Desert Daughter Cosmetics part 1/2:The video is about Miriam Aborkeek, the first Bedouin woman to start a business, and how she built Desert Daughter Cosmetics, an international cosmetics company that relies upon traditional Bedouin...

Many Native American tribes use origin stories, or stories about creation, to explain how life came to exist and to highlight the relationship between nature and humankind. In this story, a member of the Ojibwe tribe shares an origin...

Part 1/4 of Dana Donofree series: The video tells the inspiring story of Dana, a breast cancer survivor who used her creativity and background in fashion to create a product line, AnaOno, designed to fit the needs of breast cancer...

For centuries, women have used activism in the United States to voice their concerns about society and secure their rights as citizens. Activism is an important part of any democracy as it’s the way ordinary people shape nations.

Kathy Luu's Spa Logic part 1/2: This video is a biography of Kathy Luu, the owner of Spa Logic, a successful four-story day spa with over 50 employees. The video tells the story of Kathy's struggles growing up in Vietnam, coping with the...

Kathy Luu's Spa Logic series part 2/2. In this inspiring video, we follow the journey of Kathy, who started with nothing and built a successful nail salon business through hard work, determination, and a passion for her craft. We learn...

Part 3/3 of Dawn Halfaker series: She shares insights on the importance of serving one's country beyond military service and how it can shape business success. She also shares tips on hiring the right employees to fit in with a company's...

Toypurina, a Tongva woman who led a rebellion against a Spanish mission in Alta California.

Today, Texas is famous around the world as being the most American state of them all – but it once belonged to Mexico. For almost a decade, it was an independent republic.

Football, baseball, basketball player – he was one of America's most talented sportsmen and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory! So why don't we see Jim Thorpe's name up in lights?

We've had some great American Novelists? You've read some of them in school, right? But one writer you've probably never heard of is John Rollin Ridge, aka Yellow Bird: the first Native American to ever publish a novel about a fictitious...

Stephen H. Long mapped much of the unexplored American West – but he made one big mistake that set Western migration back decades.

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.

The United States’ first true allies, the Oneida Tribe helped the Patriots to win the American Revolutionary War – but at what cost?

Take students on a journey to early Native American communities, Colonial towns and early American cities to explore the variety of communities, as they existed in the past. They'll learn how schools of the past are different from their...

The term “Hispanic” refers to a broad array of Spanish-speaking people from various countries, backgrounds, and ethnicities. Many Americans associate the word primarily with Mexicans or Spaniards, though, and do not fully appreciate the...

Who were the Pilgrims? Why did they come to America? This in depth lecture traces the foundations of the Plymouth Colony beginning with it's European roots and through it's 70 year existence. Perfect for struggling #APUSH students,...

Through live-action video and archival photos students will explore the history, culture, and legacy of the first People of the Northwest. The daily life of these people will come alive as students learn about how the Native People...

Taped on-location at a First People's living history museum, this live-action video explores the history, culture, and legacy of the first People of the Woodlands. Students will learn about the daily lives of these native peoples....

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.

All western schoolchildren have heard of Sacagawea, and even more know the story of Pocahontas either from class or the Disney movie. But who was the great – and comparatively unknown – Marie Dorion?
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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.

Live-action video, archival photos and colorful animated graphics will help your students learn how the Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, and Apache peoples thrived in the barren lands of the Southwest. The program explores the foods they ate,...

The history and origins of the Pequot tribe, Part 2