Social Studies Contributors

Students will learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis (people, causes, course of, effects) by watching a 4 and a half minute video and answering 23 questions. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from TedEd.   Sample questions...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about Ferdinand Magellan and his attempt to circumnavigate the globe by answering 26 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from...

Students will learn about Irena Sendler and how she rescued children during the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto by watching this 5 and a half minute video, answering 30 questions, and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about the causes, nature of, and effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act by answering 21 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 minute video about the rise and fall of Assyria and its historical significance by answering 24 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd...

Students will learn about the causes, course, and effects of McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare by watching and analyzing a 5 and a half minute TedEd video, answering 28 questions, and completing a creative task. The answers are included where...

Students will learn about the causes, course, and effects of the annexation of Hawaii and the efforts and significance of Queen Lili'uokalani by watching a 5 and a half minute TedEd video and answering 26 questions. The answers are included where...

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about the two sides of Columbus' legacy by answering 20 questions and completing 2 creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from TedEd.    Sample...

Students will learn about the causes, course, effects, and significance of the Cambodian Genocide under the Khmer Rouge by watching a 6 minute TedEd video and answering 27 questions. The answers are included where appropriate.  Sample questions...

Students will learn about causes, course, and effects of the Spanish Inquisition by watching a 5 and a half minute video, answering 20 questions, and completing 2 extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and the video is from TedEd...

Students will learn about the rise, history, fall, and significance/legacy of Great Zimbabwe by watching a 5 minute TedEd video and answering 20 questions. The answers are included where appropriate.  Sample questions include:--What are the two key...

Students will watch and analyze a 6 minute video to learn about the assassination of Julius Caesar, its causes and effects, and especially the role of Brutus by answering 24 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where...