National Geographic
White Fawn Born in New York City Brings Hope to the Community | National Geographic
The fawn's sighting has given some members of the Native American community new inspiration to break ground again and build a memorial. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe #NationalGeographic #NewYork #NYC About National...
TED Talks
Eric Sanderson: New York -- before the City
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you...
Curated Video
Jim Thorpe: Native American Olympic Hero
Football, baseball, basketball player – he was one of America's most talented sportsmen and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory! So why don't we see Jim Thorpe's name up in lights?
Curated Video
Tammany Hall: Controlling New York Politics
It is the historic New York building that is synonymous with greed, crime and corruption, but what is the true story behind Tammany Hall?
Soliloquy
Why did the Dutch give up New York?
New York is one of the most influential cities in the world; economically, culturally and diplomatically it is a powerhouse. ItÕs population also largely speaks English, a legacy America has from itÕs past as a British colony. But the...
Curated Video
The Birth of American Democracy
We’re often taught that it was the ancient Greeks who invented our democracy. What they didn't mention is the group of Native Americans who helped showed us the way.
Mr. Beat
Native Americans and American Colonists (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Once upon a time, the European colonists who came over to settle along the eastern coast of North America and the Natives who had already lived there for thousands of years, kind of got along. Sure, there were disputes and skirmishes...
History Hit
Maps That Made America: New Amesterdam
What did the British do when they took over what is now New York City? How did wall street get its name? Maps That Made America, Part 3
Curated Video
UX Design for Web Developers (Video 2)
User experience (UX) design is a theoretical understanding of how users interact with websites. The major challenge developers building a company website face is finding the right balance that fulfills the objectives of the company as...
Curated Video
America's First Prima Ballerina
In a world dominated by mainly caucasian dancers, Native American Maria Tallchief overcame discrimination to become the United States’ first prima ballerina.
Curated Video
Catalina Trico: New Netherland's Founding Mother
Catalina Trico was a young trailblazer and the first European mother in what would become New York State.
Crash Course
The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can say; ENGLISH people just liked it better that way, and when the...
Bozeman Science
Natural Ecosystem Change
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the Earth's climate will natural change due to interactions between the Sun and Earth, volcanism, and plate tectonics. Species may go extinct leading to adaptive radiation or may move to a...
The March of Time
1937: TAMMANY HALL: WS Building, street, New York City. CU Plaque of Native American 'Tammany.' WS City street, parked cars, building. INT MS Framed photographs of Tammany Hall leaders. NYC
MOT 1937: TAMMANY HALL: WS Building, street, New York City. CU Plaque of Native American 'Tammany.' WS City street, parked cars, building. INT MS Framed photographs of Tammany Hall leaders. NYC
The March of Time
1952: NEW YORK: MUSEUM GALLERY: VS Brooklyn Museum exhibit replicas of early Native American pictographs,SOT Male educator talking w/ young teens about display, students making observations, what they think they mean.
MOT 1952: NEW YORK: MUSEUM GALLERY: VS Brooklyn Museum exhibit replicas of early Native American pictographs,SOT Male educator talking w/ young teens about display, students making observations, what they think they mean.
Great Big Story
She’s Bringing Ballet to the Streets of New York
Aesha Ash fought negative stereotypes about African-American women all the way to the New York City Ballet and the world’s most prestigious stages. These days, you can find her—tutu and all—pirouetting around her native inner-city...
Curated Video
Joseph Smith: American Prophet
Inspired by the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, Joseph Smith founded the most widely-practiced religion founded in the United States, the Mormon faith.
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1900
The 29th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1900, exactly 81 years before my birthday. Oh boy, we got ourselves another re-match! During William McKinley's first term, the United States by many accounts...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris | Alex Gendler
Long jealous of his older brother Osiris, the god who ruled all of Egypt, the warrior god Set plotted to overthrow him. Hosting an extravagant party as a ruse, Set announced a game— whoever could fit perfectly in a wooden chest could...
Sotheby's
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s Romantic Vision of the American Frontier
In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, explore Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's Indians Attacking a Wagon Train, a strikingly dynamic vision of the American frontier. Perhaps best known for his depictions of iconic moments in American...
The Cynical Historian
The 1919 Red Scare - the craziest year in American history
Many people have heard of the first Red Scare, but we should look at the year of 1919 more thoroughly. It’s probably the craziest one in American history. Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (New York: Simon &...
Curated Video
Why Americans want these insects dead
Can we actually kill all the spotted lanternflies? Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Over the summer, for the first time in what feels like a while, Americans united under a single...
Curated Video
Democracy
We’re often taught that it was the ancient Greeks who invented our democracy. What they forget to mention is the group of Native Americans who helped showed us the way.
Curated Video
The First Allies of the Revolution
The United States’ first true allies, the Oneida Tribe helped the Patriots to win the American Revolutionary War – but at what cost?