Short, classroom ready videos covering U.S. History, Government, and Civics topics

BRIdge from the Past: Art Across U.S. History is a new YouTube series for students that explores an important historic image every episode to gain insights into the culture, politics, and society of a particular time in U.S. history. Host Mary Patterson will explain how each primary source is its own “window to the past,” revealing new areas for contemplation and discussion.

Primary Source Close Reading with BRI investigates some of the most pivotal speeches and documents that made America. In this series, join BRI staff Kirk Higgins and guests as they dissect how seminal documents, court cases, and speeches forged America’s development and impact our lives today.

Join BRI Senior Teaching Fellow Tony Williams as he sits down with scholars to discuss historical topics throughout U.S. History.

Tenth Period opens up discussion on both historic and modern-day ideas, events, and milestones that have a tremendous impact on us all. We are joined by some of today’s leaders in scholarship and education.

Each 20-minute episode is designed to provide historical context, anchors, primary source discussions, and activities for students to do from home. The wide-ranging conversations can be continued or stand alone as resources.

Join BRI staff and guests as they discuss Constitutional topics in honor of Constitution Day.

In this series, Professor Brian Domitrovic is here to help you go into the exam well prepared!

Paul Sargent, seasoned BRI AP Government teacher, takes you through the essential subjects and concepts you’ll need to know for the 2020 AP Government test. Each webinar is structured to review material on the test, including branches of the government, foundations of the American system, Supreme Court cases, civil rights, and elections.

Our AP Preparedness webinars make sure you know the general strategies needed to excel on the AP U.S. History test. Join seasoned BRI AP U.S. History teacher Tom Richey as he breaks down the different formats of the test, including document-based questions, multiple-choice questions, and long essay questions. He also lets you in on some important study tips.

Seasoned BRI AP U.S. History teacher Tom Richey takes a detailed look at each time period the AP U.S. History test covers in 2020. He discusses essential questions, concepts, and themes, and explains how they fit into the AP test. You can work through examples with him that mirror actual questions on the test.