By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North America’s largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into winter coats and blankets, and used the bones and horns for tools. But in the following decades,...

Enslaved people resisted their condition in a range of different ways. Oftentimes those ways were small and personal. There were also times when that resistance took on larger, more dramatic forms, like with slave uprisings and...

It's about time Prickle got the spotlight! Prickle is an amazing ambassador because... well, you'll see. She's awesome!

The 25th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 1884. Chester Arthur had become President after the assassination of James Garfield. His health had been declining, and he honestly didn't know if he would make...

Join us as we head to “The Hostess City of the South, Savannah Georgia” on this episode of Travel Thru History. We’re going to a beautiful charming coastal city in the Southeast brimming with an interesting past and an exciting artistic...

MOT 1947: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: NUTRITION STUDY: INT VS Dr. Henry C. Sherman and college students in laboratory working w/ lab rats. MS List of diet on blackboard. MS Two lab rats on table.

The 32nd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt single handedly destroys the Republican Party because...

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have published a study in the Lancet that explains how a paralyzed woman has been able to control a robot arm with her mind. The 52-year-old woman, Jan Scheuermann, in...

James Garfield was the second president to be assassinated, and it's a shame too, as he seemed to be a really good one, and he was in office for just a few months. Let's see what he did in that short time, and learn about the...

In this episode, we will be covering the rise of armored fighting vehicles over the twentieth-century in the United States. Beginning with American intervention in the First World War, and leading through to the closing days of the Cold...

The American Civil War (Part 2)

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

VS Dead Japanese soldiers lying next to rubble, across ridge w/ debris & dirt / VS United States Marines walking across uneven terrain, passing by destroyed Sherman tank, dead soldiers, examining debris & destroyed aircrafts on airfield.

In this video, the teacher explains the importance of clear introductions in writing and provides strategies for eliminating unnecessary information. The teacher uses the analogy of a table, with the topic sentence as the tabletop and...