Soc. Studies Gr. 8

Powerful  and provocative TED talk describing reservations for the Lakota as "Prisoner of War" camps. Goes step-by step though broken treaty process  from 1820's through Wounded knee. They have a sample lesson at http://ed.ted.com/lessons/america-s-native-prisoners-of-war-aaron-huey

great resource for gun control debate

Great graphic of who is affected by shutdown.

Kind of amazing 3 minute montage of Ted Cruz's filibuster...

When you want kids to create comics, this site has different templates that can be printed that vary the number and spacing of boxes per page.

Very cool virtual timeline of the history of buildings of Washington D.C.  3 minutes, showing from Congress building all the way to today.

kind of dorky, funny video about French Rev...might do it after I do my ppt overview

5 minute animation on Syria.

An Australian Prof talks about the origins of historical bias and what we need to look for to spot it. Interesting piece and some connections to topics that they have learned about already. + his accent.

Syria conflict in 5 minutes

Great entry level piece about Syria

1900 era order to cut natives hair

great interview with John Trudell in August 1970, he articulates very well the issues the indians have with the Federal govt.

powerful video, less than 3 minutes long about the challenges of living on island for the occupiers of Alcatraz -- KQED news report, 11/25/1970 -- a full year into the occupation

Awesome footage of the first day of the occupation, from KQED in SF. Nov 20, 1969 -- great raw video...wonder how you could use this as a hook? interview does a great job 'pan-indian' unity...

From Teaching tolerance, this is a lesson that describe the Case of Hernandez vs. Texas in 1954. In this case, the court noted that even that even thought latinos are considered white, they are still a "group" that has to be treated equally under the law based on 14th amendment. In texas, Latinos had unofficially been barred from jurt service, making the trial of Latinos unfair under the 14th amendment.

Lots of different issues presented in this Nat Geo article.

AG Eric Holder's 2011 speech announcing the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) at the famous Pine Ridge Reservation.

Good article that begs a central question - did/ do reservations hurt or help Native people?