PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Thomas Jefferson and His Democracy
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 big bundle...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Jefferson and Monroe
Thomas Jefferson was a multi-talented man. His list of accomplishments include president, author, statesman, inventor, architect, and more. This short film presents the legacy of James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson but mostly focuses on...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: The Louisiana Purchase
In 1803 - 20 years after the end of the Revolutionary War - Thomas Jefferson on behalf of the United States pays a total of $15 million dollars for French Lousiana Territory. 14 current U.S. states are comprised of the area purchased...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Hamilton and Jefferson and the Necessary and Proper Clause
Hamilton and Jefferson had different interpretations of the necessary and proper clause.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jefferson on Political Parties
Thomas Jefferson's views on political parties are discussed.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 7: Thomas Jefferson and the Presidency
Different presidents have defied attempts at stereotyping them. Thomas Jefferson was a president who saw his role in simpler terms than others before him.
PBS
Pbs: Jefferson's Blood
A website companion to PBS Frontline looks at Jefferson and his possible relationship with his slave Sally Hemings.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Jefferson's Arguments in the Declaration of Independence
Why did the American colonists declare independence? We find out on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1660: We the People Lesson 19 Part 2: First Cabinet
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Alexander Hamilton formed George Washington's first cabinet.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1666: Birth of Political Parties in the United States
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had very different views on the role of government.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Jefferson and the Constitution: Louisiana Purchase
Video by Tom Richey on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase as part of a series on Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution. [5:16]
Tom Richey
Tr: Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French Revolution: Part 4)
Video Part 4 on the French Revolution in which Tom Richey discusses Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson and the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" passed by the French National Assembly in 1789. [14:39]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Jefferson, Neutrality, and the Embargo
Video part one of a series entitled, The Trials of the Jeffersonians, in which Tom Richey explains the Embargo Act of 1807, Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy effort to keep the U.S. out of the Napoleonic Wars. [11:09]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Thomas Jefferson's Agrarian Vision (Apush Review)
Brief video for AP U.S. History students on Jefferson's ideas about the virtues of agriculture and his preference for an agricultural society over an industrial one. [3:46]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Thomas Jefferson vs Alexander Hamilton (Apush Review)
Short video with graphic organizer for AP American History students on the ideological conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton resulting in the emergence of two political parties. [10:32]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: "The Hemingses of Monticello" Tells the Untold Story of Sally Hemmings
Contains an audio and written account of the story of Sally Hemings, a slave on Thomas Jefferson's estate. NPR provides an excerpt from the book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" by Annette Gordon-Reed.
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #10: Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy
In this Crash Course video, 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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Thomas Jefferson: 60 Second President
Short animated video [1:07] on Thomas Jefferson and his influence on the presidency. Accompanied by background essay for students to read before watching and a student handout to follow along with the video. Lists National Education...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Enlightenment: Video: The American Enlightenment
Use the video "The American Enlightenment" [1:10:55] to consider the two learning outcomes below. It features discussions of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; perfectionism; Deism; Benjamin Franklin; errata; Thomas Jefferson; syllogisms;...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Women and Thomas Jefferson
In this video, journalist and bestselling author Cokie Roberts, and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss Thomas Jefferson's views on colonial women and their role in the politics of the day. [5:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Constitution and the Bill of Rights: Amendments 1 3
In this video, historian Joe Ellis and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson discuss the Constitution's Bill of Rights, Amendments 1-3. [6:41]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: First Draft of the Declaration of Independence
In this video, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson talks to Sal about the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. [8:09]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
In this video, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson talks to Sal about the Declaration of Independence, specifically the phrase "...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". [5:54]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Founding Fathers of the United States of America: An Overview
This video introduces the 'Founding Fathers'as brilliant but flawed human beings. [7:16]