US History

This is a great video to help explore a brief history of Arlington National Cemetery. 

This is a good video to help introduce or reinforce differing physical and cultural regions within Arizona.

This is a great video and song to use as a hook or closure piece on a lesson about the Dust Bowl.

This is a great video summary of WWI that can be used as a review for a WWI Unit.

This is an animated video that describes how the Declaration of Independence came about.  This video also dispels a myth or two about its formation

This animated video demonstrates how the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854.  Learn how this act help begin the Civil War and divide our government officials.

This is a great tribute video to heros. It introduces Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Flight 93, 9-11, Sandy Hook, and even the Granite Hotshots. 

Here is a video from 1982, when Robin Williams gave a great comedy performance about the United States flag.  Very funny and very patriotic.

Play Thanksgiving Bingo with your students.  After your history unity on Thanksgiving, this activity could be how you end the lesson.

Have some fun singing the "Five Little Turkeys" song with your elementary students.  The song gets faster each time it is sung.