Fort Jefferson Preservation

A Parliamentarian soldier describes Oliver Cromwell, his character and his achievement in developing the New Model Army

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Irish Fascists

Lumpkin’s jail also known as The Devil Half Acre was one of the most notorious slave sites in the south run by Robert Lumpkin as a slave trading post in 1840. This slave-trading complex operated from the 1830s until the end of the...

Travel back with HipHughes and take a whack at Andrew Johnson! Why was Andy impeached and why the hell is Edwin Stanton barricaded in his office?

Scott Nicholson is an Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and the director of the Because Play Matters game lab. He has written research papers on meaningful gamification, games in libraries,...

In 2020, a statue of former US President Ulysses S Grant was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters. A Civil War hero who helped bring about an end to slavery, he was a controversial figure too.

The American Civil War (Part 2)

On April 15, 1865, Lincoln was gunned down in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth, a man sympathetic to the defeated Confederacy. In the years following the end of the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination, his successor Andrew Johnson...

This video tells the story of Ellen and William Craft's daring escape from slavery, which included Ellen's disguise as a white man. The video also covers their life in England, where they fleed to avoid re-enslavement and to start their...

After the American Civil War, the American South attempted a rebrand. But would it accept the progressive social and political changes of the Reconstruction Era?

In this video, the teacher explains how to use reading notes to ask questions about a topic that is still being researched. The teacher emphasizes the importance of generating burning questions to guide further research and provides...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Dissenters

The Civil War was the bloodiest in US history: more Americans perished in five years than in all other conflicts combined. What was it like to fight? Soldiers faced new technology on the field, like rifle-muskets that could cut down...

The right to stand up for what we believe in is as American as apple pie and is protected under US law by the Bill of Rights: a list of ten amendments to the US Constitution that almost never existed.

This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Pennsylvania.

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Russo-American Friendship

Did you know that George Washington didn’t want to become the first US President? Despite his reluctance, he set many precedents which remain pillars of the office today.

An American General sits atop a traditional equestrian statue in New York. This video analyzes the Statue of Sherman.

This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.

Empress Matilda finally makes it back to England and soon begins gaining support in England, both from King Henry I's second wife and from nobles who were loyal to King Henry I. Meanwhile, Stephen's trusted advisor and younger brother,...

The final part of this series details Harriet's experiences with the miltary during the Civil War, during which she became the first woman in the US to lead a major military operation. It concludes with stories of her life after the war,...

The third video in this series covers Harriet's experiences being a conductor for the Underground Railroad. It provides details of some of the people she rescued, how she made so many trips on her own, and those who helped her along the...

At the time of the Civil War, battlefield medicine was still in its infancy. This led to many injuries becoming severely infected and many of the injured receiving hasty, dangerous surgeries. In fact, Civil War battlefield surgery was a...