One Minute History
008 Cinco de Mayo - One Minute History
Cinco De Mayo celebrates Mexico’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla. Contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with Mexican Independence. After losing half of its national territory to the United States during the...
One Minute History
Thanksgiving - One Minute History
1621 - Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag natives share an autumn harvest feast; this is believed to be the first Thanksgiving in the colonies. Despite objections, George Washington issues a thanksgiving proclamation to celebrate American...
One Minute History
123 Thanksgiving - One Minute History
1621 - Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag natives share an autumn harvest feast; this is believed to be the first Thanksgiving in the colonies. Despite objections, George Washington issues a thanksgiving proclamation to celebrate American...
Reading Through History
The History of Mother's Day - Original version
For a newer and much improved version of this video, click here: https://youtu.be/hLng6M1jh4g A short video explaining the history of Mother's Day. For a wonderful Common Core aligned lesson concerning this content, click here:...
Reading Through History
The History of Mother's Day
This is a remake of our original Mother's Day video which had no background music and very poor audio. We also swapped out most of the pictures. Make sure to add this to your holiday playlists! *** For a wonderful Common Core aligned...
Reading Through History
🎄What are the Twelve Days of Christmas?🎄
The following video provides a short explanation of the phrase "the twelve days of Christmas" and the song which shares that name. Get the Christmas workbook: http://amzn.to/2gRAzhP **** Teachers, check out our holiday lessons:...