Video - America's Briefest President

This evening while browsing the CBS News video section I came across a short piece about William Henry Harrison. The four minute video , nar...

Stop and Watch This - Hard Times Generation

The leading segment on last night's edition of 60 Minutes was Hard Times Generation . The story features the children of homeless famil...

Americans by the Numbers

Last year I shared a handful of resources related to the US Census. My favorite of those were this interactive map from The New York Times ...

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

This weekend's episode of CBS Sunday Morning contained a seven minute segment that provided an overview of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fac...

Bush v. Gore Ten Years Later

To some of us (particularly those who were passionate undergrad political science students in 2000) it seems like just yesterday Bush v. Gor...

What Are Earmarks?

If discussion about the news, particularly political news, is a part of your classroom, the term "earmarks" might be something you...

Ask 60 Minutes

The popular CBS News program 60 Minutes has partnered with YouTube to create Ask 60 Minutes . Ask 60 Minutes gives viewers the opportunity...

Has Anyone Seen a Missing Hour of Sleep?

Last night most of us in the US moved our clocks forward by one hour thereby foregoing an hour of sleep. Why did we do this? Watch the follo...

Secret Language of Elephants

Secret Language of Elephants is an interesting story that aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening. The video profiles the efforts of researche...

The Harlem Children's Zone

Last night 60 Minutes ran a segment about The Harlem Children's Zone school started by Geoffery Canada. I watched all of it and was imp...

A Brief History of US Bank Debates

This week my US History students will be learning about Andrew Jackson and The Bank War . This short video from the CBS Fast Draw team, prov...