The Andersonville Raiders were a band of rogue soldiers incarcerated at the Confederate Andersonville Prison during the American Civil War. These soldiers terrorized their fellow prisoners, stealing their possessions and sometimes even committing murder.

A collection of videos explaining aspects of the American Revolution that are not commonly talked about. Each Video is approximately 2 min long.

As the Atlantic Ocean warms, many marine species—including commercially important fish stocks—are moving further north along the Northeast United States. As a consequence, fishing boats based in traditional ports need to travel further to catch the same fish, or change their strategy to pursue different species of fish. In turn, businesses that serve fishing communities may need to purchase new equipment, develop new practices, or encourage workers to gain new skills. In order for fisheries and the businesses that depend on them to prepare for such changes, fisheries managers need tools to identify which fishery resources may be most vulnerable to our changing climate.

When gold was discovered in Dahlonega, Georgia, the state's government, as well as the federal government, worked to push Native Americans out of north Georgia as quickly as possible by any means possible.

Examine Hutchinson’s rebellion (also known as the Stono rebellion), a slave revolt that started outside Charleston, SC, but ultimately failed in this video from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.

In September 1787, Elizabeth Willing Powel approached Benjamin Franklin after the signing of the Constitution and asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?” Franklin famously answered, “A republic, if you can keep it.” In this lesson, students examine their place in America’s democratic republic and explore the role Franklin played in the creation of America’s founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris (1783), the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Students will interact with these documents in creative ways. Lesson activities include primary source document analysis, writing, annotation, discussion, and found poetry.

The Immortal 600 is one story which has gone relatively unnoticed in the history of the Civil War. The 600 Confederate POWs were deliberately left on the battlefield, exposed to cannon fire from both the Confederate and Federal armies. In all, they endured 45 days of exposure to shellfire. The descendants on one of the survivors also express their believes in the importance of family.

When a flood is forecast for the Red River of the North, community leaders, emergency responders, and residents around Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, can gauge their need for preparation by accessing visualizations showing the extent, depth, and timing of expected flooding.

The suburban city of Mount Rainier, Maryland, is doing its part to improve the water quality of a polluted river in its region: residents and organizations are using green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff.

Learn the fascinating story of Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche, the wife of Santa Fe's colonial governor Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal and the only woman in New Mexico arrested by the Inquisition on account of secretly being Jewish. While imprisoned in Mexico City, she asks for a pen and paper and writes her defense, laying bare what life was like in the Palace of the Governors at that time. What led to her arrest? What happened to her? Her story is one that provides a rare view into the intrigue and social history of early Spanish colonial society in New Mexico. New Mexico History Museum Director Dr. Frances Levine and Colonial historian Gerald Gonzales share insights into this dramatic story. Featured is colonial Hispanic music performed by The Santa Fe Desert Chorale and celebrated Flamenco dancer Maria Benitez brings Doña T to life.

Facing sea level rise, increasing numbers of wildfires, and encroachment of invasive species, managers of a national forest chose to integrate climate change into their new plan.

A federal study assessed vulnerabilities of transportation infrastructure to extreme events in Mobile, Alabama. The effort also resulted in tools and approaches that other transportation departments can use to assess and address their own vulnerabilities.

This 2 min video examens the importance of industry during the Civil War.

By examining various sources, students will analyze what it means to be anti-racist and better understand Mark Twain's experiences with race and how he depicted race in his work. Based on their analyses, students will construct a claim in which they defend their argument about whether or not Mark Twain would be considered anti-racist.

The City of Ann Arbor recognized stormwater runoff as a growing threat to the quality of their water supply. They're addressing the issue with two complementary strategies.

Learn how Spanish explorers and conquistadors profoundly affected the lives of Indigenous Peoples in what we now consider the American West, in these videos from the documentary series, The West. Videos look at Cabeza de Vaca, who was shipwrecked in Texas and over time transformed from conqueror to advocate for Native peoples; at Coronado, who terrorized the peoples he encountered in his quest for gold; at Popé, a Tewa Pueblo man who led a successful revolt against the Spanish occupiers; and at how the horses introduced by the Spaniards changed the lives of Indigenous peoples.

In the wake of a hurricane and beset by an economic recession, the University of Texas Medical Branch on Galveston Island rebuilt for future resilience.

Residents of North Slope Borough, Alaska, look to solar-powered ice cellars and other strategies to preserve their traditional whaling lifestyle.

With valuable cultural and dietary assets at risk from sea level rise, this Pacific Northwest Tribe developed a plan to identify community adaptation priorities and concerns, and charted a course of action to address them.

Learn about abolitionist John Brown and his involvement in the violent events in Lawrence, Kansas, and Harpers Ferry, Virginia, as well as his trial for treason, in this media gallery from The Abolitionists |AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Students will learn about Brown’s attempts to destroy the institution of slavery and depict himself as a righteous martyr.