Story of the World 4 Video Links
Education Portal's History Video Page (has links to videos on U.S. History II, Civil War, Wars Since 1900, and Vietnam War**THIS SITE USED TO BE FREE BUT NOW REQUIRES PAID MEMBERSHIP**)
Visit the 50 States YouTube Playlist
Online American History Timeline
Interactive Online Timeline
Online books I found - The All in One Homeschool is a free online curriculum that has lots of resources. On their site are suggested additional readings free online. Ambleside Online also has some. All In One Homeschool Modern American History can be found here and Ambleside is here. The following books/audios are free online:
Education Portal's History Video Page (has links to videos on U.S. History II, Civil War, Wars Since 1900, and Vietnam War**THIS SITE USED TO BE FREE BUT NOW REQUIRES PAID MEMBERSHIP**)
Visit the 50 States YouTube Playlist
Online American History Timeline
Interactive Online Timeline
Online books I found - The All in One Homeschool is a free online curriculum that has lots of resources. On their site are suggested additional readings free online. Ambleside Online also has some. All In One Homeschool Modern American History can be found here and Ambleside is here. The following books/audios are free online:
Biography of George Washington Carver
Biography of Alexander Bell
Biography of Thomas Edison
Biography of Isaac Newton
The Boy's Life of Edison
Napoleon of Notting Hill
Helen Keller's The Story of My Life; also on audio
Facing Death: a tale of the coal mines
Biography of Theodore Roosevelt
The Men Behind Hitler
The Little Book of the War
Rilla of Ingleside (just for fun book) on audio
Air Service Boys Over the Enemy Lines
WWI Picture Gallery Storyboard
Animal Farm
Fame and Fortune, on audio
Jacob DeShazer's Story (WWII Bombardier)
Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (audio page)
Columbine High School Memorial Service (1:45 Video; Rev. Franklin Graham begins at 1:24)
Presidents Video (video where pictures of each man morphs into the next President) One of our favorites!
****Science Note**** For those who are doing MFW science, which covers Physics and Chemistry, the links for each week are also included as scheduled. If you would like to use the Apologia textbook to cover the material, this blog has the videos in order as they are covered in the book. Thank you so much, Tammie, for such a great resource. :)
Biography of Alexander Bell
Biography of Thomas Edison
Biography of Isaac Newton
The Boy's Life of Edison
Napoleon of Notting Hill
Helen Keller's The Story of My Life; also on audio
Facing Death: a tale of the coal mines
Biography of Theodore Roosevelt
The Men Behind Hitler
The Little Book of the War
Rilla of Ingleside (just for fun book) on audio
Air Service Boys Over the Enemy Lines
WWI Picture Gallery Storyboard
Animal Farm
Fame and Fortune, on audio
Jacob DeShazer's Story (WWII Bombardier)
Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (audio page)
Columbine High School Memorial Service (1:45 Video; Rev. Franklin Graham begins at 1:24)
Presidents Video (video where pictures of each man morphs into the next President) One of our favorites!
****Science Note**** For those who are doing MFW science, which covers Physics and Chemistry, the links for each week are also included as scheduled. If you would like to use the Apologia textbook to cover the material, this blog has the videos in order as they are covered in the book. Thank you so much, Tammie, for such a great resource. :)
Week 1:
Week 2:
Atoms, Molecules, Elements, & Compounds (BBC production so some words are pronounced different)
Week 3:
Queen Victoria
The Great Exhibition
Actual Footage of Queen Victoria's Funeral
Millard Fillmore (History channel)
Millard Fillmore (Presidential Minute)
The Great Exhibition
Actual Footage of Queen Victoria's Funeral
Millard Fillmore (History channel)
Millard Fillmore (Presidential Minute)
Indian Mutiny (5:30; has some bloody war scene drawings)
Sepoy Mutiny (2:18)
Loading & Firing the Enfield Rifle
Sepoy Mutiny (2:18)
Loading & Firing the Enfield Rifle
The Crimean War (3:39; Student project)
The Crimean War (2:23; About.com)
Charge of the Light Brigade
The Crimean War (2:23; About.com)
Charge of the Light Brigade
Solids, Liquids, & Gases (Mentions Plasma as 4th state of matter; stop at :57 to avoid)
Molecules in Solids (Eureka! Video)
Molecules in Liquid (Eureka! Video)
DNA Basics
Evaporation & Condensation (Eureka! Video)
Capillary Action Time Lapse
Capillary Action Lab Video Using Red Food Coloring
DNA Basics
Evaporation & Condensation (Eureka! Video)
Capillary Action Time Lapse
Capillary Action Lab Video Using Red Food Coloring
Week 4:
David Livingstone in Africa
Stanley and Livingstone (History channel)
Franklin Pierce (talks a lot about drinking)
Franklin Pierce (Disney Education Production; 10 minutes)
Franklin Pierce (Presidential Minute)
Unification of Italy
Stanley and Livingstone (History channel)
Franklin Pierce (talks a lot about drinking)
Franklin Pierce (Disney Education Production; 10 minutes)
Franklin Pierce (Presidential Minute)
Unification of Italy
The Borgia Family (Horrible Histories Video)
Temperature vs. Heat (Eureka Video)
Heat as Energy
Boiling and Freezing
Simulation of Melting and Boiling (uses Celcieus scale)
Matter, Phases, and Phase Change (added this video because my kids LOVE the cornstarch experiment!)
Buoyancy
Polar Bonds in Water
Properties of Water
Heat as Energy
Boiling and Freezing
Simulation of Melting and Boiling (uses Celcieus scale)
Matter, Phases, and Phase Change (added this video because my kids LOVE the cornstarch experiment!)
Buoyancy
Polar Bonds in Water
Properties of Water
Week 5:
States and Capitals (Alphabetical & Slow)
Daniel Webster
James Buchanan (History channel)
James Buchanan (Disney Education Production; 10 minutes; mentions suicide)
James Buchanan (Presidential Minute)
Elijah Lovejoy (LOVE the music in this one!)
Minnesota Facts
Melting vs. Dissolving
Mixtures & Solutions
What is Diffusion
Chemical and Physical Changes
Types of Mixtures
Daniel Webster
James Buchanan (History channel)
James Buchanan (Disney Education Production; 10 minutes; mentions suicide)
James Buchanan (Presidential Minute)
Elijah Lovejoy (LOVE the music in this one!)
Minnesota Facts
Melting vs. Dissolving
Mixtures & Solutions
What is Diffusion
Chemical and Physical Changes
Types of Mixtures
Week 6:
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (19 minute documentary; some nudity, offensive language, and scenes of beatings)
Sojourner Truth
Äin't I a Woman (Authentic dialect complete with words considered offensive)
Frederick Douglass (19 minute documentary; some nudity, offensive language, and scenes of beatings)
Sojourner Truth
Äin't I a Woman (Authentic dialect complete with words considered offensive)
Acids and Bases (Short, Tim & Moby)
Acids and Bases (More technical; has nudity; will edit using tube chop)
Acids and Bases (More technical; has nudity; will edit using tube chop)
Week 7:
Abraham Lincoln (Disney Education Production)
Abraham Lincoln (Presidential Minute)
"Have Fun with History" Abraham Lincoln Video Page
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas
West Virginia
Abraham Lincoln (Presidential Minute)
"Have Fun with History" Abraham Lincoln Video Page
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas
West Virginia
Energy Song
Changes in Energy
Energy Song
*******Measuring Work (Eureka Video)
*******Potential Energy
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Changes in Energy
Energy Song
*******Measuring Work (Eureka Video)
*******Potential Energy
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Week 8:
The Civil War - a moving map
Naval Activity in the Civil War
"Have Fun With History" Civil War Video Page
Rare Footage of Civil War Veterans
Battle of Gettysburg Summary
Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address Audio (done by Gregory Peck; on our page just because we like his voice :)
Robert E. Lee
Johnny Reb by Johnny Horton
Dixie's Land (1916 recording)
I Wish I Was In Dixie (updated audio)
Nevada
Clara Barton
Oh Captain! My Captain!
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (Presidential Minute)
Battle of Gettysburg Summary
Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address Audio (done by Gregory Peck; on our page just because we like his voice :)
Robert E. Lee
Johnny Reb by Johnny Horton
Dixie's Land (1916 recording)
I Wish I Was In Dixie (updated audio)
Nevada
Clara Barton
Oh Captain! My Captain!
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (Presidential Minute)
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver (Biography channel)
George Washington Carver (Fun with History)
George Washington Carver (Biography channel)
George Washington Carver (Fun with History)
Week 9:
Confederation: The Creation of Canada
Ulysses S. Grant (Disney Education Production)
Ulysses S. Grant (Presidential Minute)
Ulysses S. Grant (Disney Education Production)
Ulysses S. Grant (Presidential Minute)
Inertia (Eureka video)
Force and Motion
Air Pressure
High and Low Pressure
Wind
Measuring Force and Motion
Force and Motion
Air Pressure
High and Low Pressure
Wind
Measuring Force and Motion
Week 10:
Horrible Histories French Revolution Report
Revolutions in France
Colorado
Rutherford B. Hayes (excerpt from History channel video; 10 minutes)
Rutherford B. Hayes (Presidential Minute)
Revolutions in France
Colorado
Rutherford B. Hayes (excerpt from History channel video; 10 minutes)
Rutherford B. Hayes (Presidential Minute)
Transcontinental Railroad
The Golden Spike
Rock Island Line by Johnny Horton (One of our favorite train songs)
Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash (nice pictures of trains)
Orange Blossom Special (better song; we like the fiddle best)
Wabash Cannonball by Boxcar Willie
You Tube Playlist of Railroad Songs
The Golden Spike
Rock Island Line by Johnny Horton (One of our favorite train songs)
Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash (nice pictures of trains)
Orange Blossom Special (better song; we like the fiddle best)
Wabash Cannonball by Boxcar Willie
You Tube Playlist of Railroad Songs
Week 11:
Friction (Eureka Video)
Week 12:
The War of the Pacific in South America
Peru's Geographic Challenges
Atacama Desert
History of Samoa Independence
Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur (Presidential Minute)
Peru's Geographic Challenges
Atacama Desert
History of Samoa Independence
Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur (Presidential Minute)
Ned Kelly - Australian Bushranger (contains some graphic images)
Ned Kelly's Armour
Australia Still Divided Over Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly Song by Johnny Cash
Ned Kelly's Armour
Australia Still Divided Over Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly Song by Johnny Cash
Week 13:
The Scramble to Control Africa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Beauty of South Dakota (one of the most beautiful places I've ever been)
Frances Elizabeth Willard (hard to hear sometimes above the music but I thought pictures were cool)
North Dakota
South Dakota
Beauty of South Dakota (one of the most beautiful places I've ever been)
Frances Elizabeth Willard (hard to hear sometimes above the music but I thought pictures were cool)
Potato Famine in Ireland
Letters From the Irish Famine (Audio; may be disturbing to sensitive children; made me cry)
Montana
Boers and the British (some disturbing images & profanity)
Last Boer War Veteran
Boer Battle Song
Letters From the Irish Famine (Audio; may be disturbing to sensitive children; made me cry)
Montana
Boers and the British (some disturbing images & profanity)
Last Boer War Veteran
Boer Battle Song
Crystals (nice pictures; not fond of the narrator. I do NOT agree with his last statement!)
Week 14:
Ethiopia and Italy
Danakil Depression Playlist
Liberia (some disturbing images; some speak as if they don't like Americans or Christians very much.)
Wyoming
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland (Presidential Minute)
Casey Jones
Francis Bellamy
Danakil Depression Playlist
Liberia (some disturbing images; some speak as if they don't like Americans or Christians very much.)
Wyoming
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland (Presidential Minute)
Casey Jones
Francis Bellamy
Independence of Brazil
Pantanal, South America
Utah
"Have Fun with History" Statue of Liberty, Immigration & Citizenship Video Page
Pantanal, South America
Utah
"Have Fun with History" Statue of Liberty, Immigration & Citizenship Video Page
The Spanish-American War
Rough Riders (actual footage from the Library of Congress)
William McKinley (History Channel; graphic photos)
William McKinley (Presidential Minute)
President McKinley's Inauguration
Rough Riders (actual footage from the Library of Congress)
William McKinley (History Channel; graphic photos)
William McKinley (Presidential Minute)
President McKinley's Inauguration
Loud & Soft Sound (shows differences in wave heights)
How a Blind Teen 'Sees' With Sound
Inside the Ear
Two Ear Hearing
Sound Localization
How a Blind Teen 'Sees' With Sound
Inside the Ear
Two Ear Hearing
Sound Localization
Week 15:
U.S. – Westward Expansion
"Have Fun with History" American West Video Page
Katherine Lee Bates
Mary McLeod Bethune
"Have Fun with History" American West Video Page
Katherine Lee Bates
Mary McLeod Bethune
Industrial Revolution
American Industrial Revolution (tells of America's first factory)
"Have Fun with History" Industrial Revolution Video Page
The Triumph of America (presented by the Chevrolet Motor Company; great auto assembly footage)
Henry Ford
American Industrial Revolution (tells of America's first factory)
"Have Fun with History" Industrial Revolution Video Page
The Triumph of America (presented by the Chevrolet Motor Company; great auto assembly footage)
Henry Ford
Stock Markets in Plain English (short & simple; my favorite)
Introduction to Capital Markets (long; made for use in India; not fond of some of their language)
How the Stock Market Works (short; uses Euros)
History of the New York Stock Exchange (tells how it began at a bar George Washington went to; ?)
Introduction to Capital Markets (long; made for use in India; not fond of some of their language)
How the Stock Market Works (short; uses Euros)
History of the New York Stock Exchange (tells how it began at a bar George Washington went to; ?)
Sino-Japanese War (short video with no audio)
Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 (16:51 long video with lots of details)
Documentary of First Sino-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 (16:51 long video with lots of details)
Documentary of First Sino-Japanese War
Week 16:
Theodore Roosevelt (Presidential Minute)
Theodore Roosevelt Part I, Part II (6:55; Fun with history video; Lots of great actual footage!)
Teddy Roosevelt Tours Brenton Island, Louisiana (1915 footage)
Story of the Teddy bear
Theodore Roosevelt Part I, Part II (6:55; Fun with history video; Lots of great actual footage!)
Teddy Roosevelt Tours Brenton Island, Louisiana (1915 footage)
Story of the Teddy bear
Czar Nicholas II (part 1 of chopped version, murder scene removed), Part 2 of chopped version
Simple Machines (inclined plane; Eureka video)
Levers (Eureka video)
The Screw & Wheel (Eureka video)
The Pulley (Eureka video; Can you tell we love them?)
Levers (Eureka video)
The Screw & Wheel (Eureka video)
The Pulley (Eureka video; Can you tell we love them?)
Week 17:
The Last Emperor of China (long; haven't watched all of it)
Forbidden City Facts
Chinese Imperial Family
Forbidden City Facts
Chinese Imperial Family
Indochina (45 min long documentary of the first war in Vietnam. Begins with the Colonial Wars in 1937. Contains actual footage; some is very graphic. I didn't show this to my kids; just used it to help my own understanding.)
Persia (Iran)
Persia (Iran)
Week 18:
Muhammad and the Religion of Islam (Biography channel part 1 of 6)
Story of the World 2 Ch 6 Video Page on Rise of Islam
Ottoman Empire
Story of the World 2 Ch 6 Video Page on Rise of Islam
Ottoman Empire
Fall of the Ottoman Empire with actual footage
Actual footage of Abdulhamid the Red
Sultan Abdulhamid II Song (Ottoman Empire Photos)
William Howard Taft (Presidential Minute)
William Taft
Actual footage of Abdulhamid the Red
Sultan Abdulhamid II Song (Ottoman Empire Photos)
William Howard Taft (Presidential Minute)
William Taft
Power of Machines
Week 19:
Electrical Energy
How Magnets Produce Electricity (1954 Navy training video)
Static Electricity (last 2 minutes share non-sense about how life on earth came from lightning)
How Magnets Produce Electricity (1954 Navy training video)
Static Electricity (last 2 minutes share non-sense about how life on earth came from lightning)
Week 20:
Week 21:
Rise of Joseph Stalin (some disturbing images and details - not for youngers)
Warren G. Harding (Presidential Minute)
Warren G. Harding, Part I, Part II (Fun with History)
Warren Harding's Inauguration (silent film)
Audio Recording of President Harding
First King of Egypt
Marriage of First King of Egypt
King Farouk's Funeral
Warren G. Harding (Presidential Minute)
Warren G. Harding, Part I, Part II (Fun with History)
Warren Harding's Inauguration (silent film)
Audio Recording of President Harding
First King of Egypt
Marriage of First King of Egypt
King Farouk's Funeral
Electricity from Chemicals
Week 22:
Facts on Fascism
Mussolini Italy's Fascist Dictator
Mussolini (has nude statues)
Mussolini Declaration of War
Calvin Coolidge (Presidential Minute)
Calvin Coolidge Part I, Part II(Fun with History)
Calvin Coolidge Speech
Charles Lindbergh (silent film)
Hindenberg
Mussolini Italy's Fascist Dictator
Mussolini (has nude statues)
Mussolini Declaration of War
Calvin Coolidge (Presidential Minute)
Calvin Coolidge Part I, Part II(Fun with History)
Calvin Coolidge Speech
Charles Lindbergh (silent film)
Hindenberg
Using Electricity
Week 23:
Herbert Hoover (Presidential Minute)
Herbert Hoover Part I, Part II (Fun with History)
Black Tuesday
Wall Street Crash
The Great Depression
"Have Fun with History" Great Depression Video Page
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Disney Educational Production)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Presidential Minute)
Roosevelt's Inauguration
President Roosevelt (Fun with History)
New Deal
Roosevelt runs for 4th term, & Inauguration
"Have Fun with History" Great Depression Video Page
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Disney Educational Production)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Presidential Minute)
Roosevelt's Inauguration
President Roosevelt (Fun with History)
New Deal
Roosevelt runs for 4th term, & Inauguration
Red Spain, Black Spain, a King, and a General
All About Magnetism
Week 24:
World War II (long version)
How WWII began, which countries fought, tactics, weapons & holocaust, how it ended
"Have Fun with History" WWII Video Page
Bombing of Pearl Harbor Original Newsreel
How WWII began, which countries fought, tactics, weapons & holocaust, how it ended
"Have Fun with History" WWII Video Page
Bombing of Pearl Harbor Original Newsreel
Mysterious Magnetism
Magnetic Fields
Magnetic Fields
Week 25:
Atom Bomb
End of WWII
Harry S. Truman (Presidential Minute)
Harry Truman Part I, Part II (23:05), Part III (21:06) (Fun with History)
News report on President Truman assassination attempt (some graphic pictures)
End of WWII
Harry S. Truman (Presidential Minute)
Harry Truman Part I, Part II (23:05), Part III (21:06) (Fun with History)
News report on President Truman assassination attempt (some graphic pictures)
Magnetism
Week 26:
Muslims and Hindus in India
Independence of India and Pakistan
Partitioning of Palestine
Independence of India and Pakistan
Partitioning of Palestine
The Suez Crisis
Electricity Makes Magnetism
Week 27:
The Marshall Plan
"Have Fun with History" Cold War Video Page
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Presidential Minute)
Dwight Eisenhower Part I, Part II (27:22) (Fun with History)
"Have Fun with History" Cold War Video Page
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Presidential Minute)
Dwight Eisenhower Part I, Part II (27:22) (Fun with History)
Apartheid in South Africa
Two Republics of China
Two Republics of China
Communism in China
Magnetism to Electricity
Electricity to Movement
Movement to Electricity
Electricity to Movement
Movement to Electricity
Week 28:
Ho Chi Minh and Viet Minh
North and South Vietnam
Argentina's President & His Wife
Alaska
Alaska Statehood
"Have Fun with History" American Flag History Video Page
Alaska
Alaska Statehood
"Have Fun with History" American Flag History Video Page
Electronic Information
Communications
Electronic Machines
Computers
Communications
Electronic Machines
Computers
Week 29:
Freedom in the Belgian Congo
Zaire (Congo)
Hawaii
Hawaii
"Have Fun with History" Space Race Video Page
John F. Kennedy (Presidential Minute)
President Kennedy's Inauguration
J.F.K. Speech
John F. Kennedy (Presidential Minute)
President Kennedy's Inauguration
J.F.K. Speech
Metals
Composites
Composites
Week 30:
Civil Rights
Lyndon B. Johnson State of the Union Address
Lyndon B. Johnson State of the Union Address
Richard M. Nixon
President Nixon's Watergate Address
President Nixon's Watergate Address
Gerald R. Ford
Light and Color
Making a Spectrum
Reflected Light
Making a Spectrum
Reflected Light
Week 31:
Wars in the Middle East
James E. Carter
James E. Carter
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan
Terrorism
Week 32:
India After Partition
Iran and Iraq
Chernobyl and Nuclear Power
Energy for the World
Wind Generator
Energy and Matter
Wind Generator
Energy and Matter
Week 33:
The End of the Cold War
Democracy in China?
Richard Wurmbrand
Communism Crumbles
George H.W. Bush
Communism Crumbles
George H.W. Bush
Detecting Light
Seeing Double
Using Light
Water Drop Microscope
Laser Light
Seeing Double
Using Light
Water Drop Microscope
Laser Light
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Week 34:
The First Persian Gulf War
William Clinton
William Clinton
Africa Independence
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Radiated Heat
Electromagnetic Waves
Electromagnetic Waves
