Discovery Education is offering its unitedstreaming video-on-demand service subscribers access to more than 1,000 video clips that have been copyright-cleared by their producers for editing or reproduction by teachers and students in class projects.

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Here is a look at the available royalty-free videos for history and social studies instruction:

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  • African and African-American Folktales
  • Age of Discovery (1400-1550), The
  • Age of Reason, The: Europe After the Renaissance (1642-1800)
  • All About Families
  • All About Neighborhoods
  • All About the Enlightenment: The Age of Reason
  • All About the Renaissance, Part One: Historical Background, Beginnings, and Art
  • All About the Renaissance, Part Two: Science, Invention, Architecture, Exploration, and Religious Reform
  • Alternatives to Violence: Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, and Mediation
  • America the Beautiful
  • American Heroes and Heroines: Abraham Lincoln
  • American Heroes and Heroines: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • American Heroes and Heroines: George Washington
  • American Revolution, The: From Colonies to Constitution: Shaping the New Nation
  • American Revolution, The: From Colonies to Constitution: The American Colonies
  • American Revolution, The: From Colonies to Constitution: The Road to Revolution: 1763 – 1775
  • American Revolution, The: From Colonies to Constitution: The War of Independence
  • America’s Early Years, 1789-1816: America in a Changing World, 1793-1799
  • America’s Early Years, 1789-1816: America Under James Madison: 1809-1816: The War of 1812
  • America’s Early Years, 1789-1816: America Under Thomas Jefferson: 1800-1808: The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • America’s Early Years, 1789-1816: American Slavery: The Southern Plantation Way of Life
  • America’s Early Years, 1789-1816: An American Nation Begins, 1789-1792
  • America’s Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under Andrew Jackson, 1829-1836: The Indian Removal Act, The Nullification Crisis, The Battle of the Alamo
  • America’s Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, 1853-1860: The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Utopian Movements, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of Lincoln
  • America’s Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, 1817-1828: The Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise
  • America’s Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under James Polk, Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore, 1845-1852: The Mexican War, The Oregon Treaty of 1846, and the Compromise of 1850
  • America’s Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under Martin Van Buren, William H. Harrison and John Tyler, 1837-1844: The Panic of 1837, The Oregon Trail, Manifest Destin

  • Anasazi, The: Builders of America’s First Cities
  • Ancient Americans: The Mayas and Aztecs
  • Ancient Egypt: The Gift of the Nile (3000-30 B.C)
  • Ancient Greece
  • Ancient Times
  • Black Death (1347-1351 A.D.), The
  • Boom or Bust: Mining and the Opening of the American West
  • Boyhood of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • Canada: Its Land, Resources, and Economy
  • Canada: Its People, History, and Government
  • Challenging Geography: Explorers Discover America
  • Champions of the Land
  • Children of Other Lands: Andres Orosco of Mexico
  • Children of Other Lands: Georgina Williams of Ghana
  • Children of Other Lands: Sasha Litvin of Russia
  • Children of Other Lands: Sheena Azak of Canada
  • China: From Past to Present: Geography, Traditional Religions, and Beliefs
  • China: From Past to Present: Life in the Ancient Capital Cities
  • China: From Past to Present: The Silk Road, the Great Wall, Changes in Government
  • Christmas Tales from Foreign Lands: An Untold Miracle
  • Christmas Tales from Foreign Lands: Busy Befana
  • Christmas Tales from Foreign Lands: The Wondrous Candle
  • Civilizations in Conflict: Byzantium, Islam, and the Crusades (330-1453 A.D.)
  • Cold War Into Guerrilla War
  • Colonizing the American West
  • Conquerors: Alexander the Great
  • Conquerors: Napoleon
  • Conquest of the Americas
  • Countdown to Independence: Causes of the American Revolution
  • Culture: What Is It?
  • Cultures: Similarities and Differences
  • Dark Ages, The: Europe After the Fall of Rome (410-1066 A.D.)
  • Destiny Determined: Power and Ritual in Asia
  • Discovering Ancient Greece (1500-100 B.C.)
  • Diversity of Colonial Communities, 1700-1750, The: Family Life and Livelihood in the American Colonies
  • Early America
  • Early Colonists, The
  • Exploring the Renaissance (1350-1650)
  • Exploring the World: Christopher Columbus and the New World
  • Exploring the World: Ferdinand Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World
  • Exploring the World: Spanish Explorers of North America
  • Exploring the World: The Age of Exploration Begins
  • Exploring the World: The Conquistadors and the Aztecs
  • Exploring the World: The English Come to America: Jamestown and Plymouth
  • Exploring the World: The Portuguese Explorers
  • Exploring the World: The Viking Explorers
  • French Revolution, The: Part I: April, 1789 – September, 1791: Causes and Onset of the Rebellion
  • French Revolution, The: Part II, October, 1791 – November, 1799: The Continuing Rebellion
  • Frontier, The
  • Gone West: The Growth of a Nation
  • Great Age of Exploration (1400-1550), The
  • Great Egyptians
  • Growth of the English Colonies 1620-1700: From Massachusetts Bay to the Carolinas
  • Gunpowder and the Explosion of World War
  • Heroes of American History
  • History of Transportation: Airplanes
  • History of Transportation: Automobiles and Trucks
  • History of Transportation: Barges
  • History of Transportation: Pipelines
  • History of Transportation: Railroads
  • History of Transportation: Ships

    li>Holiday Facts and Fun: A Multicultural Christmas

  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Cinco de Mayo
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Columbus Day
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Earth Day
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Halloween
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Hanukkah
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Kwanzaa
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Presidents’ Day
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: St. Patricks Day
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving
  • Holiday Facts and Fun: Valentine’s Day
  • Holocaust, The: A Teenager’s Experience
  • Holocaust, The: In Memory of Millions
  • Homesteading: 70 Years on the Great Plains, 1862-1932
  • Horsepower: Harnessed for War
  • How the West Was Lost
  • Industrial Revolution (1750-1915), The
  • Klondike Fever
  • Landmarks of Civilization
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition, The
  • Lewis and Clark: A Scientific Journey
  • Life in Ancient Rome
  • Living History: Living at the Plymouth Colony
  • Living History: Living During the Industrial Revolution
  • Living History: Living in Ancient Egypt
  • Living History: Living in Ancient Greece
  • Living History: Living in Medieval Europe
  • Living History: Living in Spanish Colonial America
  • Living History: Living in the Roman Empire
  • Living History: Living on a Slave Plantation
  • Living History: Living on the American Frontier
  • Lone Star Legacy: The Texas Republic and the Mexican War
  • Making the Thirteen Colonies: New England Colonies
  • Making the Thirteen Colonies: The Middle Colonies
  • Making the Thirteen Colonies: The Southern Colonies
  • Medieval Times: Life in the Middle Ages (1000-1450 A.D.)
  • Mexican War, The
  • Mexico: Its Land, Resources, and Economy
  • Mexico: Its People, History, and Government
  • Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece
  • Myths and Legends of Ancient Rome
  • Native Americans
  • Native Americans: People of the Desert
  • Native Americans: People of the Forest
  • Native Americans: People of the Northwest Coast
  • Native Americans: People of the Plains
  • Native-American Folktales
  • Neanderthal
  • New England Colonists, The: The Pilgrims and Puritans
  • New World Colonized, The
  • New World Encountered, The
  • New World Explored, The

    li>Old Glory

  • Opening of the American West, The
  • Our Constitution: The Document that Gave Birth to a Nation
  • Our Federal Government: Electing A President: The Process
  • Our Federal Government: The Legislative Branch
  • Our Federal Government: The Presidency
  • Our Federal Government: The Supreme Court
  • People Around the World
  • Pilgrims and Puritans: The Struggle for Religious Freedom in England (1517-1692)
  • Pioneer Spirit: Wagon Trails and the Oregon Trail
  • Principles of Kwanzaa, The
  • Protestant Reformation (1517-1565), The
  • Railroads, Robbers, and Rebels
  • Real American Cowboy, The
  • Real Ben Franklin, The
  • Real Thomas Jefferson, The
  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Santa Fe Trail, The
  • Seeds of Liberty: Causes of the American Revolution
  • Sky’s the Limit, The: Women Overcoming the Odds
  • Slave Ship
  • Stories from Africa
  • Stories from American History
  • Stories from China: Land and Animals
  • Stories from China: Land and People
  • Story of the Wright Brothers, The: From Kites to Kitty Hawk
  • Story of the Wright Brothers, The: The Dynamics of Flight
  • Struggle for the Colonial Frontier 1600-1750: France and Spain Defend Their Claims
  • Symbols of America
  • Times Medieval
  • Toward Civilization
  • Trail to Riches: The California Gold Rush and Settlement of the Pacific Northwest

    li>Video Yearbook Collection: Korea: The Coldest War

  • Video Yearbook Collection: 1929
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  • Video Yearbook Collection: 1964
  • Video Yearbook Collection: 1965
  • Video Yearbook Collection: 1966
  • Video Yearbook Collection: 1967
  • Video Yearbook Collection: World War II After Pearl Harbor: 1941-1945
  • Video Yearbook Collection: World War II Before Pearl Harbor: 1931-1941
  • Watergate
  • Westward Expansion: The Pioneer Challenge
  • Westward Strategy: The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • World of Ancient Rome (753 B.C. – 476 A.D.), The
  • World War I and Its Aftermath
  • World War II
    Miscellaneous
  • Away We Go: All About Transportation
  • Behind the Scenes Tour of a Museum
  • Information Please! Your Library in Action
  • Understanding Economics

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