Instructional Video8:35
Curated Video

The Surprising Origins of Vampires

12th - Higher Ed
Our fascination with vampires has spanned centuries, but it didn’t all start with Dracula. In fact, the first vampires (dating back to the 1800s!) were actually women. This genre of literature gave writers an outlet to explore female...
Instructional Video8:06
PBS

If You Thought This Inflation Was Bad...!

12th - Higher Ed
The last time we had inflation this bad in the U.S. was the 1970s--and it was much, much worse. Could history repeat itself?
Instructional Video10:13
Hip Hughes History

The 1970's Explained: US History Review

6th - 12th
A short summary based lecture on major regents concepts on the US History Regents Exam. Detente, Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords. By the way, I totally skipped the oil embargo, OPEC and America's energy crisis, which I will do in...
Instructional Video10:52
Weird History

Kidnapping of JP Getty III

12th - Higher Ed
To understand the Paul Getty kidnapping, you need to know a little bit about Getty family history. Paul, also known as John Paul Getty III, was the grandson of J. Paul Getty, the man who began making money from oil leases in the 1910s...
Instructional Video7:43
Weird History

What It Was Like During the Golden Age of Flying

12th - Higher Ed
The 1950s and '60s are often regarded as the golden age of airlines, offering luxurious seating, fancy meals, and beaming flight attendants. But while it was certainly roomier than today's modern sardine can technique of travel, there...
Instructional Video2:12
Curated Video

Vietnam Veterans

9th - Higher Ed
Shunned by society and ignored by the government. This is the untold story of the Vietnam veterans left to endure the mental and physical scars they’d suffered alone.
Instructional Video13:19
John D Ruddy

Vietnam War in 13 Minutes

12th - Higher Ed
An animated video outlining the basic narrative of the Vietnam War, going from colonial French Indochina, through its war against the United States and beyond, and how this conflict slotted into the events of the Cold War.
Instructional Video13:23
Crash Course

Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise

9th - 12th Standards
Discover 1970s America in an incredibly engaging and enlightening manner with this resource, which primarily details the major economic landscape of the decade of the period and the volatile presidency of Jimmy Carter. Topics covered...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise

9th - 10th
In which John Green teaches you about the economic malaise that beset the United States in the 1970s. A sort of perfect storm of events, it combined the continuing decline of America's manufacturing base and the oil shocks of 1973 and...