilemma:...
National WWII Museum
War in Europe Overview
Victory in World War II was by no means a forgone outcome for the Americans. A video resource paints a picture about what the Allies faced by the time the United States entered the conflict. Issues included both wartime production and...
TED-Ed
History vs. Cleopatra
Who was Cleopatra? What does she have to do with history? Watch a video that has a trial-theme aspect that explores the rumors and facts about the powerful woman and her effect on history.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Judgements
This video lesson focuses on judgements by first defining it as arriving at an opinion or evaluation about something. Then it looks at the difference between evaluation and judgement, and the place of judgement in writing. Real Player is...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cognitive Biases: Alief
In this video, the psychologist Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains the philosopher Tamar Gendler's concept of alief--an automatic or habitual mental attitude. The video discusses why aliefs differ from beliefs and how aliefs can...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cognitive Biases: Peak End Effect
In this video, Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains why our memories of good and bad events are a biased. Specifically, she explains how our retrospective evaluations fall prey to the peak-end effect--a bias in which we overweight...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Te Kete Ipurangi: Thinking and Reading Comprehension
Julie Cowan from Willowbank School explains how she supports students to become strategic, reflective, and metacognitive readers and thinkers.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 19: Written Opinions
Today we explain the Supreme Court's practice of issuing written opinions.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Supreme Court Pt. 10: Written Opinions
Discusses the functions and role of written opinions of the Supreme Court.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Non Rational Factors in Decision Making: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that decision making is not an entirely rational process and will be able to name some of the factors that influence it. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Non-Rational Factors In...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rational Factors in Decision Making: Lesson 2
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that each person makes decisions based on a unique evaluation of multiple factors. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Rational Factors in Decision Making:."
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Building a Brain
The simple tadpole brain is being studied by a neuroscientist to better understand brain development and how information from the surrounding environment is processed. [5 min.]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Primary vs. Secondary Sources: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces primary and secondary sources. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Primary vs. Secondary Sources."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Evaluating a Source
This lesson discusses the concept of source credibility and goes over how to evaluate a source. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content. [7:06]
Other
What Is Critical Thinking and Why Is It Important?
One of the thinking skills for the 21st century is that of critical thinking. This site defines what critical thinking is and explains why it is important in today's world.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Determine the Central Idea of a Nonfiction Article
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine the central idea of a text by determining the topic and asking what the author says about it. [6:57]