History

This is a great video clip to help introduce or further explore the conditions of the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This is a quick timeline overview of the events of WWII.

In 1957, nine brave African American students faced immense hatred and violence as they attempted to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. Despite being met with opposition from both the governor and a hostile mob, these students, known as the Little Rock Nine, continued to fight for their right to an equal education. This video tells the story of their struggle, highlighting both the injustices they faced and the progress that has been made in the years since.

This is a great to clip to help introduce or review how Plessy Vs. Ferguson and the idea of separate but equal and segregation impacted the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great video to help introduce or review Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Linda Brown) and how it affected the end of segregation in schools during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great video to introduce or review the Sit ins at the Woolworth's Drug Store in Greensboro North Carolina during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great video to introduce or explore the Birmingham, Alabama protests during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great short clip to introduce or review President JFK's announcement of a "moral issue" of discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great video clip to help introduce or review the March on Washington with Martin Luther King (MLK) during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great video clip to help explain the George Kennan's proposed policy containment of Soviet style communism at the end of World War II (WWII, WW2, World War 2) and at the beginning of the Cold War that would bring about the iron curtain. (includes clip of Winston Churchill)