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U.S. History - 1901-1919

Row upon row of grayish white stone crosses in a military cemetery. Caption. 1914-1918, World War I.
25 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of the midsection of a woman with long, dark hair. Caption. Sarah was also the first American Indian.
A History Of American Indian Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 7
28 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man stands with hands clasped and lips parted mid-speech. Backdrop displays photo collage of Chinese people. Caption. For the Chinese American community.
A History Of Chinese American Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 4
27 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo. Chinese man stands in front of building with sign that reads, "Washing and Ironing." Caption. Is a denial of the equal protection of the laws.
A History Of Chinese American Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 3
28 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman opens mouth in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. It would be against the European mother country of all Hispanics.
A History of Hispanic Achievement in America
Episode 6
27 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Collage of men and women in military uniform standing below a document titled, "Veteran's Day." Image of Congress in session as backdrop. Caption. To recognize all soldiers who serve in war and peace.
All About the Holidays
Episode 23
1 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: All About the Holidays: Veterans Day (Spanish)
All About the Holidays
Episode
1 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white closeup of Taft looking down with a stern expression. Caption. To keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere.
30 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Men wear khaki vests labor in an antiquated workshop. Caption. Henry Ford isn't just making a revolutionary car.
America the Story of Us
Season 1 / Ep 8
43 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Man in work clothes balances on a metal beam above sprawling cityscape. Caption. There's only one place to go, up.
America the Story of Us
Season 1 / Ep 7
44 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Machine in an assembly line constructs a circuit board.
9 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Painting of George Washington with right arm outstretched and palm facing upward. Caption. As little political connection as possible.
26 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Painting of George Washington riding white horse. Spanish caption. A pesar de los consejos de George Washington, America.
32 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white photo of Al Capone walking away from a black car. Caption. Capone was arrested many times during his heyday.
58 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame shows a large ship traveling down the Panama Canal. Caption. And cost more than 25,0000 lives.
10 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Name One War Fought By the United States in the 1900s.
Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg
Episode 76
2 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Who Was the President During World War I?
Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg
Episode 77
2 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of several men in suits with vests and wide-brimmed hats standing around 1 man sitting on a bench. Caption. "Earning the name 'The Great Conservationist.'"
Our Presidents In America's History
Episode 11
10 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: America in World War I
Crash Course U.S. History
Episode 30
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Growth, Cities, and Immigration
Crash Course U.S. History
Episode 25
12 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Progressive Presidents
Crash Course U.S. History
Episode 29
15 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Progressive Era
Crash Course U.S. History
Episode 27
15 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Women's Suffrage
Crash Course U.S. History
Episode 31
13 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white frame of 2 officers in WW1 US Army uniforms with a crowd of men behind them.
28 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: History in a Nutshell: 1918 Flu Pandemic in S.C.
History in a Nutshell
Episode 6
7 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: History in a Nutshell: World War I
History in a Nutshell
Episode 26
7 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of manufacturing equipment. Spanish caption. Surgieron cuestiones de importancia social.
30 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white frame of 2 men working on a Ford Model T assembly line, adding steering wheel and other parts.
28 minutes
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo shows John Pierpont Morgan walking and talking with a young man. Caption. Narrator. Morgan knew he had been beaten, but he wasn't about to give up.
44 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: The Centralia Tragedy Left a Legacy Still Debated
Mossback's Northwest
Season 3 / Ep 2
5 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of Theodore Roosevelt standing, holding his hat in his right hand, and pointing outward with his left as he gives a speech. Various other men are in the background.
National Politics
Season 0 / Ep 2
25 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Color illustration of people waiting at a subway platform. Platform has gold chandeliers,  colorful tile arches and skylights.
27 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "World War 1 involved 2 alliances that opposed each other."
Social Studies Video Vocab
Episode 12
4 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Black and white photo of soldiers crouched down in a trench. Spanish caption. A luchar en las trincheras.
Social Studies Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 12
4 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Closeup of a sandy shore surrounded by rocks. Caption. But if you made it ashore alive.
52 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white image of William H. Taft in a suit as he reads from a paper he holds inside a room with a desk and bookshelves. He has a wide white mustache. Caption. Taft was affable, likable, electable.
Our Presidents In America's History
Episode 12
12 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Map compares 1914 Europe with present day. A white line crosses France from the French, Belgian border on the North Sea to the French, Swiss border at Geneva. An overlay sepia toned photo of a crowd has text that reads, "1917. America declares war."
Talking Maps
Episode 1
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Black and white film still. Throngs of men in uniform hold up signs in Russian. Caption. In March 1917, the czar was forced to resign."
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 1
49 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white film still. Closeup of 3 barrels extending from a large tank. Caption. The Balkan area was the fuse on Europe's gunpowder barrel.
100 Years, 100 Events
Episode 2
1 hours 6 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of Teddy Roosevelt squinting behind round glasses. Text reads, "Teddy Roosevelt, the President Who Kept Reading A Speech After Being Shot."
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Black and white photo of a crowd of people carrying luggage from a ship in the background. Caption. 25 million people will touch our shores.
The Story Of America
Episode 3
58 minutes
Grade Level: 5 - 11
Painting of a man wearing a long white tunic and white pants walking down a narrow, empty 17th century London street. Caption. Over 3,500 of its citizens lost their lives.
Timeblazers
Season 3 / Ep 12
24 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
ASL
Closeup of a plastic model of a city street corner with a brown-brick building. 2 men in overalls walk on the sidewalk in front of the building, and a woman in a gray apron walks on the street looking up at a thick brown liquid being poured onto the model in front of her.
Untold
Episode 4
13 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12