Start in Tennessee and Georgia to learn about Sequoyah and his Cherokee brethren and follow the events of the Southeast region through European discovery, slavery, and the Civil War. Discover how the Civil Rights movement changed this region and how the people who inhabit these states live today.
Subjects: History
-
The Northeast Region: People and Heritage
Travel back to a time when only the Iroquois inhabited the Northeast United States. Discover how Europeans came to inhabit this area and the role the people here played in forming the United States. Learn about immigration and its effect on cities and how people in this region live today.
-
Lewis and Clark: Tools of Survival
Students travel with Lewis and Clark and experience how these explorers survived without the tools of civilization? They witness how these adventurers learned to tan hides, make bullets, candles and other necessities needed to survive this epic journey.
-
The West Region: People and Heritage
Moving between Hawaii, Alaska, and the contiguous West, students understand the varied histories of this region. Learn about the Spanish explorers on the west coast, the Polynesians in Hawaii, and the Inuit of Alaska. Understand how each of these areas became a part of the United States. Discover gold in California and other parts of the West. Witness the construction of the transcontinental railroad that connected this region with the rest of the country.
-
The Southwest Region: People and Heritage
Starting with nomadic Native Americans, discover the diverse history of the Southwest. Learn about the Spanish explorers and the southwest as a part of both Spain and Mexico. Witness the events of the Alamo and the victory of Texas independence. Watch the events unfold, bringing this region into the United States and see how it has grown and how the people in this area have retained so much of the culture of years past.
-
The Middle West Region: People and Heritage
The history of our Middle West dates back to the Native Americans who roam this vast land seeking buffalo meat. Learn how the history of this region affects life there today. Discover the significance of historical events to the Middle West.
-
The Events Leading Up to War
What were the key events that brought a divided people together to stand and fight as one? In this engaging production your students will learn about The French and Indian War, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and battles at Lexington and Concord. They will come to know the important actions of men like Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Paul Revere. Your students will gain a firm understanding of why America went to war with Great Britain and what motivated the Patriots to form their own country.
-
The War and a New Nation
The events surrounding the Revolutionary War are closely detailed as students learn about the major battles and significant people that impacted this time of turmoil. Students will learn about the battle of Bunker Hill, meet Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, witness the battle of Yorktown, and come to understand how other countries became involved in this epic war. Students will realize that while the events of war were taking place, the colonists were also busy forming the ideas and creating the documents that would become the foundation of a new country.
-
Sugihara – Conspiracy of Kindness
In the fall of 1939 Hitler’s murderous wave was sweeping through Eastern Europe. In the face of the Nazi onslaught, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara made a decision that would change his life and thousands of others. With no possible hope for reward and at great risk to his family and career, Sugihara acted on his innermost beliefs and used his diplomatic power to rescue desperate Jewish refugees.
-
They Made America – DVD
From the introduction of the steamboat to the advent of on-line shopping, Americans have always been endlessly inventive and eminently practical. They Made America examines innovation in America through the stories of the resourceful men and women whose ideas and inventions have transformed the world. Based on author and journalist Harold Evans’s book, They Made America also explores the political, social, economic, and environmental forces that make the United States an incubator for so much radical and far-reaching creativity. (4 hrs on 2 DVDs)