West Virginia History
(coming soon)
Civil Rights Movement
Texans in Politics
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Lyndon Johnson
- George H. W. Bush
- George W. Bush
- Texas Government
- Greg Abbott
- Rep. Barbara Jordan
Cultures and Immigration
- 100 Years of Immigration to the U.S.
- Animated Map Shows History of Immigration to the U.S.
- America, a History of Immigration 1880-Today
- German Texas Culture
- Stille Nacht
- Hispanic Cultures in Texas
- Hispanic Architecture
- La Cucaracha
- Cinco de Mayo
- First Polish Permanent Settlement in Texas
- Texas African American History Memorial
- The Dark History of the Chinese Exclusion Act
- Chinese Laborers Build the Railroad
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Wintley Phipps explains the black keys on the piano
- Cielito Lindo
Texas Oil
- Patillo Higgins and the Great Texas Oil Boom
- Captain Anthony F. Lucas and Patillo Higgins
- Prophet of Spindletop
Settlers
Inventors and More
- Christopher Sholes
- George Washington Carver
- Samuel Morse
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Thomas Edison
- Nicola Tesla and George Westinghouse
- The Wright Brothers
- Charles Lindbergh
- Amelia Earhart
Civil War
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Vicksburg
- Sherman in Georgia
- Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
- Respect at Appomattox
- Grant — Appomattox, Lee Surrender
- Lincoln’s Assassination
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic, sung by the Army Band, with lyrics
- Battle Cry of Freedom, with lyrics
- Dixie
- Marching Through Georgia, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford, with lyrics
- Civil War Veterans Reunion
- Civil War Reunion
- John Brown’s Body
- The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
- Reconstruction in America
- What the South Was Like During Reconstruction
- Harriet Tubman
- Frederick Douglass
- Sojourner Truth
- What is Juneteenth?
- Johnny Reb, sung by Johnny Horton
- Battle of Bull Run, sung by Johnny Horton
Railroads
- I’ve Been Working on the Railroad (with lyrics)
- John Henry’s Hammer, sung by Johnny Cash
- John Henry and the Railroad (Whitestone Motion Pictures)
- How John Henry Became an American Folk Hero (Thurmond, West Virginia), Smithsonian Channel
- Recreating the John Henry contest with a Steel Drill
- A Brief Story on the Life of Casey Jones–American Folk Hero
- Casey Jones, with lyrics, sung by Johnny Cash
- On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe, sung by Judy Garland
- The Wabash Cannonball, sung by Johnny Cash
- The Wabash Cannonball, with lyrics
- Orange Blossom Special, sung by Johnny Cash
- Orange Blossom Special, played by Sgt. Marlisa Woods, with the U.S. Army Band
- Come Along and Ride this Train, with lyrics, sung by Johnny Cash
- Wreck of the Old 97, sung by Johnny Cash
- Original Wreck of the Old 97, with background story
- Roll On, Big Boy, sung by Nebraska 66
- Nine Thousand, sung by Nebraska 66
- First Railroad in Texas Arrives in 1852. Read or listen.
Mining
- Sixteen Tons, by Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean
- The Coal Miner Song
- Coal Miner’s Daughter, sung by Loretta Lynn
- The California Gold Rush
- Alaska Klondike Gold Rush
- North to Alaska, sung by Johnny Horton
American Patriotic Songs and Documents
- Medley by Johnny Cash: Come Along and Ride this Train, America the Beautiful, This Land is Your Land
- The Story of the National Anthem
- Yankee Doodle, with lyrics
- God Bless the USA, sung by Lee Greenwood
- God Bless America, sung by Martina McBride
- The Star-Spangled Banner, with lyrics
- The Star-Spangled Banner, sung by Whitney Houston
- You’re a Grand Old Flag, with lyrics
- America, the Beautiful, with lyrics
- America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee), with lyrics
- America, sung by Neil Diamond, with lyrics
- Battle of New Orleans, sung by Johnny Horton
- Johnny Freedom, sung by Johnny Horton
- American Military Songs
- The National Symphony Orchestra performs the “Armed Forces Medley”
- The Ballad of the Green Berets
- The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, read by Max McLean
- The reading of the U.S. Bill of Rights
Texas
- Texas, Our Texas (state song)
- Deep in the Heart of Texas
- Yellow Rose of Texas
- The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You, acapella, with lyrics
- Mockingbird Hill, sung by Burl Ives
- Beautiful Texas, sung by Willie Nelson, with lyrics
- Ballad of the Alamo, sung by Marty Robbins
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
- Battle of Sabine Pass
- The Battle of Galveston Harbor
- The Life of Juan Seguin
- Sam Houston and Secession
- Samuel Houston-The Stand for Texas Independence
- El Deguello at the Alamo
- Texas Symbols
- Online Tour of the Texas State Capitol
- Bullock Museum
- Texas History Timeline
- Pecos Bill Read Aloud
- The First Texas Germans
- Life of German Pioneers in Early Texas
- Public Education in German Texas
- The Six Flags Over Texas
- A Fourth Grade teacher presents a lesson on the 6 flags overTexas
- Julian Onderdonk, famous bluebonnet painter
- Meet Scott Joplin
- Texas Forts Trail–learn about forts built 1848-1900
- Buffalo Soldiers, formed 1866
Native Americans
- Osceola, a Seminole, Resists the Indian Removal Act of 1830
- American Indians of Texas
- Trail of Tears
- Seminoles–Native Americans Who Never Surrendered
- The Battle at Little Bighorn
- Sitting Bull for Kids
- American’s Great Indian Leaders
- Crazy Horse
- Crazy Horse Memorial
- Biography of Sitting Bull
- Battle of the Little Big Horn
- Amazing Grace in Cherokee
- Oldest Native American footage
- Comanches in Texas*
- Fort Sumner
- Caddo Mounds State Park
- The Caddo Indians of East Texas
- Native American Indian Chiefs
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument in the Navajo Nation
- Long Walk Tears of the Navajo
- Battle of Palo Duro Canyon 1
- American Indians of Texas
Cowboys and Ranching
- Hispanic Influence on Ranching in Texas
- Home on the Range, with lyrics
- Don’t Fence Me In, with lyrics
- I’m Gonna Leave Old Texas Now, with lyrics
- Happy Trails to You, sung by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, with lyrics
- Red River Valley, with lyrics
- Deep in the Heart of Texas, with lyrics
- History and Legend of the Texas Cattle Drive
- The Last Cowboy Song, with old cowboy photos
- Old Chisholm Trail, by Gene Autry
- Cowboys and Outlaws Epic Adventures: Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving
- The End of the Cattle Drive
- Cattle Call, sung by Leann Rimes and Eddy Arnold, with lyrics (Lyrics should say “dogies”, not “doggies”)
- Old Chisholm Trail, sung by Michael Martin Murphey