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Miscellaneous History Topics
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Ages: 8 - 12
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A student visits the U.S.S. Midway Museum in San Diego in this segment. The U.S.S. Midway is a retired aicraft carrier. Learn all about aircraft carriers and life aboard the U.S.S. Midway by watching this video which is accomapnied by photos explai...ning the history of the ship. ( 5:27)
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September 29, 2011 at 03:54 PM
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Ages: 8 - 12
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A student interviews an international perfume expert in this video. She learns about the history of perfume, characteristics of perfumes, and about the perfume-making process. ( 4:09)
October 2, 2011 at 09:05 AM
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Ages: 8 - 12
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A student travels to the San Francisco Cable Car Museum in this video. She interviews a cable car historian and learns all about the history of cable cars and how they work. ( 4:08)
October 2, 2011 at 09:16 AM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This is the final part of the series on the march on Washington by veterans asking for their bonus money and how the president and others ordered them evicted and burned their occupy Washington settlement. The senators and president accused the veter...ans of being communist against all evidence that this was not true. This is an excellent video to show students about civil disobedience and how name calling can be used as a form of propaganda. Eight minutes
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November 19, 2011 at 11:46 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This 9:40 long video, part of a series, shows how the Bonus Army tried to get Washington's leaders to honor their pledge to pay the money that was owed them. It can be compared to the Occupy movement currently taking place in some respects as it is a... form of civil disobedience.
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November 19, 2011 at 11:37 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This 9:19 long video shows how veterans from World War One wanted the bonus money they were promised to them. This shows how the veterans tried to lobby the legislative branch to pass the bill so that they could get this money. It is a good video to ...show the students about civil disobedience and how they were treated.
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November 19, 2011 at 11:41 PM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This five minute video does an excellent job of explaining the importance of the Columbian exchange and its huge impact on
Asia and Europe. Christopher Columbus discovered a new piece of land, which was the Americas. The Aztecs and the Incas were ...the two main empires brought down by Spanish conquistadors. The slave trade were transported to be needed for farms. The Columbian exchange gave each continent new different cash crops. It is named after Columbus.
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March 5, 2012 at 09:30 PM
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Ages: 8 - 18
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The Peabody Hotel in Memphis is one of the city's most popular attractions. The Peabody Ducks march to and from the Grand Lobby daily at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. in a time-honored tradition. This video shows footage of the hotel and details history of the ...hotel and the ducks. ( 6:52)
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December 13, 2011 at 09:36 PM
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Ages: 8 - 18
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The Peabody Hotel is famous for its ducks which swim in the lobby's fountain daily. The ducks march from the hotel's elevators to the fountain each morning in grand ceremony. This video shows the march of the ducks and provides background informati...on on the ducks and the hotel. (08:21)
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December 13, 2011 at 09:02 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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This four-hour video will have to be broken up into smaller segments for classroom viewing. Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on w...hat he calls Planet Finance. (4:00:15)
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January 20, 2013 at 07:15 AM
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