American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history. Heartland AEA recently purchased access to this streaming video database. It will be invaluable as students learn about history, particularly the civil rights movement. American History in Video was highly recommended by Booklist, Library Journal and a group of Iowa history teachers who piloted the collection last fall.
Visit the American History in Video website at http://ahiv.alexanderstreet.com. You'll find one-of-a-kind videos with powerful features that include the following:
• synchronized, scrolling transcripts that run along side the video
• keyword searches for every video in the transcript to jump directly to the section you want to see
• transcripts that can be copied and printed
• ability to view the video full-screen
• ability to create playlists of video clips
• embed URLs
• visual table of contents with thumbnail images taken every 15, 30, 60, etc. seconds
