Prohibition: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
What did the effects of the 18th Amendment look like? Explore 1921 through 1933 through images and film.
History Hitting Home: Children's History, Local History, and Digital Storytelling
Children’s history, local history, and digital media—combine the three to give your students ownership of the past!
Film Review: The Tenth Inning
Can one subject—say, baseball—tell a larger story of historical change? Historian Daniel Nathan says it can.
Michael Yell on Using DVDs/Video Segments in the History Classroom
What student doesn’t love a “movie day”? The question is, how much are they learning from it?
Film Review: Ken Burns's Jazz
Documentaries can be critiqued on many levels, says Professor Frank Tirro. Here, he looks at Ken Burns’s Jazz from four angles.
Amy Trenkle on National History Day—It's More than Just a Day…and It's More than Just History
National History Day’s categories encourage students to develop 21st-century skills—but 8th-grade teacher Amy Trenkle says make sure they don’t neglect the history!
Teaching Historical Interpretation through Planning Documentary Films
Watch this 9th-grade teacher lead his class in planning, writing, and organizing their own documentary films.
Do History: Martha Ballard's Diary Online
Explore the diary of midwife Martha Ballard and the creation of two modern historical studies based on the diary.