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Financial Literacy Unit
A. Click on the following link to check out how much the U.S. government has as well as owes:
www.usdebtclock.org/
www.usdebtclock.org/
B. View the following Schoolhouse Rock video on the national debt.
c. View the following Schoolhouse ROck video to learn more about taxes.
d. View the following Schoolhouse Rock video on personal finances.
e. Click on the following Schoolhouse Rock video to learn about Wall Street.
Chapter One - Native Americans
View the following video to assist with retention of information on Native Americans circa 1492. The video
was made by a teacher for use in class. As suggested, come to class with questions should you have any.
was made by a teacher for use in class. As suggested, come to class with questions should you have any.
Click on the following link to listen to Native American Lakota Sioux music > youtu.be/zpn4Z65JNvc
Chapter Two - Exploration & Early Colonization
A. This video shares an overview of why Europeans explored and the routes they took. Use it as a review
of class lessons on exploration. The character is computer generated. Because of this, the country Portugal
will be mispronounced when it is discussing daGama.
of class lessons on exploration. The character is computer generated. Because of this, the country Portugal
will be mispronounced when it is discussing daGama.
B. The following video tells about Spanish conquistadors and more. Your job is to
find out what all the conquistadors wanted
and how they justified their ruthless actions to get what they wanted.
find out what all the conquistadors wanted
and how they justified their ruthless actions to get what they wanted.
C. The following video hyperlink tells about the five most ruthless Spanish conquistadors to arrive in the Americas.
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=spanish+conquistadors+youtube+videos&view=detail&mid=8FFD872D420AD69D937A8FFD872D420AD69D937A&FORM=VIRE
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=spanish+conquistadors+youtube+videos&view=detail&mid=8FFD872D420AD69D937A8FFD872D420AD69D937A&FORM=VIRE
Chapter Three - English Colonies & Colonial Sections
A. This following video is about England's first attempt at colonization at Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina. View the video. What facts differ from those discussed in class? Which theory do you believe explains what really happened to the colonists at Roanoke?
B. View the following video to learn about the first permanent English colony in America - Jamestown, Virginia.
Although King James allowed the settlement, who funded the colony?
List five problems that surfaced with the founding of the colony.
Although King James allowed the settlement, who funded the colony?
List five problems that surfaced with the founding of the colony.
C. Click on the hyperlink to view a more detailed view of Jamestown. > www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE4FhHlLJZI
Chapter Four - Colonial Economics & Government
A. View this video to understand the goal of mercantilism. The speaker pronounces the word different than is done in class, but the content is good. What type of resources are sent to the mother country? What type of goods are exported back to the colonies in exchange? Who benefits most from mercantilism? Can you figure out how Triangular Trade fits into England's mercantilistic exchange?
B. If you didn't know the answer to some of the question asked for video A,
watch this short video on the Triangular Trade.
watch this short video on the Triangular Trade.
c. How did African slavery come to the Americas? Watch the following video to learn about the history of this unfortunate institution.
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Chapter Five - Causes of Revolution
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Chapter Five - Causes of Revolution
Click the link listen and view a rap of the Causes of the American Revolution > youtu.be/Ci1pj34C_YQ
Chapter Six - The American Revolution
Click the link to view a pictorial timeline of revolutionary era important events > youtu.be/K3J8bs2Rufw
Click the link to view a video of the opening battles of the American Revolution > youtu.be/-DnZ_ZY3lgA
Click the link to view the reading of the Declaration of Independence as shown in class > www.schooltube.com/video/c58324fe0a80a0175750/
Click the link to view what happened when independence was declared > www.mountvernon.org/site/animated-washington/winter-patriots/
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on the start of the revolution > youtu.be/rZMmPWTwTHc
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on the Fourth of July > youtu.be/OnvCX-e0TFA
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on No More Kings > youtu.be/oT7dMHAiCfs
Click the link to view a brief video of the Battle of Bunker Hill > www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+video+the+battle+of+bunker+hill&view=detail&mid=1BA3D3EA5C1C65BA9B1B1BA3D3EA5C1C65BA9B1B&FORM=VIREClick the link
Click the link to view a documentary on the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga > www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+video+the+battle+of+fort+ticonderoga+american+revolution&&view=detail&mid=30A0E7B2F414476B09A030A0E7B2F414476B09A0&FORM=VRDGAR
Click the link to view a site that gives overviews on the Revolutionary War > www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-revolutionary-war/
Chapter Seven - A New Nation
Click the link to view an overview of problems with the Articles of Confederation > youtu.be/3KGG9afW7XY
Click the link to view a song video about problems with the Articles of Confederation > youtu.be/OvpVIhIXZLM
Click the link to view a shortened video of Shays' Rebellion. There is a longer 44 minute version available on YouTube as well > search.tb.ask.com/search/video.jhtml?n=784864c2&p2=%5ECPC%5Echr999%5ETTAB02%5E&pg=video&pn=1&ptb=E90AAFAD-4FE9-456E-BF7F-2AAEC3193624&qs=&searchfor=shay%27s+rebellion+video&si=&ss=sub&st=sb&tpr=sbt&vidOrd=3&vidId=q77iwGlyXF4
Click the link to view a short TED video on the Constitutional Convention > ed.ted.com/lessons/who-made-the-american-constitution-judy-walton
Click the link to view a National History Day video on the Constitutional Convention > www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbf23u6g1k8
Click the link to view a video on the need to stop out-of-control politics today that have gone beyond what the Constitutional Convention intended > www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TX2IaKI-wE
Chapter Eight - The Constitution
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video of the Preamble > youtu.be/30OyU4O80i4
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on branches of government > youtu.be/0n-2m9q-V7k
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on how a bill becomes a law > youtu.be/nlka6fTnDnI
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on the Electoral College > youtu.be/gc8e5Pm1_bM
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on presidential elections > youtu.be/7o0oaJnM0g0
Chapter Nine - Early Presidencies
Click the link to view a short biographical video on George Washington > youtu.be/3lXnfitSoYw
What elements in the video are not exactly correct?
What elements in the video are not exactly correct?
Click the link to learn about some of Washington's precedents > youtu.be/0GDFvyiuz1A
and > youtu.be/dIM1c3Sp-FE
and > youtu.be/dIM1c3Sp-FE
Click the link to view a video on John Adam's presidency > youtu.be/4C_F3-VbI-E
Click here to view excerpts from the play "Hamilton" > video.ket.org/video/2365870668/
Chapter Ten - Jefferson & Madison
Click the link to view a History Channel video on Jefferson's presidency > youtu.be/NokpNOkuSYY
Click the link to view a video about Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase > youtu.be/D7vCQpqolXw
Click the link to learn about the Mr. Madison's War... The War of 1812 > youtu.be/Gm5PQrMzRm0
Click the link go view Johnny Horton's song with video about the Battle of New Orleans > www.bing.com/searchq=johnny+horton+battle+of+new+orleans&form=PRUSEN&pc=EUPP_&mkt=enus&httpsmsn=1&refig=8ba5a3b18f6e482dbcb8bca9ccd3e44d&sp=3&qs=LS&pq=johnny+horton+&sk=LS1SC1&sc=8-14&cvid=8ba5a3b18f6e482dbcb8bca9ccd3e44d
Click the link go view Johnny Horton's song with video about the Battle of New Orleans > www.bing.com/searchq=johnny+horton+battle+of+new+orleans&form=PRUSEN&pc=EUPP_&mkt=enus&httpsmsn=1&refig=8ba5a3b18f6e482dbcb8bca9ccd3e44d&sp=3&qs=LS&pq=johnny+horton+&sk=LS1SC1&sc=8-14&cvid=8ba5a3b18f6e482dbcb8bca9ccd3e44d
Chapter Eleven - Expansion
Click the link to view how Lewis & Clark used an air rifle to further expansion > youtu.be/-pqFyKh-rUI
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on Elbow Room... expansion > youtu.be/Bs2w4lwQRtc
Click the link to view a video that shares trails west and events that happened along them > youtu.be/hDVm1LErYpo
Click the link to view a video on the Missouri Compromise > youtu.be/JTSbn5cE4LA
Chapter Twelve - Jackson and Others
Click the link to view a Crash Course on History video of Jacksonian Democracy > youtu.be/beN4qE-e5O8
Click the link to view a short documentary on the Trail of Tears > www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rJr4kgDdqU
Chapter Thirteen - Manifest Destiny
Click the link to view a rap video on Manifest Destiny > youtu.be/Qrjg9ulR-xo
Click the link to view a John Wayne reenactment video of the Battle of the Alamo > youtu.be/vLux126OJbY
Click the link to view a History Channel video on the Mexican-American War > youtu.be/78ESGUxlBKQ
Click on the link to view a video on the Monroe Doctrine > youtu.be/miQFk1FMhfQ
Chapter Fourteen - Industrial North & Plantation South
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on immigration/melting pot > youtu.be/5ZQl6XBo64M
Click the link to view a video on the Nativists, The Know-Nothing Party, & Immigration > youtu.be/uHXXfG5f81Y
Click the link to view a video on the institution of slavery in the South > youtu.be/Jc1RbUxQv4E
Chapter Fifteen - Reform Movements
Click the link to view the Schoolhouse Rock video on women's suffrage > youtu.be/iY3j_pxSIrA
Click the link to view a History Crash Course on the Prohibition Movement > youtu.be/-ElmLl8TM1U
Click the link to view an overview of reform movements of the 1800s > youtu.be/AKzCrOQjzL4
Use this as a springboard to find other videos on the many reform movements of the era.
Use this as a springboard to find other videos on the many reform movements of the era.
Chapter Sixteen - Towards Civil War
Click the link to view an overview of antebellum U.S. (pre Civil War) > youtu.be/NqmbM5emWzQ
Click the link to view a video on John Brown's Bleeding Kansas & Raid on Harper's Ferry > youtu.be/IplCSeDWHu0
Click the link to view the story of Dred Scott and the related court case > youtu.be/YM7onFP9vUQ
Click the link to view a documentary on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates > youtu.be/RTqfpZkoXAQ
Click the link to view a video lecture on Lincoln's election and secession of the South > youtu.be/GJXDo2sjJ4E
Chapter Seventeen - The Civil War
Click the link to hear about war-fightingyoutu.be/4RLaeeHd918 styles used in the Civil War >
Click the link to view a documentary on the opening battle of the Civil War at Fort Sumter > youtu.be/O9p7V7GrHjE
Click the ling to view a overview of important topics and battles of the Civil War > youtu.be/WO2W-4hacHg
Click the link to view Johnny Horton's song and video on the Battle of Bull Run > youtu.be/xI7vBQRuTYg
Click the link to view a video on the Battle of Gettysburg > youtu.be/7ALyq3seK2g
Click the link to view a video on the Battle of Gettysburg > youtu.be/7ALyq3seK2g
Click the link to view a reading of the Gettysburg Address by a Lincoln reenactor > youtu.be/hOPd2pXBXbU
Click the link to view a documentary on Lee's surrender at Appomattox > www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+videos+surrender+at+appomattox&view=detail&mid=5693E0782CFAF5DA7C695693E0782CFAF5DA7C69&FORM=VIRE
Click the link to view a History Channel video about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation > www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+video+emancipation+proclamation&view=detail&mid=BC9B4EE55323E3DDDEFABC9B4EE55323E3DDDEFA&FORM=VIRE
Click the link to view a lesson on the impacts of the 13th Amendment passed during the Civil War > youtu.be/-YV6yt7hgz0
Chapter Eighteen - Era of Reconstruction and Movement Out of the South
Click the link to view a video on Reconstruction following the Civil War > youtu.be/jHbunlWZfps
Click the link to view a documentary on the Jim Crow Laws > youtu.be/ChWXyeUTKg8
Click the link to view a short documentary on the Sharecroppers > youtu.be/0GAv0NVp-3k
Click the link to view a documentary on Nicodemus, Kansas's Exodusters > youtu.be/Vlu_3hLrHyk
Click the link to see a documentary on the 13th,14th, & 15th amendment rights > youtu.be/9OWW1iVRecE