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Instructional Video5:10
Curated OER

Richard III Newscast

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Review the main events in the play Richard III using this resource. Learners created a video newscast in which they describe the plot. It is a creative and motivating way to discuss this material.
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Instructional Video2:15
C-SPAN

On This Day: Apollo 1 Disaster

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Three video clips show real-life news coverage from the Apollo 1 disaster. Young historians learn what events led to the disaster. Clips cover the initial disaster, the astronauts discussing the mission before the launch, and a ceremony...
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Instructional Video1:57
Curated OER

What Makes a Champion

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Jorja and Jonita simulate a sports newscast to broadcast what it takes to become an athletic champion. Colorful animations throughout this video make it creatively entertaining.
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Instructional Video11:26
TED-Ed

Don't Misrepresent Africa

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
"We can sharpen our insights. It is not always war, insurrection, and disease." Leslie Dodson enlightens us to the impact that photographs have on our perception of a situation, and urges her audience to review our "ethics of...
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Instructional Video2:05
C-SPAN

On This Day: ABSCAM

For Students Higher Ed
It started as a simple sting against low-level corruption, and it ended with the conviction of members of Congress. Class members enter the world of bribery and politics using video clips, including news reports from the 1980s and...
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Instructional Video4:57
C-SPAN

On This Day: The Tet Offensive

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
The Tet Offensive is the focus of video clips that show academics how the media viewed the Tet Offensive and how they affected others' views of the Vietnam War. The clips include a mixture of archival footage and a taped lesson. A third...
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Instructional Video16:51
Geography Now

Geography Now! France

For Students 8th - Higher Ed Standards
While most think of metropolitan France in Europe, they may not know the country's reach extends across the world through its various overseas territories and departments. France has a fierce pride, with laws that require radio...
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Instructional Video4:27
PBS

GI Forum Mobilizes

For Students 4th - 12th
The GI Forum, a group of Mexican-Americans focused on getting their fellow citizens to the polls in the 1960 election introduces young historians to Hector Garcia  who helped President Johnson create reforms for ethnic minority...
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Instructional Video1:21
C-SPAN

On This Day: Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Video clips show footage from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, an anniversary of the disaster, a report from the shuttle commission, and information about astronaut Christa McAuliffe. Young academics also learn how events like the...
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Instructional Video6:04
PBS

Career Connections | Radio Host

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Want to be a Daddy-O of the radio? A modern-day Edward R. Murrow? Cleveland radio host Tony Ganzer talks about the skills that enabled him to become an NPR radio host.
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Instructional Video
Other

Nepal Makes Earthquake Proof Homes Made From Pet Bottles

For Students 9th - 10th
Newscast highlighting a type of earthquake-proof home being made in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake. The homes are built using plastic bottles filled with sand. Date: May 9, 2015 [2:02]
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Instructional Video
Georgetown University

Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive a Conversation With Earlene Campbell

For Students 9th - 10th
Yolonda "Coffeedreamz" Body interviews her cousin Earlene Campbell-Coleman for her Good News Feed broadcast on YouTube, July 9, 2020. Earlene Campbell-Coleman is a GU272 slave descendant. [27:02]
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Instructional Video
A&E Television

History.com: Charlie Chaplin Leaves the u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Suspected of communist activity, famous film actor Charlie Chaplin fled the U.S. for his London home in 1952. Listen to a brief broadcast announcing this news. [39 secs]

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