048 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Winslow Homer's Civil War
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Distinguished Civil War scholar James McPherson comments on Pitching Quoits and The Veteran in a New Field, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition "Am
049 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cooking with Lilly Martin Spencer
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman savors the food depicted in two paintings by Lilly Martin Spencer—Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the 'Lasses and Young Husband: First Marketing—on view in the exhi
051 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: George Caleb Bingham's Take on Electi
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shares his insights on Election Day and on George Caleb Bingham’s painting The County Election, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
053 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Artist Kara Walker Discusses "The Pow
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Artist Kara Walker offers her interpretation of the painting The Power of Music by William Sidney Mount, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
056 Episode for Families: Johnny Appleseed and American Stories
Curator Barbara Boehm relates the delightful American story of Johnny Appleseed in this episode produced especially for younger audiences.
057 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Author Elizabeth Strout Discusses Two
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout shares her responses to Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts and The Gale, two of the Winslow Homer paintings in the exhibition "Author(s):
062 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Chinese Restaurant by John S
October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010
New York Times columnist Mark Bittman and restaurateur Danny Meyer discuss John Sloan's painting Chinese Restaurant, on view in the exhibition "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915."
064 American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915: Cliff Dwellers by George Bel
Joyce Mendelsohn and Annie Polland—two historians of New York’s Lower East Side—discuss Cliff Dwellers, George Bellows's 1913 depiction of the neighborhood, now on view in the exhibition “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915.”
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow Richard Chartier discusses the Grand Tonometer with Curator of Ph For more information about the Grand Tonometer, visit Richard Chartier's website http://www.3particles.com/grandtonometer
friday gallery talk: Larry Bird, Senior Curator at National Museum of American History, on James Ros Larry Bird, Senior Curator at NMAH, Division of American Politics and Reform on James Rosenquist
Ramlila – Part 2 – Early Youth
At this time of year Indians all over the world celebrate Ramlila by re-enacting the story in the Ramayana. This tells the story of Lord Ram and his battle with [...]
Grammar Lesson 9: Possessive Pronouns, How to Dress Like an American Muslim-Jewish dialogue in a 21st Century world Louisa May Alcott, American Author- A Brief Overview Early Education - Color Flashcards for Kids An early Documentary on Computers - Before the Internet-Man and Computers American Diary:Marathon Dancing American Crocodiles The Great American West Pioneer Spirit: Missionaries And The American West
Who would have ever guessed that Valdo and Michelle think that jeans and flip flops make a strange combination? Looks like we've just seen o
The collection published here as an ebook arose out of a workshop on the comparative study of Jews and Muslims held at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2006.
This video features narration with still images of the family homestead, the family and family friends, and the cover and illustrations from one edition of Little Women. The female narrator informs us the popularity of this classic novel, Little Women (1868), allowed Alcott to achieve financial security for herself and her family. Bibliography includes four information source websites. (2:
This video for is is for toddlers. The basic colors and words are shown on the screen while a narrator reads them. Run time 01:03
This video -produced near the beginning of the information age - anticipates the future of man's use of the computer. This video looks at several key component of the computer, and also looks at some simple computer programming algorithms. The video gives a good view of a computer's information processing architecture - using several people - as a model of a human computer. This video should also give the viewer a perspective of how far technology has advanced - over the past few decades. (22:40
A short clip about marathon dancing in the 1920-1930s. During the Depression people would sign up for marathon dancing because the price was cash. (0:46)
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Florida is the only place in the world where you will find both alligators AND crocodiles. This movie teaches you how to tell the difference between a "croc" and a "gator." Run time 01:49.
Director Reed Smoot's account of frontier settlement. This account is based on excerpts from diaries and letters. This snippet covers a broad and vast portion of American history.
This two minute video deals with the 1800s missionaries who settled in Oregon in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity. A good video for expanding the vision of students about who the pioneers were and what they tried to accomplish.
