Instructional Video3:27
C-SPAN

On This Day: Attack on Pearl Harbor

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Curious historians relive the "day which will live in infamy" using video clips from C-SPAN on the Pearl Harbor attack. The curated collection includes veteran testimonies and vintage newsreels. Additional footage includes scholars'...
Instructional Video3:09
C-SPAN

On This Day: Ratification of the 21st Amendment

9th - Higher Ed Standards
What led to the end of Prohibition? In a word: money. To use the words of one historian: the government was desperate for tax revenue in the midst of the Depression. With a series of curated videos, scholars examine the causes of and the...
Instructional Video0:53
C-SPAN

On This Day: FDR Lays Cornerstone of First Presidential Library

7th - Higher Ed Standards
Franklin D. Roosevelt is best known for his role in the Great Depression and World War II. However, he also was one of the first politicians to think about how future generations would remember the history of his time. Using video clips...
Instructional Video3:09
National WWII Museum

What Would You Do? Scenario: Bombing to Invade

7th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video7:08
PBS

The Supreme Court: FDR and the Court

9th - 12th Standards
What do FDR, the New Deal, and the Supreme Court have in common? All three were involved in a court case that granted a maid back wages, so she received the minimum wage at the time—a case in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of...