SciShow
Talk Show: Blake de Pastino & Corn Snakes!
Hank Green interviews Scishow's Chief Editor Blake de Pastino who explains his interest in writing about science, paleontology & anthropology. Special guest Jessi Knudsen Castañeda brings corn snakes for everyone to play with.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The most notorious scientific feud in history | Lukas Rieppel
After the California Gold Rush of 1848, settlers streamed west to strike it rich. In addition to precious metals, they unearthed another treasure: dinosaur bones. Two wealthy scientists in particular— Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire | Pekka Hämäläinen
In 1776, a powerful empire was born in North America. The Lakotas had reached the Black Hills, the most sacred place and most coveted buffalo hunting grounds in the western plains. Located in what is now South Dakota, control of the...
Curated Video
The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam discusses the history, construction, and physical features of the Hoover Dam.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Demystified: How are Buffalo and Bison Different?
Find out from this video overview how buffalo differ from bison.
Curated Video
The Donner Party’s Deadly Detour
Taking a shortcut in the unexplored American West was always a gamble – but for the Reed and Donner families it proved catastrophic.
Weird History
What Were Wild West Saloons Like?
Wild West saloons have been portrayed in popular culture as dens of vice and violence. Located throughout the American frontier, Western saloons were part of the landscape, present in small camps and growing towns alike. Saloons in the...
Weird History
Heroines Of The Wild West
When you think of the stereotypical Wild West individual, what comes to mind? Does your mind conjure images of dirty, gruff men as mean as rabid coyotes, spitting large chunks of tobacco into metal spittoons? The type of men who would...
Curated Video
Lewis and Clark: the Making of an Expedition
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery opened the American West up to expansion and settlement – but it all rested on the expert planning and preparation.
Curated Video
Blazing a Trail for Women's Votes
We often think of the American West as a lawless, uncivilized place. But in the 19th century, it was ahead of its time – as the only part of America where women could vote.
Weird History
What Was Hygiene Like In The Wild West?
Hygiene in the American Wild West was probably about what you'd expect - unhygienic. Men and women who made their way west across the North American landscape contended with harsh weather and difficult terrain - a less-than-ideal...
Curated Video
Stephen H Long: The Man Who Mapped the West
Stephen H. Long mapped much of the unexplored American West – but he made one big mistake that set Western migration back decades.
Curated Video
Museum dedicated to Cowboys and Indians
AP Television
Guthrie Oklahoma, November 11, 2009
1. Various shots of cowboy re-enactors holding a gunfight in a replica of an old west town called "Rawlins Creek."
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Rawlins, Cowboy:
"Anybody who has read any...
PBS
Pbs: Wyoming's Native Americans: Washakie: Last Chief of the Eastern Shoshone
Learn how the long life of Chief Washakie bridged a century of change in the American west-from the time of nomadic tribes following buffalo herds, to the period when tribes relinquished their claims to vast tracts of land in the West....
PBS
Pbs: Traveling the Bozeman Trail: The Bozeman Trail: A Rush to Montana's Gold
Learn about the challenges faced by pioneers as they traveled west on the Bozeman Trail, a shortcut to the newly discovered goldfields of Montana Territory. In the accompanying lesson plans (found in the Support Materials), students will...