American History Videos and Regents Review Resources
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American History Videos and Exam Review - Not for Regents only!
American History the easy way!
Videos,songs and quizzes make it easy to learn American history. Please send your suggestions to Mkucker2@schools.nyc.govSelected Disney Presidential Videos
George Washington
John Adams
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Benjamin Harrison
William Howard Taft
Harry S. Trumans
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Teaching American History
with Songs
Songs Through the Great Depression
- The Battle of new Orleans - Johnny Horton (War of 1812)
- Jim Bridger - Johnny Horton(pioneer)
- Marty Robbins - Ballad of the Alamo
- Davy Crockett - (Alamo)
- OH SUSANA - ROY ROGERS(49ers)
- Oh my Darling Clementine - Connie Francis - (49ers)
- Oh my Darling Clementine - Karaoke - (49ers)
- John Brown's Body - The Lords(Civil War)
- Confederate Soldier ~ Johnny Reb - Johnny Horton
- Johnny Horton --Young Abe Lincoln
- Johnny Horton- Battle of Bull Run (Civil War)
- Joan Baez - Night They Drove Dixie Down (Civil War)
- Elvis Presley - American Trilogy (Civil War)
- American Trilogy - Karaoke(Civil War)
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Karaoke (Civil War)
- Johnny Cash sings Civil War songs
- THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Vocal (Civil War)
- THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC - Karaoke(Civil War)
- HOME ON THE RANGE - ROY ROGERS/GENE AUTRY
- Rawhide - Frankie Laine (cattle drive)
- Billy the Kid _ MARTY ROBBINS - (Wild West)
- Gunfight at OK Corral - Frankie Laine (wild west)
- North To Alaska - Johnny Horton
- Please Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (Indian Wars) El Paso - Marty Robbins - (Tex. - Mex culture)
- Don't fence me in - Ken Curtis
- Ken Curtis "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Festus Country
- 1913 Christmas Massacre - Woody Guthrie
- Ludlow Massacre - Woody Guthrie
- Over There - Billy Murray(WWI)
- Sacco and Vanzetti - by Woody Guthire (20's)
- Which Side are You On Pete Seeger(Unions)
- Woody Guthrie: Voice of the Common Man (Dust Bowl)
- So long it's been good to know you - Woody Guthrie (Dust Bowl)
- Woody Guthrie - Land is Your Land
- Pete Seeger - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (Antiwar)
- Carolina in the Morning - Al Jolson
- Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Ethel Merman
- Yankee Doodle Boy - Karaoke
- New York, New York - Tony Bennet, Frank Sinatra
- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? - Al Jolson (depression)
- 16 Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Unions)
- Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans (tribute to America)
- Tear the Fascist down - Woody Guthrie (WWII - anti Hitler)
Teaching American History Songs
WWII and Beyond
- America First Woody Guthrie(Nazi sympathizers)
- All You Fascists Bound To Lose - Woody Guthrie (WWII)
- SINK THE BISMARCK - by Johnny Horton (WWII)
- Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie(WWII)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B - Andrews Sisters (WWII)
- Doris - Day Sentimental Journey
- We Shall Overcome - MAHALIA JACKSON (civil rights)
- We Shall Overcome - Martin Luther King, Jr.(civil rights)
- In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (civil rights)
- Michael Jackson - You Were There - (civil rights)
- Michael Jackson - Black Or White - (civil rights)
- Janis Joplin - Lord Won't You buy Me A Mercedes Benz (social classes)
- Janis Ian - Society's Child(civil rights)
- Bobby Darin - Simple Song of Freedom (Antiwar)
- West Side Story - SomeWhere (melting pot)
- West Side Story - America (melting pot)
- Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire (Cold War)
- Billy Joel - Allentown (rust belt)
- Billy Joel - Leningrad (Cold War)
- Marilyn Monroe - Happy Birthday Mr. President (Kennedy)
- Don McLean- American Pie - (rock)
- California Dreamin' The Mamas & The Papas (Population shift)
- Gordon Lightfoot-Black Day in July (race riots)
- The Times They Are A Changin-Joan Baez(antiwar)
- Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
- Imagine - William Jefferson Clinton (antiwar)
- Give Peace A Chance - John and Yoko, at Madison Square (antiwar)
- Where have all the flowers gone? - Joan Baez (Antiwar)
- Edwin Starr - War (What Is It Good For?)(anti-war) Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (anti-war)
- Thanks for the Memories" Nancy Reagan to Bob Hope
- Coming To America Neil Diamond
- The Star-Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix - at Woodstock
- Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
- Have You Forgotten? - Darryl Worley
- God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood
- God Bless America - Kate Smith
- Freedom - Richie Havens
- Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen - "This Land is Your Land" - Obama
- Star Spangled Banner - Mariah Carey
- America The Beautiful - Ray Charles
- We Are The World - Michael Jackson et al.
- Empire State Of Mind [Jay-Z + Alicia Keys]
- Whitney Houston - America The Beautiful
- Whitney Houston - God Bless America
- Whitney Houston - Battle Hymn Of The Republic - (Civil War)
Regents Review Lectures
- Colonialism Concepts
- The First Colonies Pt 1j
- The First Colonies Pt 2j
- The First Colonies Pt 3j
- Road to Revolution Pt 1j
- Road to Revolution Pt 2
- Revolutionary War Pt 1j
- Revolutionary War Pt 2j
- Confederation Pt 1-J
- Articles Fail
- Confederation Pt 2j
- Constitutional Convention
- Bill of Rights
- Constitutional Compromise
- Federal Era
- Congress on the Exam 1
- Congress on the Exam 22
- Constitutional Flexibility
- The Constitutional Amendments
- Judicial Branch Review
- Election of 1800 -j
- Aftermath of the War of 1812
- Slave Resistence - j
- [The Age of Democracy Pt 1] 9:28
- Manifest Destiny
- United States Civil War Lecture
- Civil War Pt 1 -j
- Civil War Pt 2 -j
- Civil War Pt 3 -j
- Emancipation
- Reconstruction Pt 1 -j
- Reconstruction Pt 2-j
- Industrial Revolution - part I - j
- Industrial Revolution - part II - j
- Industrial Revolution - part III - j
- Imperialism
- The Progressive Age
- World War One
- Great Depression
- The 1920's
- World War II
- Economics Concepts
- The New Deal
- Civil Rights
- 14th Amendment
- Red Scare (post WWII)
- Cold War Lecture One
- Cold War Lecture Two
- Cold War Lecture Three
- Cold War Lecture Four
- Supreme Court Decisions
- 1970's Foreign Policy and
- Watergate and the Regents
John Adams HBO Documentary
Brief clips from the best American History documentary ever made.
- John Adams Original HBO trailer
- John Adams Visual FX (HBO)
- John Adams: Narrated Overview(HBO
- John Adams: Making Of (HBO)
- The Boston Massacre
- Boston Massacre Scene
- Adams meets Col. Washington
- John Dickinson for peace.
- Adams convinces Congress of British Atrocities
- British Sentence Founding Fathers
- Continental Congress Speech
- Adams speaks for war
- Franklin admonishes Adams Lexington and Concord
- Declaration of Independence
- Abigail Adams Was Brilliant
- God Save The States
- Pres. Adams conflict with V.P. Jefferson
- Jefferson Clips
- Jefferson and Adams faith in humanity
- God Save American
- Liberty and Natural rights
- Washington Offered Command
- John Adams vs. Ben Franklin
- Oath and Speech
- Adams berates Jefferson
- Critical editorials
- Washington Inauguration
- Theater Scene
- Adams - Hamilton Conflict
- Hamilton - Jefferson Conflict
- French Revolution
- XYZ Affair
- Legacy
- John Adams-Loss
- Adams, Jefferson
- Letters Adams Commentary on the Painting below
Trumbull's Declaration of Independence
American History Regents
August 2012 June, 2012 June 2011 August 2011 June 2011 January 2011 August 2010 June 2010 January 2010 August 2009 June 2009 January 2009 August 2008Not for teachers only!
Learner.org
Longer videos with lesson plans, teaching tips, handouts, primary sources and more.
havefunwithhistory.com
Older educational videos from the 30's. 40's and 50's. Some are so old they are actually primary sources.