Instructional Video10:11
Crash Course

The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening Crash Course US History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about the beginnings of the American Revolution in a video titled The Seven Years War. Confusing? Maybe. John argues that the Seven Years War, which is often called the French and Indian War in the US,...
Instructional Video11:37
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Irene Butter - From Holocaust to Hope

Higher Ed
Dr. Irene Butter is a Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, where she taught for over 36 years. A Holocaust survivor, she was born in Berlin and lived an idyllic early childhood before her family fled...
Instructional Video2:35
Curated Video

Emancipation Proclamation

9th - Higher Ed
Issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln almost three years into the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation played a crucial role in ending slavery across the United States and defining the principles that still govern the country today.
Instructional Video5:09
Curated Video

What’s the Story on Slavery in America?

3rd - 8th
Dr. Forrester discusses the roots of slavery in America and the resulting withdrawal of southern states from the Union of States in 1861.
Instructional Video11:19
Weird History

The History of Sugar

12th - Higher Ed
Weird History Food is going to give you a spoonful of sugar with these sugar facts. We all know that sugar is delicious, but not the healthiest thing to eat. We’re starting to understand its role in weight gain and other health...
Instructional Video10:33
Weird History

What It Was Like to Be a Roman Slave

12th - Higher Ed
Slave labor was a huge aspect of Roman life and the Republic depended heavily on free work from human beings who had no rights, no possessions, and were left at the whims of their masters to be worked to death, starved, tortured, and...
Instructional Video9:23
Mr. Beat

North Carolina and South Carolina Compared

6th - 12th
Mr. Beat compares and contrasts North Carolina and South Carolina.
Instructional Video2:01
Curated Video

Black Cowboys of the West

9th - Higher Ed
The stereotypical image of a White cowboy dominates popular culture – but in the 19th century, a quarter of ranch hands were Black!
Instructional Video7:22
Ancient Lights Media

Atlas of the United States: Louisiana

6th - 8th
This clip explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of Louisiana.
News Clip2:09
Curated Video

Trudeau pitches Canadian manufacturing to influential New York audience

9th - Higher Ed
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pitched Canadian manufacturing to the influential Council on Foreign Relations in New York City on Friday. Opposition critics say the prime minister is schmoozing with billionaires instead of dealing with...
News Clip2:09
Curated Video

Trudeau pitches Canadian business while defending New York trip

9th - Higher Ed
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pitched Canadian manufacturing to the influential Council on Foreign Relations in New York City on Friday. Opposition critics say the prime minister is schmoozing with billionaires instead of dealing with...
News Clip8:20
Curated Video

MPs react to China's retaliatory sanctions

9th - Higher Ed
MPs - Sameer Zuberi, Michael Chong and Heather McPherson joined Power & Politics Monday to discuss China's retaliatory sanctions against Canada.
News Clip1:10
Sherman Grinberg Film Library

World War II prisoners liberated from Nazi prison camp

Higher Ed
Title card: 'Freedom - Nazi-held Prisoners Liberated by Allies' / [Germany] VS crowd of liberated Soviet soldiers runs with raised hands on muddy ground toward camera after release from Nazi prison camp in Germany / VS the liberated...
News Clip3:34
Curated Video

USA: NAZI-ERA SLAVE LABOUR CAMP SURVIVORS LATEST

Higher Ed
English/Nat

U-S lawmakers are presenting a bill to Congress which would ensure that Nazi-era slave labour camp survivors would receive compensation for their forced work...
News Clip2:20
Curated Video

USA: DEUTSCHE BANK HOLOCAUST FUNDING LATEST

Higher Ed
English/Nat

An American centre for Holocaust studies says an admission by Germany's Deutsche Bank that it helped finance the construction of Auschwitz is just the "tip of the...
News Clip3:08
Curated Video

Germany to open Holocaust records for historians and survivors

Higher Ed
1. Mid shot sign in front of museum

2. Wide shot United States Holocaust Memorial M
useum
3. German Federal Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries walks
to podium
4. C
utaway Minister
5. SOUNDBITE:...
News Clip3:18
Curated Video

ISRAEL: HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WIN GERMAN BANK LAWSUIT

Higher Ed
English/Nat

Holocaust survivors have won a lawsuit against two German banks allowing them to claim back money that was stolen, confiscated or not received from relatives during World War...
News Clip1:34
Curated Video

CHINA: WWII VICTIMS OF JAPANESE FORCED LABOUR (V)

Higher Ed
Voice and effects

VOICED BY: Vera Fr
ankl
A group of Chinese victims of forced labour under Japanese occupation during World War Two are suing 14 Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi a
nd...
News Clip1:20
Curated Video

AUSTRIA: COMPENSATION TO NAZI-ERA FORCED LABOURERS (V)

Higher Ed
Voice and effects

VOICED BY: Susan Po
izner
In an historic recognition of Nazi crimes, Austria on Tuesday officially established a 6 (B) billion schilling (380 (M) million U-S dollar) fund to compensate...
News Clip9:51
Bloomberg

Cuccinelli Says U.S. Exploring Block on All Xinjiang Cotton Imports

Higher Ed
Sep.15 -- Acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli says the U.S. is exploring the possibility of seizing all cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang region in a move that would penalize Beijing for the treatment of the...