Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Documentary: Europe at the Brink (2012)
In just two years, the government debt crisis that began in Greece had infected all of Europe - and maybe soon, the world. Now the nations of the euro zone face a stark choice - repair the currency block at great cost or dissolve the...
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Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
A good resource all about documentaries: News, Films (descriptions and screening schedules), and Calendar.
A&E Television
History.com: George Washington: Documentaries
This site offers three documentaries about George Washington including the following: "Loyal Subject" [1:24:00], "Rebel Commander" [1:23:00], and "Father of His Country" [1:26:00].
Yale University
Avalon Project: Middle East 1916 2001: A Documentary
Yale Law School does an excellent job in presenting historical documents centered around the Middle East crisis beginning with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement up to present day UN resolutions. This site provides a complete timeline that...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: The Documentary Origins of the Bill of Rights I
Explore both the British and state influences on the U.S. Bill of Rights. Understand the origins of each amendment to the Constitution.
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Aboriginal People's Television Network: Ojibwe Documentary Series
Waasa-Inaabidaaa We Look In All Directions is a six-part documentary series about five hundred years of Ojibwe history and culture for bands in the Great Lakes Region The resource has teacher's guides for each episode, maps, timelines,...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sfmoma: From Snapshots to Documentary
A close examination of the work of Dorothea Lange, especially as it relates to her ability to tell a story well.
Curated OER
History Matters: Making Sense of Documentary Photography
A great guide to making sense of documentary photography. Learn ways to distinguish between early and modern photos, where the photo was taken, and how the photo was presented.
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William Shakespeare Documentary Evidence
Birth, marriage, and kinds of documentary evidence trace the existence of William Shakespeare whose authorship of the plays has been questioned for centuries.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Great Depression: Creating Narrative Through Photography
This video [4:15] segment from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning provides a documentary photographer's perspective of the severe economic despair and difficult living conditions that characterized the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Straight to the Source: Primary and Secondary Sources
Learners discover what primary and secondary sources are and how to use them in this lesson plan from PBS Wisconsin Education. They watch video clips from the documentary "Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha," identifying the...
George Eastman Museum
Photographs of the Great Depression
These images walk a fine line between documentary photography and propaganda. Nonetheless, they tell a story of a dark period in American history.
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The Sierra Club: Ansel Adams
The Sierra Club provides a comprehensive look at the life and work of Ansel Adams. Content includes a biography, photo gallery, excerpts of a PBS documentary, and much more!
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B Ykids: Master Filmmakers Mentoring International Youth to Make Films
Website contains information, film trailers, interviews, and/or screening schedules about documentaries created by kids from around the world partnered with master filmmakers. Also includes related press and news as well as information...
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Pare Lorentz Film Center
A media source for information on the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The film center is named after Pare Lorentz, a renowned documentary filmmaker who created government-sponsored films during Roosevelt's era, as well as...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Digital Photography: Module 4: Document/catalyst [Pdf]
In this fourth module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about training for a career in photography and different types of photography specializations. They look at several types in more depth, including commercial,...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Bell South Digital Storyteller: Generations of Heroes
Information and advice for participating in a digital storytelling project that documents the experiences and memories of those who have served the United States in war or other military conflicts. Step-by-step instructions, useful...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Decisions on a Deadline Collection: "A Fragile Trust"
This collection contains two lesson plans and an interactive game that will facilitate discussion and deepen understanding of the complex issues raised in the documentary film, A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Dorothea Lange
This is a collection of four video lessons about Dorothea Lange, an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work, and her works. Teaching materials are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The August Wilson Education Project
The WQED August Wilson Education Project offers resources to educators including a teaching guide, video clips from the documentary, interactive maps, a biographical timeline, webinars, contests for students, and much more. The goal of...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Tpml: Truman and the Bomb, a Documentary History
This site offers a comprehensive list of primary source documents from Harry S. Truman regarding the Potsdam Conference and decision to use atomic weapons.
PBS
Pbs: Teacher's Guide to Accompany "Assignment Hanoi" Documentary
A teaching resource for use with in-class screenings of the PBS documentary "Pete Peterson: Assignment Hanoi" about the former POW who returned to Vietnam as the first post-Vietnam War U.S. ambassador. The guide includes previewing and...
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California Newsreel: Videos on African American Life
This company claims to be the "oldest and most notable non-profit documentary production and distribution center in the nation." It offers a rich collection of videos on all aspects of African American life and history: e.g., Academy...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Learning Media Presents Pov Watch Club
PBS LearningMedia Presents POV Watch Club. Free to educators each month. Let's watch and learn together! Join the Watch Club: Since February 2021 PBS has teamed up with POV to bring a documentary from television's longest-running...
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