SciShow
eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals
How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Thomas Jefferson | Frank Cogliano
Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America's fight for freedom and equality. But in his personal life, he held over 600 people in slavery. Are his...
PBS
Theater in rural Appalachian Virginia brings regional themes to the stage
Barter Theatre, which opened during the Great Depression and is thriving 90 years later, is known for bringing regional themes to its rural Appalachian stage. Jeffrey Brown visited Abingdon, Virginia, to show the changing face of the...
Curated Video
WRAP Voting begins in Boston, NYork, N Hampshire, Virginia
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
1. Voters voting in booths
2. Voters voting in booths
3. Voter casting first vote in box
4. Various of voters putting ballots in box
5. Various of election officials counting votes
6. Jim Pearson, Town...
Curated Video
USA: ANNUAL EAST COAST DOLL AND TEDDY BEAR EXHIBITION OPENS
English/Nat
Thousands of the world's most fascinating teddy bears and dolls have gone on display in Washington, D-C.
Centre of attraction at this year's Doll and Teddy Bear Expo is a bear formerly owned by the late Jacqueline...
Curated Video
Democrats celebrate senate race victory
AP Television
Richmond, Virginia - 9 November 2006
1. Mid shot of man entering George Allen's campaign office
2. Mid shot of Allen sign in window
3. Mid shot of cafÄÅ¼Ë interior
4. SOUNDBITE (English) LaMar Dixon, Richmond...
PBS
Underground Railroad
Jeffrey Brown looks at the newly-opened National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which chronicles the struggle of slaves seeking freedom in pre-Civil War America.
SciShow
eDNA: How Scientists See Hidden Animals
How do you track turtles that spend most of their time in muddy water and also look like rocks? It turns out, scientists have found a way to track such hidden animals using eDNA.
TED Talks
John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Game
John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the college admissions fallacy? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1990. A prospective student has filed a complaint about Virginia Military institute's admissions policy that excludes women. The state argues that VMI's single sex education is an "important governmental objective" and that the...
Crash Course
The Natives and the English - Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with...
Crash Course
The Transatlantic Slave Trade Crash Course Black American History
Today we're learning about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which brought millions of captive Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, with the largest number of people trafficked between 1700 and 1808. We'll look at...
Crash Course
When is Thanksgiving Colonizing America Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland,...
Crash Course
Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer
You vote, but then what? Discover how your individual vote contributes to the popular vote and your state's electoral vote in different ways--and see how votes are counted on both state and national levels.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp | Dan Sayers
Straddling Virginia and North Carolina is an area that was once described as the "most repulsive of American possessions." By 1728, it was known as the Great Dismal Swamp. But while many deemed it uninhabitable, recent findings suggest...
Crash Course
Battles of the Civil War Crash Course US History
Disclaimer: This is very different than the usual Crash Course US History episode. In which John Green lists a whole lot of the battles of the US Civil War in seven and a half minutes. We get a lot of requests for military history, so we...
TED Talks
Photographs of secret sites - Taryn Simon
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography -- to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise....
Curated Video
Why The United States Has Two Carolinas: North Carolina And South Carolina
North Carolina and South Carolina. Two states that began their life as a single province and colony of England. So how did we end up with two states that share a single connected piece of land? Well, as with the Dakotas, it boils down...
Curated Video
Why The United States Has Two Virginias: Virginia and West Virginia
Virginia and West Virginia: two states with basically the same name, existing right next to each other, but with completely independent state governments, laws and, today, even political leanings. But at one point, these two states were...
Weird History
Bizarre Geography Facts From Around the World
We learn about geography in school. We have a basic understanding, or at least we should, of where places are, how they got there, and why they are that way. We piece together an image of the world in our heads based on maps and globes,...
Bedtime History
George Washington's Childhood - For Kids
Learn about George Washington's childhood in Virginia leading up to his service in the French and Indian War.
Bedtime History
George Washington and The French and Indian War - For Kids
Learn about George Washington's service in the French and Indian War.
Curated Video
Robert E. Lee For Kids
Learn about Robert E. Lee, the skilled Confederate general of the American Civil War.