8th Grade History
Shelbyville Middle School
Crash Course US History Videos by John Green
Implementing TEKS RS
Eras in US History to 1877 (video links)
Important Dates in History
People In History
War of 1812
SHOULD THE US DECLARE WAR ON THE BRITISH
Click on the following link to listen to each historical figure. They will share their view on whether the US should go to war with Great Britain. Write down whether they are pro-war or anti-war and summarize their rationale "Should the U.S. Declare War on the British?"
a. pro-war = supported going to war with the British
b. anti-war = did not support going to war with the British
c. rational= the reason they were pro-war or anti-war
Industrial Revolution
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/brit-5.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/industrial_era/the_industrial_revolution/revision/1/
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/industrial_revolution_timeline/40/
http://www.american-historama.org/industrial-revolution-inventions.htm
http://www.teachertube.com/video/pbs-mill-times-david-macaulay-333057
http://www.teachertube.com/video/industrial-revolution-inventions-timeline-171-241991
Classroom History Videos
7 Principles of the US Constitution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlWFvdeWGqA
Bill of Rights Overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCWsIFujzwk
Jamestown and New England Colonies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhOe6mkdQN4
British Colonial Acts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0eiYPMfF8
Road to Revolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIeYBFaH5k&feature=plcp
Key Battles:American Revolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyTA0D7t4pU
Constitutional Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW8Rto-01Q8&feature=plcp
President Washington:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKztPQackg&feature=plcp
President J.Adams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqM4CWQcA0c&feature=relmfu
President T. Jefferson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdR99CXZTOY&feature=plcp
Presidents Madison and Monroe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTpo1WwgMo&feature=plcp
War of 1812
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYq-Ky611Xk&feature=g-upl
Articles of the Constituion-Thank you Lodge McCammon of Friday Instutitue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0K9Y-VK2I
Industrial Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xJfzpJ4dpI
Reform Movements (1800s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn_HSHY1N-k
Age of Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhmobzsZsu4
Westward Expansion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzIvqjqtiA8
The List Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B-SOtqxSMA
The List Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvZsocxFDz8
Intro to the Civil War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s0GS5ByPy8
Key Battles of the Civil War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiGKTVH_SAw
Reconstruction Plans