American Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is tomorrow. I realize that most of you reading this arent in school today, but I thought I d share a couple of video lessons about the Declaration of Independence the celebration of Independence Day. Bookmark these for your lessons when school resumes in the fall.
History uses the following excerpt from the America: The Story of Us series. The clip is commentary from talking heads like Tom Brokaw and Aaron Sorkin. It might prompt some idea and discussion among your trainees.

TED-Ed has actually a lesson entitled What You Might Not Know About the Declaration of Independence. Its a lesson that offers summary of the key points in creation of the Declaration of Independence together with a brief conversation trigger at the end. The lesson is probably best fit to intermediate school students.

In History of the 4th of July John Green offers a brief overview of the history of Independence Day and the methods which Americans have actually celebrated the holiday considering that 1776. As he always does, Green includes lots of sarcastic comments throughout the video so if your students have trouble acknowledging sarcasm then this will not be an appropriate video for them.

Keith Hughes does not seem to be producing brand-new videos on his YouTube channel any more, however if you return in his archives youll discover
this gem from 2012. In the upbeat and succinct style that made Keiths YouTube channel popular he offers a summary of the Declaration of Independence..