Mr. Mundorf's Class

National Geographic Kids 

Native Americans Video

Picture Gallery – Native Americans

Mount Rushmore: Telling America’s Stories

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (Additional Videos)

Coming to PBS September 27, 2009
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska — The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background — rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy. It is a story full of struggle and conflict, high ideals and crass opportunism, stirring adventure and enduring inspiration – set against the most breathtaking backdrops imaginable.

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. – http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/

Thank you Mr. Carper for coming in to share your knowledge about The Underground Railroad.

Click on the music for a printable/viewable version of Follow the Drinking Gourd.

Click here to listen to Richie Havens sing Follow the Drinking Gourd.

NASA and the National Park Service collaborated to create a fascinating video about the Underground Railroad.

Slaves traveling the Underground Railroad, usually on foot, depended on celestial navigation to find their way northward. They continually looked to the Big Dipper and the North Star for direction. The purpose of this video is to increase student awareness of the Underground Railroad and the role celestial navigation played in the Railroad’s success. The video also highlights the importance of modern Global Information System technology in reconstructing historical topographies and finding the exact route of the Railroad. By combining amazing historical facts-such as the use of handmade quilts for communication with mathematics, remote-sensing technology, earth system science, and astronomy, the video presents an educational experience that is dynamic, moving and broadly cross curricular.

Check out these video clips from the NASA/NPS Underground Railroad: Connections to Freedom and Science DVD

• Follow the Drinking Gourd: Using the Science of Astronomy in History
• The Importance of Waterways in the Success of the Underground Railroad
• Slaves and the Use of Horticulture Along the Underground Railroad
• The Science Behind the Maps of the Underground Railroad
• Navigating to Freedom With the North Star
• Exploring and Preserving the Underground Railroad With Modern Technology
• Archeological Research and the Underground Railroad Today