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PBS Learning Media Videos
Learn360
Learn360
Emancipation Proclamation Exposed (2:09)
Grades 6-12; Learn more complexity about the Emancipation Proclamation. Who was freed from slavery because of it? Who wasn't?
Remembering the Civil War (2:09)
Grades 6 - 12; A good reminder that what we know about history is colored by interpretation. This video explains several different perspectives on the Civil War.
Learn 360
Learn 360
Learn 360 has high-quality full-length videos, and video clips in all subject areas including social studies. Video transcripts and related materials such as images, audio titles, articles, activities, and worksheets are available. Search by keyword or browse by topic, K-12. Videos include customizable interactive quizzes, in-depth viewing statistics, and teacher resources (activities, lessons, handouts).
American History's Biggest Fibs: the American Civil War (48:17)
Grades 9-12
A deep dive into the history of the American Civil War, aiming to offer more nuance to what we typically learn and know from legends, myths, and monuments. Covers additional content from after the end of the Civil War, including discussion of sharecropping, prison labor, and hate groups.
Note that there is some content that may be disturbing for some viewers including photographs of deceased Civil War soldiers and victims of hate crimes, video of the original Confederate flags, offensive racial slurs read from primary source documents, and clips from the racist film, "The Birth of a Nation."
BrainPop
BrainPop
BrainPop
BrainPop
Brain POP is an award-winning, animated educational resource, including hundreds of standards-aligned animated topics. Subscription also includes puzzles and games, Make-a-Map, and access to My BrainPOP! For grades 3 through 12. Some schools may have BrianPOP Junior for K-2 or BrainPOP ELL for non-native speakers of English.
Their Juneteenth module is free, even if you don't have a BrainPOP account. Watch an animated movie, take a quiz, and fill out worksheets. Have students use the Make-a-Movie feature to submit an assignment using characters and icons from the module. Include vocabulary cards, graphic organizers, and more background readings.
For additional information on related topics, try Civil Rights, Civil War, Civil War Causes, or Jim Crow.
Podcasts & Videos
Podcasts & Videos
American Slavery Podcast
What we don’t know about American slavery hurts us all. From Learning for Justice and host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Teaching Hard History: American Slavery brings us the lessons we should have learned in school through the voices of leading scholars and educators. It’s good advice for teachers and good information for everybody.
In this short film, scholars and historians introduce students to the history of Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States. Affecting up to 5 million people, Indigenous enslavement stretched from coast to coast and lasted well into the 19th century. In tracing this history and its legacy, The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors also centers the experiences, cultures and contributions of Indigenous people today.
In these videos, scholars and historians explore the Key Concepts of the Teaching Hard History framework by discussing slavery’s impact on the lives of enslaved people in what is now the United States and the nation’s development around the institution. They also explain how enslaved people influenced the nation, its culture and its history.
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