Video+Links

**Video Links**
If you miss a video in class, you are required to make it up. Many videos are on DVDs that you can check out from me. Others have been posted on YouTube. I have created links for videos that have been posted on YouTube:


 * Introduction to Race and Social Justice in US History **

Walkout - introduction from the HBO film. John Stossel: Stereotypes- covers the Brown Eye/Blue Eye experiment and more. From Community to Classroom (entire film). We watched the first 21 minutes during Week 2 of school to give students practice using the Racial Identity Development Scale developed by Beverly Daniel Tatum (Journals 4 & 5). We watched the rest of the film in preparation for completing the RSJ Research Project. Race the Power of An Illusion: Maps and Perspective - Great 4 minute clip from // The West Wing // which will easily make a case for teaching different perspectives.
 * Introduction

Other videos of interest: John Crawford III - John Crawford was killed inside a Walmart. Warning...this is graphic and horrible. Use to prove issues of race stereotyping still exist.


 * Expansion of the United States and the American Civil War **


 * 1) Native Americans in the West - these three video clips were used to highlight the ways Native American groups were affected by the westward expansion of the United States:
 * Competition on the Plains
 * Trail of Tears
 * The Whitmans and The Cayuse
 * 1) U.S.-Mexican War - PBS video needed to complete journal entry (Triple T Chart)
 * 2) All Night Forever - clip from Ken Burns' excellent Civil War series. You'll need this to complete questions 5-7 in Part II
 * 3) Civil War Intro - clip from Ken Burns' //The Civil War// that introduces the enormity of the war. You'll need this to complete Journal #13.
 * 4) //Glory// -


 * The Age of Reform **


 * 1) The Age of Reform - video from the excellent Annenberg collection. This is the video used with APUSH students. What topics did you see that expanded your knowledge? Which topics were brand new to you?


 * Reconstruction **

Ulysses S. Grant Videos - the following three videos are needed to answer Part III in the Reconstruction packet.
 * Reconstruction: Immediate Aftermath - discusses problems with racial reconstruction in the Civil War. Highlights the different perspectives: independence vs. impudence.
 * Ulysses S. Grant: Johnson to Grant - covers the Johnson Administration during Reconstruction. Ulysses S. Grant becomes President; clip covers the other issues besides Reconstruction that Grant had to face.
 * Ulysses S. Grant: Reconstruction as President - deals with how Grant actually dealt with the issues of Reconstruction once he became President.

Birth of A Nation (start video at 1:59:30 and end at 2:07:05) - answers question 4 and 5 in Part IV of the Reconstruction Packet.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (use to answer Part V, question 2 in the Reconstruction Packet)

Emmett Till Video (use to answer Part V, question 3 in the Reconstruction Packet) Battle At Kruger (shown during the discussion of Social Darwinism in the Industrialism unit)


 * The West **

A Geography of Hope - this YouTube video has the entire episode, but we only watched from 7:10-46:36. Then we watched from 55:48-1:21:12.


 * Industrialism, Immigration and Imperialism **

Battle At Kruger (shown during the discussion of Social Darwinism in the Industrialism unit) Hollywood Writer Strike: Colbert - sarcastic look at the role of unions in the United States. Matewan (Part V, question 5 in the Industrialism packet) Coal Strike of 1900 - used for a journal entry.

The Golden Door - immigrant exams at Ellis Island. San Francisco: 1900 - shows what San Francisco looked like in 1900. God Grew Tired of Us - Lost Boys of Sudan immigrate to the US as refugees. This is no longer available for free on YouTube. Please email me and I will "We Transfer" the video to you.

Coney Island - shows what Coney Island looked like at the beginning of the 1900s. You'll need this to complete a question in Part II of the "American Culture at the Turn of the Century" packet. Sapho and Entertainment - video clip from //1900//. Shows how Victorian values were upheld and challenged by the play Sapho. You'll need this to complete a question in Part II of the "American Culture at the Turn of the Century" packet. Gibson Girls and Francis Benjamin Johnston - video clips from PBS' excellent 1900 documentary. You'll need this to complete a question in Part II of the "American Culture at the Turn of the Century" packet.

Filipino War - short clip needed for the journal entry (RSJ) about the Filipino War during the age of American Imperialism.

The Panama Canal (Imperialism Packet): Part One "Building the Canal", Part Two,"Care of the Canal"


 * Progressivism **

Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era - This first clip answers questions 1 and 2 (both of these questions deal with Roosevelt __ before __ he became President). Begin this first clip at 59:15 to the end of the clip at 1:03:23. This second clip answers questions 3-5 in Part IV. Start at the beginning of the clip and stop at 16:50.

[|One Woman, One Vote] - this YouTube video has the entire video. Start watching at 42:44 and end at 1:00:04. Clip covers the changes from Harriet Blatch to Alice Paul. It ends with the introduction (not ratification) of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, which would become the 19th Amendment. (Progressivism Packet, Part 5)

Jack Johnson and the Mann Act (Part VI in the Progressivism Packet, Part 6)


 * 1920s: Roaring or Warring? **

Boom or Bust: The Century Video - used for Part 4 in the RSJ packet. Also used in the USH PBL assignment on the 1920s.


 * Depression and New Deal **

Social Effects of the Great Depression - clip should start at 2:50. Watch until 11:50. Shows how the Depression affected families in multiple ways. Use to answer question #1 in Part II of the Depression/New Deal packet. Eleanor Roosevelt and the New Deal - highlights Eleanor's role with Arthurdale and the Subsistence Homesteads Program. Eleanor Roosevelt and Marion Anderson - use this to answer the journal questions related to the Marion Anderson Affair. National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) starring Jimmy Durante Redlining - use this video to answer the journal question surrounding the way the HOLC and FHA laws were implemented.


 * World War Two **

The Democrat and the Dictator - short clip comparing two speeches. FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech and one of Adolf Hitler's. Rise of Japanese Power (Fascism) - please begin at 32:45 and end at 49:54. Use the clip to answer questions in Part II of the World War Two packet. Zoot Suit Riots (World War II Packet) John Togashi- from the amazing Go For Broke website. Here, Mr. Togashi (grandfather of one of my former students) discusses what Monday, December 8th was like for a high school student of Japanese descent. Japanese Relocation - the government produced video (1943) that you need in order to complete the first couple of questions in the Japanese Internment section. Batman (1943) and Anti-Japanese Sentiment - this was clearly meant to capitalize on anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S. (For enrichment) The Century: America's Time "Homefront" - use to answer Part 6 in the World War Two packet. Civilians at War - shows the systematic use of bombing against civilian targets in both Germany and Japan.

Paul Fussell and David McCulloch - short (terribly edited clip) that highlights how one solder (Paul Fussell) and one civilian (David McCulloch) saw the invasion of Japan or the use of the atomic bomb.

White Light, Black Rain - warning, this will illicit a strong emotional response from your students. Clipped from the excellent White Light Black Rain. This is only 10 minutes but still covers the American perspective and the experience of those on the ground in Hiroshima. (WWII Packet)


 * Cold War / Conformity **

Men's and Women's Roles - Clip from // Leave it to Beaver. // Ward Cleaver discusses women's and men's roles.

Truman - from the PBS documentary. Start the clip at 18:28 and go to 34:23. Clip can be used to answer Part III in the Cold War packet.

[|Guilty by Suspicion] - This edit combines the opening with the amazing conclusion of the film. Intended to show what private and public interrogation might look like.


 * Civil Rights **

Cesar Chavez Story - covers his work in the fields to his successes as the head of the UFW. We Hold the Rock - covers the entire history of the takeover of Alcatraz. [|Alcatraz Is Not an Island] - excerpt from the PBS video about the consequences of the occupation in 1969. Harvey Milk Video (use to answer Question 3, in Part VII of the Civil Rights Makers: Women Who Make America - Part I, focuses on the growth of issues and strategies in the 1960s women's rights movement. Watch from 4:29 to 47:34.


 * Vietnam **

Anti-War Protest (20th Century), use to answer Part IV, in the Vietnam War Packet Vietnam Veterans Video (use to answer Part V, in the Vietnam War Packet)