Instructional Video2:30
Makematic

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

K - 8th
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 transferred 55% of Mexican territory to the U.S., and ignited a fierce debate over slavery in these new lands.
Instructional Video
A&E Television

History.com: Slavery in America

9th - 10th
Video looks at the history of slavery in America including how it started, the impact that the invention of the cotton gin had on slavery, abolition, the slavery debate as the nation expanded westward, the Civil War, and the aftermath of...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Framers and Slavery

9th - 10th
The issue of slavery at the Philadelphia Convention was discussed.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Debate Over Slavery

9th - 10th
Examines the debate over whether the Constitution was a pro-slavery or an anti-slavery document.
Instructional Video
Other

Causes of the Civil War Part 1

9th - 10th
Traces the earlier causes of the Civil War, including the different economies of the North and the South, the issue of slavery, the migration of freed blacks to the North, slave rebellions, the abolitionist movement, and the Underground...