Makematic
The Second Industrial Revolution
From barbed wire to the automobile, key inventions between 1870 and 1900 revolutionized American farming, communication, entertainment, and transportation.
Makematic
The Expedition of Lewis & Clark
In the early 1800s, explorers Lewis and Clark set out to chart the American West. The Corps of Discovery kick-started decades of Western expansion, at significant cost to Indigenous communities.
Curated Video
Clara Brown: Pioneering Philanthropist
Clara Brown made history as a founding settler of Central City Colorado. After gaining her freedom from slavery, she became a philanthropic force for good.
Curated Video
Native American Boarding Schools: Forced Separation of Families
For over a hundred years, the U.S. government used education as a tool to assimilate Native American children into American society - by systematically erasing their history, culture, and language.
Curated Video
Industry & Supply: The Race to Get Civil War Soldiers Frontline Resources
Supplying almost three million soldiers with the food, clothes and resources they needed to fight the Civil War was no easy task. So which side proved most successful?
PBS
Pbs Teachers: u.s. Mexican War Video Clip Library
A library of 24 video clips excerpted from the PBS documentary "U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)." Each clip is one-to-three minutes long and highlights a different facet of the war, including its causes and consequences.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: The Cumberland Gap
This film explores the geography and history of the Cumberland Gap and covers its role in opening the West to settlement and its time during the Civil War.