Instructional Video7:36
PBS

Why is there a North and South Korea?

12th - Higher Ed
While the short answer is the Korean war, the reality is that seeds for the separate Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea goes back much further and has to do with the late 19th century Chinese imperialism and the...
Instructional Video4:29
Curated Video

The Korean War, the beginning 1950

Higher Ed
After the 2nd world war, Korea was split in two! Russian controlled communist becomes North Korea and USA controlled South Korea, North Korea attacked South Korea to unify the country but USA protected with all its might to save...
Instructional Video3:07
Curated Video

Cold War

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word Cold War. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Cold War through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video11:13
Tom Nicholas

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller | How to Read It

12th - Higher Ed
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (recently the subject of a television adaptation with George Clooney in the role of the ruthlessly ambitious Colonel Cathcart for US streaming service Hulu) is one of the classic books of the twentieth...
Instructional Video5:17
Curated Video

The Korean War, the 1953 Armistice

Higher Ed
Brutal Korean War becomes stage for the USSR and USA to test their arms strength. In between Korean people lost many human lives which ended up at the same borders as before the war i.e. 38th Parallel.
Instructional Video2:13
Curated Video

Comunismo

3rd - 12th
This live-action video program is about the word Communism. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Communism through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video18:20
The Wall Street Journal

The Imperial Presidency?

Higher Ed
Has the office of the president, over the years, become too powerful for American democracy? And is this what the founding fathers had in mind?
Instructional Video2:25
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Aftereffects of War: The Korean War: The Korean Peninsula

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn more about the consequences of the Korean War.
Instructional Video19:11
Curated Video

Korean War | Animated History

6th - Higher Ed
The seeds that would grow into the Korean War were sown in 1945, when the Soviet Red Army invaded the peninsula following its declaration of war on Imperial Japan, which had held Korea since 1910. Soviet forces advanced down the...
Instructional Video3:04
Curated Video

Visit to North Korea

Higher Ed
North korea is one of the 5 communist countries left in the world. They don’t allow tourist in their country and practically still in war with the UN forces.
Instructional Video2:13
Curated Video

Communism

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word Communism. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Communism through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video3:07
Curated Video

What is the Cold War?

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word Cold War. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Cold War through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video5:24
Ancient Lights Media

South Korea

6th - 8th
Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of South Korea.
Instructional Video6:34
Curated OER

Korean War

9th - 12th
If you are looking for a well-produced synopsis on The Korean War, this video could be for you! In just under seven minutes, the narrator takes viewers through the causes of the war, and all of the many twists and turns that occurred;...
Instructional Video14:46
Khan Academy

US History Overview 3 - WWII to Vietnam

8th - 11th
This video brings viewers up to modern history (1975) after taking them through WWII, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Although the timeline's format may seem straightforward, viewers will be engaged by the...
Audio
Library of Congress

Loc: Experienceing War, Forever a Soldier

9th - 10th
37 tales of servicemen and women who served our country in every major war from World War I through the current conflict in Iraq.
Audio
Library of Congress

Loc: Experencing War, Voices of War

9th - 10th
Relates war through the eyes of 60 veterans and civilians caught up in the momentous conflicts of the 20th century.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Korean War Overview

9th - 10th
Video discussing the causes of the Korean War and the events as it developed. [16:11]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Life and Death in the War Zone: Military Medicine Through Time

9th - 10th
Investigate the history of military medicine from the Civil War to the Iraq War, and interpret archival photographs shot on and off the battlefield.
Audio
American Public Media

American Public Radio: American Radio Works: Korea, the Unfinished War

9th - 10th
Read the transcripts or listen to a one-hour radio documentary about the Korean War, in full or in segments. Also includes a series of annotated maps that explain the progress of the war.
Instructional Video
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: General Douglas Mac Arthur: Farewell Address to Congress

9th - 10th
In this video, General Douglas MacArthur gives his farewell speech to Congress on April 19, 1951. The transcript is posted below the video.
Audio
Imperial War Museums

Imperial War Museum: Korea: Recollections of the Korean War, 1950 1953

9th - 10th
Selections from the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive which has been interviewing British and Commonwealth Korean War veterans.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Cold War: Korean War Overview

9th - 10th
The Khan Academy video series gives you an general overview of the Korean War.
Instructional Video
Other

Reading Through History: History Brief: The Korean Conflict

9th - 10th
This video gives a brief description of the Korean Conflict. [3:48]