This video is a great video to use to introduce students to the different branches of government. There are plenty of times along the video that you can stop and have the children answer the questions that they are asking in the video to make it more interactive. Along with this video there are links on top and bottom that connect you to more information. There is a specific link at the bottom that will take you to lesson ideas.
Standard: CIV 3.1 Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government and in different times and places.
This video would be a great introduction to a lesson on the Boston Tea Party as the video discusses what goes on in the Boston Tea Party and the time surrounding it, in a interesting way. There is no lessons that go along with this video but you can ask students to watch this to get background knowledge before learning about the American Revolution.
Standard: HIST 5.1 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
This video is a great introduction when teaching the different regions in the United States and the states and capitals. There are no lessons that go along with this lesson on the web but you can use this to get students excited about learning about the states.
Standards: GEO 4.1 Construct maps and other graphic representations of both familiar and unfamiliar places.
This video is around a minute long and it touches very briefly on everything about George Washington that students might need to know. There are more videos just like this on other presidents. There are no lesson plan links but what you could do is in a unit on the Presidents, watch a few of these videos at the start and end of the period to help teach the Presidents. Students can generate any questions remaining they may have on the Presidents.
Standard: HIST 3.3 Generate questions about individuals who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities
This video details the process of a bill. This can be a lesson on bills and what bills are and what they do. I think this would be a great lesson to teach after the branches of government to put what they do in context.
Standard: CIV 3.3 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.
This video is a biography of the life of Martin Luther King Jr.. This video could be used when teaching a lesson on the civil rights movement, specifically when teaching about Martin Luther King Jr. This video does not come with a lesson but you can integrate it into a lesson on civil rights, around Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Standard: CIV 3.3 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.
There a bunch of great videos that the teacher can show the students instead of actually going to the plantation. The videos show what it is like to live as a Pilgrim when the Pilgrims first arrived in America.
Standard: HIST 6–8.1 Use questions about historically significant people or events to explain the impact on a region.
If you have access to Brain Pop you can watch this video which is a great to teach students about goods and services. In the video you see how people work together to be both consumers and producers. This video also has a link underneath it that goes to lesson plan ideas. This video would be great to use in an economics lesson.
Standard: ECO 2.3 Describe the goods and services that people in the local community produce and those that are produced in other communities.
This video can be used to teach the U.S. Constitution. It talks about the plan of the founding fathers to the seven principles the U.S. constitution was passed on. I think this would be great to give them an introduction to the Constitution before going in depth. This video has links to other activities and games that correspond with the video.
Standard: CIV 5.1 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.
This video can be used in conjunction with a lesson on women getting the right to vote, or women's rights in general. You can also use this when teaching students of people who changed and shaped America because these women sure did. There are extension activity links on the side of the video you can use.
Standard: HIST 1.2 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.
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