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Historical Biography (Non-Presidential)
There are 6 videos in this category and 463 videos in 112 subcategories.
Subcategories:
- A Biography of America (series)
- Aldrin, Buzz
- Anthony, Susan B.
- Appleseed, Johnny
- Armstrong, Neil
- Arnold, Benedict
- Barton, Clara
- Bell, Alexander Graham
- Black American Biographies
- Bly, Nellie
- Boone, Daniel
- Capone, Al
- Carneige, Andrew
- Chavez, Cesar
- Clinton, Hillary
- Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill)
- Crockett, Davy
- Davis, Jefferson
- Dewey, Thomas
- Disney, Walt
- Du Ponts
- Earhart, Amelia
- Edison, Thomas
- Ford, Henry
- Forest, Lee De
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Freud, Sigmund
- Gates, Bill
- Gingrich, Newt
- Glenn, John
- Goldman, Emma
- Giuliani, Rudy
- Graham, Billy
- Henry, Patrick
- Hershey, Milton
- Hoover, Edgar J.
- Jackson, Michael
- Jobs, Steve
- Keller, Helen
- Kennedy, Caroline
- Kennedy, Joseph Sr.
- Kennedy, Robert F.
- Kennedy, Ted
- Lindbergh, Charles
- Palin, Sarah
- Patton, George
- Penn, William
- Pleasant, Mary Ellen
- Presley, Elvis
- Marion, Francis
- McCain, John
- Mister Rogers
- Monroe, Marilyn
- Reeve, Christopher
- Revere, Paul
- Rockefeller, John D.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Spielberg, Steven
- Steinem, Gloria
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
- Welles, Orson
- Miscellaneous Biographies
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This 46 minute video uses a narrator, images, and actual footage of his life.
It is an excellent summary of this Supreme Court leader's life and accomplishments. Thurgood Marshall, was a crusading attorney and civil rights activist who led the figh...t against school desegregation, became the first African-American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. On the opening page there is also a shorter, two minute, version of his life.
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February 8, 2012 at 12:16 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This video segment adapted from American Experience describes the early life of one of America's Founding Fathers—Alexander Hamilton. Born outside of the thirteen American colonies on a small tropical island, Hamilton's struggles begin early when his... father leaves and his mother dies of yellow fever. As a teenager, he learns about international finance by working for an export company, hones his writing skills, and witnesses the degradation of slavery. (3mins)
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February 6, 2012 at 09:56 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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THE DETECTIVE: Elyse Luray THE PLACE: Chicago, Illinois THE CASE: History Detectives stares down the barrel of a shotgun for clues that one of Al Capone’s men fired it in a Chicago gang massacre that shocked the nation. The gun came to our contributo...r’s family after it was handed down through two generations of prominent Chicago families. It’s a Western Field single-barreled repeating action 12-guage shotgun. The barrel and the stock were once shortened just the way the Capone gang liked its guns: easy to conceal and with more destructive force. History Detectives tests the gun’s firepower, consults with ballistics experts, and combs through physical evidence to see if the gun can be placed at the scene of the crime.
**CAUTION: Video discusses the Valentines Day Massacre and does have original live footage.
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February 18, 2012 at 02:37 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This is a short, four-minute video biography about the life of Hillary Clinton. (04:14)
March 6, 2012 at 09:12 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This student created video provides a biography of William Lloyd Garrison who was a leader of the Quakers, and the Anti- Slavery society. He was the first abolitionist to want the complete end of slavery. It provides some good insights into his pas...sion and his activities against slavery. It also mentions how he promoted women's suffrage and the removal of the North from the Union. NOTE: The video ends at the 5:50 mark but continues on until 8:27. (05:50)
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June 13, 2012 at 09:38 AM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This video explains how Julia Child became interested in food and how she followed her dream. The video explains how her book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, was a first and it resulted in a cooking show, The French Chef. A motivating video enc...ouraging students to follow their dream and work hard. (4:11)
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June 26, 2012 at 09:57 AM
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