Please, feel free on using this Online Resource Materials in your Classroom!

Option B: U.S. History Online and DVD Collection-Video Library

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• Collection 1: "Who is Your Favorite Founding Father?" 2005. (Approx. 1 hour. 6 min.) National Constitution Center. Online Video Lecture
• Collection 2:  "The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin" 2004 (Approx. 1 hour. 6 min.) National Constitution Center. Online Video Lecture
• Collection 3:  "Jefferson Lives" 2006. David McCullough (Approx. 10 min.) (Write 1 Page) Online Video Documentary
   "Thomas Jefferson" Book 2004. UCLA. (Approx. 29 min.) (Write 1 Page) Online Video Lecture (Write 1 Page)
• Collection 4:  "Founding Mothers: Women in the American Revolution" 2005. (Approx. 57 min.) UC Berkeley. Online Video lecture
• Collection 5: Joan Biskupic on Sandra Day O'Connor the first women to sit on the United States High Court. The Constitution Center (Approx. 1 hour. 16 minutes.) Online Video Lecture
• Collection 6:  "Revolutionary Characters" 2006. (Approx. 1 hour. 8 min.) National Constitution Center. Online Video Lecture
• Collection 7: "French Explorers: The Exploration of the Mississippi River: Marquette, Jolliet and LaSavalle
  "Lewis and Clark Expedition" The Discovery Education, (Approx.7min.) (Write 1/2 page) Online Video Documentary and
  "Lewis and Clark" (Approx. 17 min.) Online Video Movie, 1950 (Write 1 page)
  (1672-1287.) The Discovery Education (Approx. 7 min.) (Write 1/2 page) Online Video Documentary
• Collection 8:  "Brown vs. Board of Education, 50 Years Later" 2004. University of California, San Diego (Approx. 30 min.) (Write 1 page) Online Video Lecture and
  "Segregation of African Americans" Photos. Though Equity, 2005 (Approx. 45 sec.) (Write 1 Page) Online Video Documentary
• Collection 9: "The Constitution and the African American Experience." The Constitution Center (Approx. 1 hour. 13 minutes) Online Video Lecture
• Collection 10: Ron Chernow discusses on his book "Alexander Hamilton" The Constitution Center. (Approx. 1 hour. 4 minutes) Online Video Lecture
• Collection 11: David McCullough talk about his Pulitzer Prize Book "1776" The Constitution Center. (Approx. 52 minutes) Online Video Lecture
• Collection 12: "How Free is the Free of Press?" The Constitution Center. (Approx. 2 hours.15 minutes) Online Video Lecture
• Collection 13:  "I Have a Dream" By Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 (Approx. 18 min.) (Write 1/2 Page) Online Video Documentary and
  "Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated, 1968" (Approx. 3 min.) (Write 1/2 Page) Online Video Documentary and
  "Civil Rights Icons" 1960's Rosa Park, James Meredith, JFK, (Approx. 9 min.) (Write 1 Page) Online Video Documentary
• Collection 14:  "NASA History of Space Flight Motion Pictures" (Select 2 Videos from the collection) Online Video Documentary (Write 1 page for each video you watched))
• Collection 15:  "The Open Video Project" (Select 4 Videos from the "Documentary" or "Historical" Links) Online Video Documentary (Write 2 pages summary of what you watched)
• Collection 16:  PBS "American Field Guide" Video Clips Collection. Online Video Documentaries (If you would like to use this option, please, contact us before doing it)
• Collection 17: "Constitution Day lecture" Dr. Kenneth Janda. Online Video lecture Available Online (65 min.) from the Northwestern University.
• UB-TAH Collection: "Thomas Jefferson" (DVD, 180 min.) Reserve this Video for 2 (two) days
• UB-TAH Collection: "Founding Brothers" (2 DVD, 200 min) Reserve these Videos for 2 (two) days
• UB-TAH Collection: "The Congress" (DVD, 90 minutes) and "Fighting for Freedom" (DVD, 90 min.) Reserve these Videos for 2 (two) days
• UB-TAH Collection: Liberty! The American Revolution (3 DVD). Teachers will watch only 2 two DVD form the Collection: "The Reluctant Revolutionaries," "The Times That Try Men's Souls," or "The World Turned Upside Down."  Reserve these Videos for 2 (two) days
• UB-TAH Collection: "Great Moments of the 20th Century (Volume 1 from 1900-1960, 180 min) Reserve this Video for 2 days
• UB-TAH Collection: "Great Moments of the 20th Century (Volume 2 from 1961-2000, 180 min) Reserve this Video for 2 (two) days

 

Suggestions: In your online video review, you may analyze the following questions:

• Name and year of the video.
• What is the purpose of the video? (For example, to persuade, inform, question or entertain?)
• What historic issues does the video address?
• What is the video’s thesis or point of view?
• What evident is used to support the thesis? How accurate is the evidence? Has relevant or conflicting evidence been omitted?
• How valid is the video’s argument?
• What has the video accomplished?
• Would you like to print these instructions?

Your online video review should be 2-4 pages (Please, check the requirements for each collection), double-spaced, 1 inch margins, in 12-point font. Please e-mail a copy to the UB-TAH program coordinator

Please, read the instructions very carefully: Select and watch 1 (one collections "•")  of the following groups of Online Videos or DVDs on History and write a report paper, summarizing or outlining the video(s) or online video(s) you watched. (Please, be aware, some of the collection have more than one video.) If you have any question, please, contact us

Project Deadline Option B: (You can send your work in any time on or before the deadline)
February 05, 2007: Reserving the Videos
March 16, 2007: Summary or Outline Deadline

Please, send your 2 (two or more) pages Summaries/Outlines to antonioa@ext.usu.edu or Mail it to: Antonio A. Arce, UB-Teaching American History, 987 East Lagoon (124-9), Roosevelt, Utah 84066.

Would you like to apply what you have learned? (Not Required)
1. Search on the Utah State Core Curriculum and find out where it fit
2. Use the Sample Lesson and Activities available in our Online Resource Page where you also have access to an Online Resource in Primary Sources
3. UB-TAH Lesson Plan Form

Please, feel free on using this Online Resource Materials in your Classroom!

After visiting this U.S. History Vide/Lectures webpage, would you please, take 3 minutes of your time and help us to know how we can better serve you and your students by completing the following survey? THANK YOU!

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