Library: History: Videos

Video Databases

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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas.

Crash Course Black American History Over the course of 51 episodes, we’re going to learn about Black American History. Clint Smith will teach you about the experience of Black people in America, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black people who arrived at Jamestown all the way to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Crash Course Geography Welcome to Crash Course Geography hosted by Alizé Carrère! This 50-episode course will be split into two parts. In the first half, we will focus on physical geography or the processes and phenomena of the physical world both above and below the Earth’s surface. We’ll ask questions like, “why is the seafloor so young when the Earth is so old?” or try to identify why winds and ocean currents are so important to life on Earth. Then we’ll turn our focus to human geography and explore the ways people occupy the Earth’s surface. Like how we’ve moved, settled, and used the land, resources, and space. Join us as we tell the story of the Earth.

Crash Course U.S. Government & Politics his course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed to function, and we’ll get into how it actually does function. The two aren’t always the same thing. We’ll be learning about the branches of government, politics, elections, political parties, pizza parties, and much, much more!