Instructional Video14:34
Crash Course

Progressive Presidents Crash Course US History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Presidents, who are not a super-group of former presidents who create complicated, symphonic, rock soundscapes that transport you into a fantasy fugue state. Although that would be...
Instructional Video13:44
Crash Course

WWI's Civilians, the Homefront, and an Uneasy Peace: Crash Course European History

12th - Higher Ed
World War I was a total war for millions of people in Europe. Many men were enlisted in the fighting, but the war work had implications for the daily lives of a huge number of Europeans. Women entered the workforce in huge numbers, and...
Instructional Video13:00
Crash Course

Women's Suffrage Crash Course US History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about American women in the Progressive Era and, well, the progress they made. So the big deal is, of course, the right to vote women gained when the 19th amendment was passed and ratified. But women made...
Instructional Video4:37
Wonderscape

Women's Right to Vote: Understanding the Nineteenth Amendment

K - 5th
Delve into the history and significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, also known as women's suffrage. Explore the early years of the suffrage movement, including the...
Instructional Video2:11
Great Big Story

Anna Jarvis and the Irony of Mother's Day

12th - Higher Ed
Discover the origin of Mother's Day and how its founder, Anna Jarvis, fought against the commercialization of her heartfelt holiday.
Instructional Video5:07
Curated Video

Woodrow Wilson

3rd - Higher Ed
Dr. Forrester provides a biography of the twenty-eighth president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. She focuses on his strong belief in education.
Instructional Video2:18
Curated Video

What is Presidents' Day?

9th - Higher Ed
Every year, on the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate Presidents’ Day. A federal holiday that originally began as a birthday celebration for George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Instructional Video2:15
Curated Video

Protests at the White House

9th - Higher Ed
There is a rich history of protests and demonstrations at the White House and Lafayette Park, from the suffragists' silent pickets to a peace vigil that has spanned across decades.
Instructional Video2:15
Curated Video

The White House

9th - Higher Ed
The White House is more than just a residence for the President. Explore the building’s remarkable history and learn how it became a symbol of the United States.
Instructional Video5:37
Curated Video

World War One and the Great Depression

3rd - Higher Ed
Dr. Forrester describes the conditions that led to World War One and how the United States became involved. She also discusses the aftermath of World War One.
Instructional Video9:47
Rock 'N Learn

Learn the Presidents of the USA (rap song)

K - 5th
Celebrate Presidents’ Day and the entire week with these 3 presidents songs to help you learn the presidents of the United States. Learn the presidents with their inauguration date from Washington to Biden. Learn the presidents by last...
Instructional Video2:16
Curated Video

First Pets of the White House

9th - Higher Ed
A succession of presidents and their families have kept animals at the White House, some more unusual than others, including sheep, a raccoon, a snake, and of course, cats and dogs.
Instructional Video2:17
Curated Video

Election of 1912: Third Party

9th - Higher Ed
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt's bold creation of a new political party, the Bull Moose Party, challenged rivals Taft and Wilson, forever altering the political landscape of the United States.
Instructional Video6:03
The Guardian

How racist propaganda inspired riots in America's biggest cities

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 1915 the president, Woodrow Wilson, screened the movie Birth of a Nation at the White House – a film that depicts Black men as brutal people who desire white women. Meanwhile white supremacist groups were writing school curriculums...
Instructional Video2:31
Curated Video

The Secrets of the Zimmermann Telegram

9th - Higher Ed
The Zimmerman Telegram, a secret message from Germany to Mexico during the First World War, ended the United States’ neutrality and sealed the fate of the Central Powers.
Instructional Video2:27
Curated Video

Edith Galt: The First Lady Who Took Control

9th - Higher Ed
Historically a ceremonial position, the role of First Lady at one point mainly involved hosting events at the White House. But when President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919, his wife, Edith, covertly took on many of his duties...
Instructional Video2:25
Curated Video

Louis Brandeis: Battling the Bigots

9th - Higher Ed
Louis Brandeis was the first Jewish associate justice to serve on the US Supreme Court. His appointment changed the legal landscape forever.
Instructional Video5:45
Jack Rackam

America's Manliest President | The Life & Times of Theodore Roosevelt

12th - Higher Ed
Footnotes: 0:16 Inspired by this image (not sure who the original illustrator is, if anyone knows please tell me!) 0:45 He called it the Roosevelt Museum of Natural History 0:58 And also maintaining a high level of fitness and growing...
Instructional Video7:41
Jack Rackam

The Kaiser Played with Fire | The Life & Times of Wihlelm II

12th - Higher Ed
Right after World War One was a hell of a time for democracy in Europe, y’know the Great War was a tragedy but on the other end of it look at all these new Republics! Germany’s a Republic now, Austria-Hungary’s split up into independent...
Instructional Video12:15
Jack Rackam

Who Killed Austria-Hungary? | The Life & Times of Franz Joseph

12th - Higher Ed
It was a dark and stormy night, like any other in the big city. I was on my lunch break when the mutton-chopped Methusalah came through my door in a hurry. He said “I like my historians like I like my eggs. Hard-boiled.” “Then you’ve...
Instructional Video12:02
Curated Video

Presidentes De Los Estados Unidos - Parte 2

12th - Higher Ed
Parte 2 de nuestra línea de tiempo de los primeros 44 presidentes de Estados Unidos, desde Benjamin Harrison hasta Barack Obama. Las clasificaciones de los presidentes están tomadas de una encuesta realizada en 2010 por el Instituto de...
Instructional Video8:49
Hip Hughes History

World Global Review: WWI in Ten Minutes

6th - 12th
Mr. Hughes slices and dices up a hot plate of World War One Review. Just enough to make you think you just might be ready to pass your test and realizing you should of studies more during the year before resorting to googling it and...
Instructional Video9:17
Hip Hughes History

The Palmer Raids Explained: US History Review

6th - 12th
Dive deep into the Red Scare to explore the 1919/1920 Palmer Raids where we take a look at the conditions which led up them, the actual raids themselves and the effects on the nation. Perfect for students seeking a way out, life long...
Instructional Video13:07
Hip Hughes History

The Federal Reserve Act Explained

6th - 12th
The 1913 Federal Reserve Act created the modern day Federal Reserve system. In this lecture we explain the basics of what the law did and how the Fed influences the economy. Perfect for APGOV students or anyone seeking an overview of US...