Lesson Plan Murder on the Frontier: The Paxton Massacre 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit :
Video The Costs of the American Revolution Economics, Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Guns, Horses, and the Grass Revolution Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In this lecture Elliott West, a professor of history at the University of Arkansas, describes how the introduction of Old World phenomena such as guns, horses, and new diseases affected the Native peoples of the New World. Those who...
Video The Importance of Frederick Douglass Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video The Age of Homespun: Family Labor in the Colonial Economy Economics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is James Duncan Professor of History and director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. Professor Ulrich won the Pulitzer Prize for her first book, A Midwife’s Tale...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Maps of Colonial America Geography 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ While colonial era maps of North America are often inaccurate representations of the geography, they do give us insight into how Europeans viewed the Western Hemisphere. Early Dutch, French, and Spanish maps record waterways, land...
Video Taxation and Representation: The Imperial Debate between Britain and the Americans Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Brown University historian Gordon Wood describes the British and American conceptions of representation during the eighteenth century, widely diverging points of view that were forged by radically different experiences with...
Video Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin Literature 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Historian Jill Lepore of Harvard University discusses her book, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award, with James G. Basker, president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute. ...