Curated Video
Dorothy Bolden: Unionizing Domestic Workers
Civil rights activist Dorothy Bolden made it her mission to empower America’s working class. Her activism empowered domestic workers across the nation – and created noticeable change in the workplace for thousands of Black women.
Curated Video
Patsy Mink: Groundbreaking Congresswoman
What do you think of when you picture Title IX? Inequality has plagued America’s youth for generations. Patsy Mink, a then young Japanese-American, vowed to change the system forever.
Curated Video
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskagee Airmen, otherwise known as the Red Tails, were the first all-Black air squadron in US history. Their immense bravery and skill during the Second World War is still the stuff of legend.
Curated Video
How Puerto Rico Became a US Commonwealth
Puerto Rico is part of the US, governed by federal law but unable to vote in Presidential elections.. So why does it remain in constitutional limbo?
Curated Video
What is the 4th of July?
Independence Day takes place every year on the 4th of July. It celebrates the day that the Founders of the United States declared their independence from Great Britain.
Curated Video
What are Unalienable Rights?
What are unalienable rights and why are they so important? In this video, we explore why Thomas Jefferson included them for the first time in the Declaration of Independence.
Curated Video
Zitkala-Ša: Advocate for the Rights of Native People
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, aka Zitkala-Sa, fought against the US government as it forced Native Americans to assimilate into Anglo-American culture.
Curated Video
Best Practice use of Media When Teaching Civics
Educators share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching civics.
Curated Video
Fairness
The video “Fairness” explains what it means to be fair and provides examples of fair and unfair actions.
Cerebellum
The United States Bill Of Rights - Amendment 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Learn what makes the Bill of Rights so important to America! Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America That preface begins the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the...
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - Dred Scott V. Sandford (1857)
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
Hip Hughes History
The US Constitutional Amendments: Easy Ways to Remember
HipHughes slams through most of the amendments giving dumb people an easy way to remember crap they should remember. Smart people are welcome too.
Curated Video
Reconstruction: Old Nation or New?
Reconstruction was one of the most tumultuous periods in US history. After four years of Civil War, not everyone agreed on the best way forward. The result was 12 years of violence and political strife.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Dennis Snower: Which Way Forward? 3/6
Dennis Snower, President, Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Kiel speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at...
Hip Hughes History
The Citizenship Clause Explained
With the current GOP Presidential smack talk concerning the 14th amendment, I though a video was warranted. My Johnny Cash "Walk the Line" lecture looking at the text, judicial interpretation and arguments for and against it.
Curated Video
Wong Kim Ark's Fight for Birthright Citizenship
By taking on the US government and winning, Wong Kim Ark ensured that the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution granted citizenship to every American by birth, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
Curated Video
Polly Bemis: Chinese Immigrant Pioneer
Sold into slavery by her parents, Polly Bemis faced discrimination as a Chinese immigant in America – but became something of a pioneer of the West.
Curated Video
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Pursuit of Absolute Equality
This film is about the most important events of Watkins Harper’s early life, highlighting her early achievements as a writer.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Robert Shetterly - Americans Who Tell The Truth
Robert Shetterly was born in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated in 1969 from Harvard College with a degree in English Literature. At Harvard he took some courses in drawing which changed the direction of his creative life -- from the...
Kult America
Do I have Polish citizenship - Q&A 1
On this episode of Kult America I will answer some of your questions in my first Q&A! We'll talk about my citizenship, american food, what do I miss about America and why am I so obsessed with standing in three countries at once? By the...
The Wall Street Journal
Pulitzer Prize Winner Annette Gordon-Reed on American Ideals
The nation's founders set an ambitious American idea and ideal. Getting there takes time, experience, and social evolution.
Mr. Beat
Why Does the U.S. Have Birthright Citizenship? United States v. Wong Kim Ark
A man born in the United States is denied entry into the country after his parents are forced out of the country. But wait, doesn't the 14th amendment guarantee him birthright citizenship? Or does it?
Englishing
What to know about NOUNS (countables/uncountables, gender, modifiers, qualifiers, determiners)
In this series, Mr. P./Marc will delve into the many exceptions you can find in the English Language. In this lesson he will dedicate it to "Nouns". He will list all the types of nouns and exceptions there are by giving easy examples to...