Video - Surviving the Dust Bowl

As some readers know, I don't have a television at home so all of my "leisure" screen time comes through the web in the forms ...

Custer's Last Stand - Video, Timeline, and Map

As some of you know, I don't have a television at home. Instead, my screen entertainment comes through whatever I find to stream online....

Watch Freedom Riders Online for Free

The American Experience documentary Freedom Riders recently popped-up in my Netflix suggestions. That suggestion made me wonder if Freedom ...

Building the Panama Canal - Lesson Plans & Video

One of my favorite television programs is American Experience . And one of my favorite US Presidents to read about is Theodore Roosevelt . T...

Forrest Gump and Videos on Ping Pong Diplomacy

This morning I eavesdropped on one of my US History students telling another that he had recently watched Forrest Gump on television. As bot...

American Experience - Nixon Visits China

Yesterday, while planning a unit about China-US relations for my global studies class I rediscovered the American Experience videos about R...

Buffalo Bill Cody - Video, Documents, and Lessons

Buffalo Bill Cody is one of the most iconic figures of the American West. American Experience, produced by PBS, has an excellent one hour ...

American Experience - The Crash of 1929

Today marks the 80th anniversary of Black Tuesday . CNN Student News had a short segment about it today. Watching the CNN segment reminded...