Instructional Video6:17
Ancient Lights Media

Atlas of the United States: Texas

6th - 8th
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.
Instructional Video4:26
Cerebellum

America: Nationalism And Change 1818-1830 - The Missouri Comprimise 1820

9th - 12th
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video examines the documents...
Instructional Video10:08
Professor Dave Explains

James Monroe: Last Cocked Hat (1817 - 1825)

9th - Higher Ed
You've heard of the Monroe doctrine, perhaps? This is the guy! Well, John Quincy Adams wrote it... but everyone liked this guy. They liked him so much that his entire presidency was called "The Era of Good Feelings". His story starts all...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Slavery in New Territories Part 2

9th - 10th
Continues the discussion of slavery in the new territories, and how Congress admitted new states in pairs - one a free state, the other a slave state.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History:1844 1877: Increasing Political Battles Over Slavery

9th - 10th
Discusses the conflicts between free and slave states as the nation expanded westward. [11:46]
Instructional Video
Other

Causes of the Civil War Part 2

9th - 10th
Traces the causes of the Civil War, including the abolitionist movement, debates between the North and the South over slavery, the economic roots of the slave system, political divisions between free and slave states, and the Dred Scott...