If you miss a video in class, you are required to make it up. Many videos are on DVDs that you can check out from me. Others have been posted on YouTube. I have created links for videos that have been posted on YouTube:
Introduction to Race and Social Justice in US History
Walkout - introduction from the HBO film.
James Loewen and Teaching Race: audio clip from PBS' Code Switch.
John Stossel: Stereotypes- covers the Brown Eye/Blue Eye experiment and more.
For further enrichment watch the two minute clip "Crying Girl, Jane Elliott" that puts some of the Stossel clip into a larger context/perspective.
A Place At the Table - two clips, one that deals with how one learns about stereotypes and one about how people deal with these stereotypes.
From Community to Classroom (entire film). We watched the first 21 minutes during Week 2 of school to give students practice using the Racial Identity Development Scale developed by Beverly Daniel Tatum (Journals 4 & 5). We watched the rest of the film in preparation for completing the RSJ Research Project.
Race the Power of An Illusion:
Maps and Perspective - Great 4 minute clip from The West Wing which will easily make a case for teaching different perspectives.
Other videos of interest:
John Crawford III - John Crawford was killed inside a Walmart. Warning...this is graphic and horrible. Use to prove issues of race stereotyping still exist.
Expansion of the United States and the American Civil War
John Adams - this scene shows how John Adams (our 2nd President) responded to the mob violence existent during our own Revolution. Pay attention to how the scene ends...John Adams is aware of where this might lead them. Thanks to Nicky Williams (teacher) for the link.
Native Americans in the West - these three video clips were used to highlight the ways Native American groups were affected by the westward expansion of the United States:
U.S.-Mexican War - PBS video needed to complete journal entry (Triple T Chart)
All Night Forever - clip from Ken Burns' excellent Civil War series. You'll need this to complete questions 5-7 in Part II
John Brown - clip from Ken Burn's Civil War Series. Focuses on what John Brown did in 1859 in the wake of his efforts in Kansas.
Civil War Intro - clip from Ken Burns' The Civil War that introduces the enormity of the war. You'll need this to complete Journal #12.
Sullivan Ballou's Letter - you will need this to complete the journal entry regarding initial and sustaining motivation.
Was It Real? - Ken Burns' ending to the Civil War and the beginning of issues of Reconstruction.
The Age of Reform
The Age of Reform - video from the excellent Annenberg collection. This is the video used with APUSH students. What topics did you see that expanded your knowledge? Which topics were brand new to you?
Reconstruction
Ulysses S. Grant Videos - the following three videos are needed to answer Part III in the Reconstruction packet.
Reconstruction: Immediate Aftermath - discusses problems with racial reconstruction in the Civil War. Highlights the different perspectives: independence vs. impudence.
Ulysses S. Grant: Johnson to Grant - covers the Johnson Administration during Reconstruction. Ulysses S. Grant becomes President; clip covers the other issues besides Reconstruction that Grant had to face.
Ulysses S. Grant: Reconstruction as President - deals with how Grant actually dealt with the issues of Reconstruction once he became President. For APUSH, this is the video clip for the Reconstruction worksheet question)
The Great Debaters - this short clip was used to help answer Journal #17: After watching the video clip from The Great Debaters, why was it important for freed slaves and blacks in general to assert their independence?
Birth of A Nation (start video at 1:59:30 and end at 2:07:05) - answers question 3a and 3b in Part IV of the Reconstruction Packet.
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (use to answer Part 5, question 2 in the Reconstruction Packet, and for APUSH)
Emmett Till Video (use to answer Part 5, question 3 in the Reconstruction Packet, and for APUSH)
The West
A Geography of Hope - Access is provided free if you're logged into your DJUSD account. This video has the entire episode, but we only watched from 8:07-47:32. Then we watched from 56:04-1:22:06.
Wounded Knee Massacre - from "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
Industrialism, Immigration and Imperialism
Battle At Kruger (shown during the discussion of Social Darwinism in the Industrialism unit)
Hollywood Writer Strike: Colbert - sarcastic look at the role of unions in the United States.
Coal Strike of 1900 - (Journal #7 during the Age of Industrialism packet)
Matewan (Journal #7 during the Age of Industrialism packet)
The Golden Door - immigrant exams at Ellis Island.
San Francisco: 1900 - shows what San Francisco looked like in 1900.
God Grew Tired of Us - Lost Boys of Sudan immigrate to the US as refugees. This is no longer available for free on YouTube. Please email me and I will "We Transfer" the video to you.
Coney Island - shows what Coney Island looked like at the beginning of the 1900s. You'll need this to complete a question in Part II of the "American Culture at the Turn of the Century" packet.
Sapho and Entertainment - video clip from 1900. Shows how Victorian values were upheld and challenged by the play Sapho. You'll need this to complete a question in Part II of the "American Culture at the Turn of the Century" packet.
Gibson Girls and Francis Benjamin Johnston - video clips from PBS' excellent 1900 documentary. You'll need this to complete a question in Part II of the "American Culture at the Turn of the Century" packet.
Filipino War - short clip needed for the journal entry (RSJ) about the Filipino War during the age of American Imperialism.
The Panama Canal (Imperialism Packet): Part One "Building the Canal", Part Two,"Care of the Canal"
Progressivism
Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era - This video deals with Roosevelt's road to the Presidency and his Progressivism. Use this to answer Part IV in the Progressivism packet.
One Woman, One Vote - this YouTube video has the entire video. Start watching at 42:44 and end at 1:00:04. Clip covers the changes from Harriet Blatch to Alice Paul. It ends with the introduction (not ratification) of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, which would become the 19th Amendment. (Progressivism Packet, Part 5)
Jack Johnson and the Mann Act (Part VI in the Progressivism Packet, Part 6)
Also here is the Jim Jefferies clip and Tommy Burns fight clip we watched in class.
Progressivism and Immigrants: Highlights the intolerance towards immigrants in the 1920s. Initially focuses on Sacco and Vanzetti.
1920s: Roaring or Warring?
Snub Pollard's "It's a Gift" vs. Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times".
Boom or Bust: The Century Video - used for Part 4 in the RSJ packet. Also used in the USH PBL assignment on the 1920s.
Depression and New Deal
Social Effects of the Great Depression - clip should start at 2:50. Watch until 11:50. Shows how the Depression affected families in multiple ways. Use to answer question #1 in Part II of the Depression/New Deal packet.
Eleanor Roosevelt and the New Deal - highlights Eleanor's role with Arthurdale and the Subsistence Homesteads Program.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Marion Anderson - use this to answer the journal questions related to the Marion Anderson Affair.
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) starring Jimmy Durante
Cradle Will Rock - this video clip comes from the film Cradle Will Rock. It is intended to show the varied nature of the WPA. From its jobs, to the Federal Theater Program to the Vaudeville Project.
Redlining - use this video to answer the journal question surrounding the way the HOLC and FHA laws were implemented.
World War Two
FDR's Four Freedoms Speech - one of FDR's most famous speeches (from his 1941 State of the Union).
Rise of Japanese Power (Fascism) - please begin at 32:45 and end at 49:54. Use the clip to answer questions in Part II of the World War Two packet.
Zoot Suit Riots (World War II Packet)
John Togashi- from the amazing Go For Broke website. Here, Mr. Togashi (grandfather of one of my former students) discusses what Monday, December 8th was like for a high school student of Japanese descent.
Japanese Relocation - the government produced video (1943) that you need in order to complete the first couple of questions in the Japanese Internment section.
Avenge December 7th - a trailer shown at the movie theater to encourage the purchase of war bonds.
Batman (1943) and Anti-Japanese Sentiment - this was clearly meant to capitalize on anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S. (For enrichment)
Detroit Race Riot - from the Eleanor Roosevelt PBS documentary.
The Century: America's Time "Homefront" - use to answer Part 6 in the World War Two packet (clip starts at 9:34, ends at 14:18).
Civilians at War - shows the systematic use of bombing against civilian targets in both Germany and Japan.
Paul Fussell and David McCulloch - short (terribly edited clip) that highlights how one soldier (Paul Fussell) and one civilian (David McCulloch) saw the invasion of Japan or the use of the atomic bomb.
Fat Man and Little Boy: Oppenheimer vs. General Groves - this short clip from the film "Fat Man and Little Boy" shows J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Lesley Groves in a discussion about whether to use the atomic bomb or give a demonstration. The clip discusses the idea of morality and using the atomic bomb.
White Light, Black Rain - warning, this will illicit a strong emotional response from your students. Clipped from the excellent White Light Black Rain. This is only 10 minutes but still covers the American perspective and the experience of those on the ground in Hiroshima. (WWII Packet)
Cold War / Conformity
Truman - from the PBS documentary. Clip can be used to answer Part III in the Cold War packet.
Duck and Cover - produced by the Office of Civil Defense in 1951, "Duck and Cover" (Bert the Turtle) was meant to educate America's youth about the dangers of the atomic bomb.
Guilty by Suspicion - This short clip shows the Rosenbergs to the fictional character David Merrell trying to get his life back as a director by appearing before HUAC. The theatrical trailer might give even more context.
Men's and Women's Roles - Clip from Leave it to Beaver. Ward Cleaver discusses women's and men's roles.
Civil Rights
Jim Zwerg "The Exchange Student" - from PBS' "Freedom Rides". Tells the story of Jim Zwerg whose beating during the Freedom Ride became international headlines in 1961.
"I Have a Dream Speech" - probably the most iconic and important speech of the 20th century. Read Clarence Jones' Behind The Dream, to understand where the "I Have a Dream" portion of the speech came from.
Mahalia Jackson "I've Been 'Buked and I've Been Scorned" - the singer who provided so much comfort to MLK sings at the March on Washington. Later, she shouted "Tell 'em about the dream, Martin", which led MLK to go off his written speech and into the famous "I Have a Dream" portion.
Fannie Lou Hamer - short segment from the American Experience discusses the significance of this former sharecropper during the African American civil rights movement.
National Farm Worker's Association: two clips, (1) Teatro Campesino covers one strategy employed by the NFWA during the Delano Grape Strike and (2) Bobby Kennedy covers how Senator Bobby Kennedy came to California and brought attention to the strike by holding hearings.
Cesar Chavez Story - covers his work in the fields to his successes as the head of the UFW.
We Hold the Rock - covers the entire history of the takeover of Alcatraz.
Alcatraz Is Not an Island - excerpt from the PBS video about the consequences of the occupation in 1969.
Malcolm X and Black Power - radicalization of the African American Civil Rights Movement.
Student Protest: FSM Berkeley 1964 - Radicalization of the student protest movement begins.
Backlash Against Civil Rights: Hard Hat Riots and Attica, Boston Busing Crisis, and Disco
Harvey Milk Video (use to answer Question 5, in Part 6 of the Civil Rights) - we watched from 9:20 to the end of the video
Makers: Women Who Make America - Part I, focuses on the growth of issues and strategies in the 1960s women's rights movement. Watch from 4:29 to 56:17.
Shaft Trailer - this is the 3:26 trailer for the iconic film Shaft. Read the first few paragraphs of the following essay to learn why the film was significant...despite its weird trailer!
Vietnam
Summer of Love - LSD Segment - if interested, the entire episode is available here.
Anti-War Protest (20th Century), use to answer Part IV, in the Vietnam War Packet
Vietnam Veterans Video (use to answer Part V, in the Vietnam War Packet)
Carly Fleischmann - in conjunction with discussing disabilities caused by the Vietnam War and a civil rights group - the Rolling Quads - formed at UC Berkeley, we discussed Carly Fleishmann. Here is the link to the 20/20 story. And here is here guest host spot on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.