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Pennsylvania German Heritage (Teacher Guide)
Video documentary celebrating the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Palatinates to Pennsylvania in 1683.
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Roosevelt: The Fireside Chats and the New Deal
This dramatization of FDR's famous Fireside Chats shows how the 32nd President of the United States implemented the New Deal to get the country out of the depression, and how he used radio to introduce his economic programs - and to bring hope into the homes of the American people.
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Freedom
Examines the U.S. concept of liberty that is the foundation underlying the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People: The Discovery of a Prehistoric North American Sea Culture
This program follows the U.S., Canadian, and European scientists from the barrens of Labrador-where archaeologists uncover an ancient stone burial mound-to sites in the U.S., France, England, and Denmark, and to the vast fiords of northernmost Norway where monumental standing stones testify to links among seafaring cultures across immense distances.
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America Series - First Impact
A record of one immigrant's sojourn here: A revealing look at how we first appeared to an outsider. A personal interlude," says Cooke, "a memoir of how I came to America and the people, places, institutions and the people, places that I admired enough to make me want to stay.""
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Decision - 1788 (The Constitution)
Designed to acquaint students with the federalist and antifederalist arguments concerning the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the reasons for drafting the document.
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Andrew Jackson
Reenacts significant experiences of Jackson's boyhood, depicts highlights of his military career, traces major events of his years as President, reveals his inauguration of a policy which later led to the spoils system and explains his attack on the United States Bank.
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History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Part 3: The Reluctant World Power
Viewers trace events as the United States assumes, rejects and then accepts the role of a major world power, including Woodrow Wilson's role in World War I, U.S. rejection of the league of nations, and the events leading to World War II. History of U.S. Foreign Relations Series.
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History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Part 1: An Age Of Revolutions
The story of diplomacy from the American revolution to the federal period, Benjamin Franklin's crucial role in winning U.S. Independence, George Washington's Presidency, the Louisiana Purchase, The War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine are covered. History of U.S. Foreign Relations Series.
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History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Part 4: Road To Independence
In February, 1945, President Roosevelt meets with Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss the fate of Europe after Germany's defeat to form the United Nations. Later that year the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs on Japan to end the war. Other topics include the "Cold War," the beginning of the nuclear age, the Marshall Plan, NATO, Korean War, beginning of space exploration, Bay of Pigs, Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War.
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History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Part 2: Youth To Maturity
Viewers watch the U.S. grow from a small, weak nation to a world power with the development of american interest in Asia and Latin America, including Perry's trip to Japan, civil war diplomacy, the Spanish-American War, the Panama Canal...to the eve of World War I. History of U.S. Foreign Relations Series.
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Teedie
This film documents the development of a man, from an asthmatic child to President of the U.S. Unwilling to accept his physical weaknesses, Teddie Roosevelt began body building to acquire strength, and eventually started boxing. "Teedie" (a childhood nickname) also became interested in animals, ornithology and taxidermy. The passion in these interests combined to help build the character of a man who led the nation for eight years.
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Catch the Spirit by Celebration USA
CD of instrumental and vocal/instrumental music in celebration of America.
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Connections 2: Separate Ways - Part 8
This program follows two trails that begin with the split over slavery in the 18th century and finally come together in the modern world. One reoute featurs such major events as nail-making, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Wild West and trouble with tin cans. The other pathway connects rum with steam engines, coining money, electroplating and television. Both journeys end with the greatest threat to peace in the modern world.
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George Washington's Little History of the United States
Stepping off a dollar bill, George Washington narrates the story of the U.S. from the time before Columbus arrived to the 4th of July 1776. He then bakes a cake for a party. The guests reflect people who have made our country grow -- some very famous and some who aren't famous at all.
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Statue of Liberty
The film's first half details the efforts of French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in supervising the financing and construction of his vision: a copper-clad work of "colossal proportions" to be given by his nation as a lasting memorial to the ideals of liberty. Then, a wide range of people comment about what liberty and the Statue mean to them.
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Step Away From War, A
A program on ending all nuclear explosions staring Paul Newman. This program brings you...America's great military and technological strength; how American ingenuity can reduce the risk of nuclear war; the role of nuclear weapons explosions in fueling the arms buildup; why a U.S./Soviet Test Ban would avert possible nuclear war; how violations could be detected; how Americans brought about the Limited Test Ban of 1963; and what you can do now to end the arms buildup.
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Milestones of the Century I - The Great Wars
Authentic pictorial record takes you back 70 years to witness the outstanding major events and individuals who have shaped the world - covers the 1890's through the 1960's.
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Day of Thanksgiving
Automobile repairman Bill Johnson and his family of five use a Thanksgiving Day as the opportunity to recount the many freedoms and privileges they enjoy as American citizens.
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Taxes in U.S. History - The Protective Tariff
The Protective Tariff Issue - 1832 takes a look at how tax policies can influence every economic behavior in a variety of ways.
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Taxes in U.S. History - Fairness and the Income Tax, 1909
Fairness and Income Tax 1909 examines the question of what is a fair income tax.
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Taxes in U.S. History - Teacher's Video
This videotape introduces teachers to the student videos and print materials.
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Johnstown Flood, The
This program, by Charles Guggenheim, tells the story of the events leading up to and following the moment on May 31, 1889, when a private dam burst sending a wall of water, in someplaces 70 feet high, roaring down the valley and into the center of the city of Johnstown.
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Day of the Million Stars
Music educators salute to the United States Constitution. The United States Air Force Band and music students from throughout the United States came together at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
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Making of Liberty
The restoration of the statue of liberty in 1984 is graphically documented. The history of the statue of liberty and how it came to be is discussed.
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Custer: The American Surge Westward
Depicts one of the most significant and famous battles in the United States history; the factors that made it inevitable and the man immortalized by it. The camera recaptures the conflict between two forces - General Custer and the American Indian at a time when history had made their respective roles obsolete.
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Roosevelt: Fireside Chats - War Years
Historical footage introduces a recreation of the Roosevelt fireside chats that started in April of 1938. Preceeding and during WWII, Roosevelt shared his philosophy and beliefs with an America that was assuming ever greater responsibilities in a global conflict.
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Frontier Experience, The
Gives a woman's perspective of the westward movement via the story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1889. This program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueller loneliness which early settlers encountered and also shows their quiet courage.
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Views Of A Vanishing Frontier
This film documents the historic journey of Prince Maximillian zu Wied, a German aristocrat, and the Swiss artist, Karl Bodmer, to the American West in 1832-34. Retraces the two-year expedition to the upper reaches of the Missouri River, and evokes the experience by using Bodmer's original paintings, extensive location photography, and the real words from Prince Maximilian's diary. Bodmer and Maximilian left an important legacy that is cherished by today's native Americans.
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Ghost Dance
On December 29th, 1890, Lakota Chief Big Foot and 300 of his people were massacred by the United States Army near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. Most of those killed were followers of the Ghost Dance religion which promised the return of the old way of life. When the bullets overtook Big Foot's band, their dancing ended, but the story of their journey and the dream they carried lives on with those who remember.
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Life of George Washington, The
This program is hosted by Senator Bill Bradley, who tells the remarkable story of George Washington's life through original historical prints from the Willard-Budd collection at Mount Vernon.
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Political Philosophy and the Supreme Court
This program is for teachers and elementary students and focuses on the diverse legal and philosophical views regarding the Constitution. Political philosophy and the Supreme Court are discussed. Two lessons on the Constitution are demonstrated during the show by National Council for Social Studies Elementary Teacher of the year, Barbara Firestone of Wichita, Kansas.
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Emerging Democracy in South Africa
This program is for teachers and high school students and focuses on the democratization of South Africa and the various consititutional choices facing that country. Two lessons on emerging democracies are presented by Master Teacher Maurice Butler inn Washington D.C.
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Emerging Democracy in Eastern Europe
This program is for teachers and high school students and focuses on the democratication of Eastern Europe, paying particular attention to Czechoslovakia and Germany. Dr I. Hantsche of Duisberg, Germany, an expert on the democratization of Europe after WWII and Daniel Troy, J.D. of the Washington D.C. law firm of Riley, Wein & Fielding, who served as an advisor to Civic Forum during the early days of the Velvet Revolution, address these issues. Two lesson plans are demonstrated.
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Johnstown Flood
The story of one of the most devastating disasters in American history - the destruction of the great Pennsylvania steel town. This program is an expanded one hour version of Charles Guggenheim's Academy Award-winning documentary.
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Shape Of The World
Divided into identified segments of world history, this program presents specific cultures and times in history and how they influenced the discovery and mapping of the world.
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Flood Plain - The Path of Nature's Power
Pennsylvania has permitted settlement and growth to take place along our rivers on the flat bottom land. Constructions in the flood plains has resulted in massive loss of life and property. The need to relocate out of the flood plains is reviewed.
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Jazz in the Schools: An American Story
Welcome to the story of jazz and the American experience. NEA Jazz in the Schools takes a step-by-step journey through the history of jazz, integrating that story with the sweep of American social, economic, and political developments. This multi-media curriculum is designed to be as useful to high school history and social studies teachers as it is to music teachers. Each of the five lessons contains an opening essay, video, music, photographs, discussion questions, and other resources. Each lesson contains practical suggestions for effective ways to use the materials.
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Open and Operating - The Federal Reserve System Responds to September 11
What is the purpose of a central bank? How did an extraordinary event challenge the infrastructure of the financial system? What role does the central bank play in responding to a crisis situation? This video-based lesson is designed to answer these questioons and to provide a history and economics lesson format to introduce the Federal Reserve System. This set contains a teacher guide and VHS tape.
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Road to Brown, The
This program tells the story of a visionary: Charles Hamilton Houston, the Black attorney who led the legal campaign to overturn the Constitution's sanction of racial segregation.
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Pennsylvania - A Changing Society: Keystones and Crossbones
Just as crossbones show danger, a keystone tells you that you are dealing with something about Pennsylvania. This film shows the relationship of symbols and words.
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How Strong Is The Wind
By interweaving historical photos, original notes, blueprints, and early film footage, on-camera narrator Harry Combs recreates a fascinating milestone in modern history. The Wrights' discoveries, tests, triumphs and failures from the turn of the century through 1909 are colorfully illustrated. Viewers see their laboratory in Ohio as well as the famous test site at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Pennsylvania - A Changing Society: Discovering A Pennsylvania City
Focuses on items in a museum to tell the history of Pennsylvania and shouws how Williamsport was built. It also goes on to explain how people lived and explains their lives of everyday.
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Pennsylvania - A Changing Society: Buy From Us
A look at producing and cosuming in Pennsylvania's past. It shows the changes made in industry and agriculture over the past six decades.
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Taxes in U.S. History: The Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion - The first test of federal power to tax 1794. It explores the need for governments to raise revenues.
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History of the U.S. Constitution: 1) The Seeds of the Constitution; 2) Founding the Constitution
1) From 1619 through 1739, from Virginia colonists create the First Legislative Assembly, the the Great Awakening and the Separation of Church and State; 2) From 1750 - Iron Acts Restricts American Business through 1774 - Massachusetts creates the Minutemen Militia. DVD
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History of the U.S. Constitution: 3) Writing the Constitution and the Bill or Rights; 4) Testing the Constitution
3) From 1774 - First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia through 1791 - States ratify Madison's Bill of Rights; 4) from 1793 - Congress enacts a Fugitive Slave Act through 1803 - John Marshall establishes a strong Supreme Court. DVD
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Constitution: 5) The Constitution Survives; 6) The Constitution is Expanded
5)From 1810 - Marshall Establishes the Sanctity of Contracts through 1861 - Southern States secede and force Constitutional crisis; 6) From 1865-1870 - 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments: The Anti-Slavery Amendments through 1918 - Prohibition and the 18th Amendment. DVD
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Johnstown - 1800-1889
A documentary about the history of the Johnstown region during the 19th Century. It consists of four parts and begins with the frontier settlement of Johnstown or Conemaugh Old Town as it was then known.
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Geography In U.S. History: North vs. South in the Founding of the USA
This program focuses on differences between the northern and southern regions of the United States that raised critical issues of national unity and stability before, during, and after the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Its in-depth treatment of region-based political issues compliments and extends the brief examination of this topic and in standard secondary school textbook chapters on the Constitutional Convention.
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Geography in U.S. History: Jefferson Decides to Purchase Louisiana
This video focuses on President Jefferson's decision to acquire the part of New Orleans and the vast inland territory of Louisiana. In this program, the subsequent acquisition of the Spanish territory of West Florida is related to the Louisiana Purchase as part of a comprehensive strategy to control the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Geography in U.S. History: Civil War and Social Change in Georgia
This video shows the impact of a cataclysmic event, the Civil War, on the characteristics of one place, Savannah, Georgia. Thus it fits into the unit on the Civil War and Reconstruction in secondary school U.S. history curriculum guides and textbooks complementing and enriching treatments of the general effects of the war on the southern region of the United States.
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Geography in U.S. History: Clash of Cultures on the Great Plains
Examining the geographic theme Human Environmental Interaction, program looks at Lakota people and, adopting the point of view of Chief Red Cloud, shows how their way of life, based on the buffalo, changed when whites settled the Great Plains.
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America's Civil Rights Movement
This program is the newest curriculum available on this period of U.S. history. Through historical footage and the voices of movement participants, students are given a powerful view of historical events from the perspective of the ordinary people who lived through them.
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Within These Walls: A Visit To The White House
The White House belongs to the people, yet the White House style of living is far beyond the average American experience. It is open to tourists year-round - the only house of a head-of-state that is - yet stringent security considerations limit public access to the president himself. The first family is constantly in the public eye, yet President Taft could have been speaking for all presidents when he called the White House "the loneliest place in the world.
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America Series - Arsenal, The
The American Way of War" from colonial Williamsburg to the modern sentimental tradition of the armed forces."
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Gate to the Mind's Eye
Witness the collapse, rebirth and the future of mankind through the Mind's Eye. Prepare for an unparalleled odyssey into an unforgettable world of technological achievement that sets a new standard in entertainment. Spectacular 3-D imagery, astounding colorful detail and mesmerizing effects await in this cybertech fantasy.
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National Observances
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Immigration to the U.S.
Examines why people came to the U.S., the Atlantic passage, the story of an immigrant child in a new country, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Chinese immigrants and cultural diversity today.
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Discover Presidential Log Cabins ... Discovering History in our National Parks
Take your students on a journey of discovery to three National Parks and te historic log cabins at which four of our greatest presidents faced defining moments. These three log cabin sites occupied by George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt played pivotal roles in American history.
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History and Functions of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the US is the most powerful judicial body in the United States, if not the world. In this program, we look at the early days of the Court and its landmark cases up to the present day. Alexander Hamilton climed that the Supreme Court was The weakest department of power". Then through benchmark cases the court has distinguished itself."
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History and Functions of Congress
Beginning with the Declaration of Independence which proclaimed freedom for the people of the US, this video documents many exciting facts of the trials and tribulations of this young country. This program shows how Congress, the President, and Judicial system work together to formour government. Hean how the House of Representatives and Senate work together to pass bills and create laws.
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History and Functions of the Presidency
This program takes an in-dept look into the world's most powerful office. It explores the different roles of the presidency, thich include: Head of STate, Chief Diplomat, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Chief Citizen. We also explore past presidents who have guided and shaped our nation. You will learn about these men and all aspects of the executive branch of the government.
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Great Women in American History
Throughout U.S. history, many women such as Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Keller, became inspirations for thousands of women everywhere. Their causes were many: Equal rights, birth control, abolition of slavery, caring of wounded soldiers and most importantly, providing leadership and strength during tumultuous times. Many women have made important contributions to the U.S. and paved the way for future generations.
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Famous African Americans
This video portrays many of the African Americans who fought for: American independence, the abolition of slavery, civil and equal rights. They served their country during wartime and helped rebuild the South's economy after the Civil War. Many spoke out for the causes they believed in and many died fighting for these causes. Their place in American history must not be underestimated. Their contributions can be seen and felt today.
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Thomas Edison - A Life of Invention
The life of Thomas Edison is a true rags to riches" story. Through hard work and determination, he helped in creating the modern world in which we live today. Considered to be the greatest inventor of his or any time, Edison's wonderful inventions were a driving force of the Industrial Revolution. From the stock ticker to the phonograph; from the light bulb to motion pictures, his inventions guided America into the 20th Century."
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American Dream, Part 1
Discover how American has become the greatest nation on Earth: from Plymouth Rock to Rock and Roll; from the Declaration of Independence to Independent Counsels; from the Gilded Age to the Information Age; from George Washington to Bill Clinton. America's rich history is an enduring legacy of the human spirit and a lasting tribute to the power of democracy.
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American Dream, Part 2
Continuation from Part 1. Discover how American has become the greatest nation on Earth: from Plymouth Rock to Rock and Roll; from the Declaration of Independence to Independent Counsels; from the Gilded Age to the Information Age; from George Washington to Bill Clinton. America's rich history is an enduring legacy of the human spirit and a lasting tribute to the power of democracy.
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American Tall Tale Heroes
Recalling the history of America before space ships, skyscrapers and ice cream cones, the old timer spins tales of legendary deeds. Animation brings to life adventures of four of America's greatest heroes: the sailor, Stormalong; the lumberjack, Paul Bunyan; the steel driver, John Henry; and the cowboy, Pecos Bill.
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Reinventing the Wheel: History of the Bicycle
This program investigates a technology familiar to all students. They will see historic bicycles from collections of the National Museum of American History and some amazing prototypes for the future. Program highlights include the "wheelmen" and their high wheelers, hand-powered cycles for the disabled, and bicycles that ride on snow and even water.
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Biography of America - 13) America at Its Centennial, 19( A Vital Progression
Part 1) Revolution Betrayed and Part 2) A Vital Progression. As America 13) Revolution Betrayed - As America celebrates its centennial, 5 million people descend on Philadelphia to celebrate America’s technological achievements, but some of the early principles of the Republic remain unrealized. Professor Miller and his team of historians examine where America is in 1876 and discuss the question of race. 19) Professor Martin offers a fresh perspecitve on Progressivism, arguing that its spirit can be best seen in the daily struggles of ordinary peeople. The struggles of Native Americans, Asian Americans and African Americans are placed in the context of the traditional white Progressive movement.
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Biography of America - 4) Coming of Independence and 5) A New System of Government
4) Professor Maier tells the story of how the English-loving colonist transforms into the freedom-loving American rebel. The luminaries of the early days of the Republic — Washington, Jefferson, Adams — are featured in this program as they craft the Declaration of — and wage the War for — Independence. 5) After the War for Independence, the struggle for a new system of government begins. Professor Maier looks at the creation of the Constitution of the United States. The Republic survives a series of threats to its union, and the program ends with the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the Fourth of July, 1826.
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America on the Move: Migrations, Immigrations, and How We Got Here
Discover the impact of transportation on the American experience of immigration and migration. Join a 12-year-old host and several Smithsonian curators on a tour of the newest exhibition at the National Museum of American History, America on the Move. Your students will view artifacts and primary-source documents to help uncover Americans' stories.
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Growing a Nation: The Story of American Agriculture
This CD presents the dramatic and inspiring story of how agriculture has shaped the history of the USA, helping it become a prosperous nation and major world power. Lesson 1) 1600- 1929 Seeds of Change Lesson 2) 1930-1949 From Defeat to Victory Lesson 3) 1950-1969 Prosperity and Challenges, Lesson 4) 1970-present Into a new Millennium.
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Constitution: 7) The Constitution in a Changing World; 7) Constitutional Reform and Controversy
7) From 1919 -The Supreme Court limits free speech and freedom of the press in Schneck v U.S. through 1961 - Citizens of Washington D.C. gain the right to vote with the 23rd Amendment; 8) From 1961 - Supreme Court prevents illegal search and seizure with Mapp v. Ohio through 2000 - America contests a Presidential election. DVD
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