Finding Missouri video series

The video series, Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage, for students and teachers in Missouri's elementary and secondary schools, was funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Historical Preservation Section of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Each of the 18 videos focuses on a single topic and lasts approximately 10 minutes. The videos feature documentary film footage, images of and spoken words from primary sources, reenactments of historical events and people, footage of historical sites and interviews with experts.

Title	MO History Units	U.S. History Units
Introduction 58:00 Real Player Windows Media Player	Background for teachers
The Lay of the Land Elephant Rocks State Park 9:23 Real Player Windows Media Player	MO geography, regions	U.S. regions
The Ancient Ones Miller Cave 13:00 Real Player Windows Media Player	MO prehistory	Native Americans, Europeans arrive, prehistory
A Meeting of Cultures Ste. Genevieve 9:46 Real Player Windows Media Player	Early settlements, French settlement, Europe discovers MO	Colonization of America, frontier, westward expansion
Gateway West Fort Osage 10:09 Real Player Windows Media Player	Settlement of MO, Lewis & Clark, westward expansion	Westward expansion, Lewis & Clark
A State is Born St. Charles 10:15 Real Player Windows Media Player	MO becomes a state, MO becomes part of United States	Westward expansion, forces of union & disunion
Coming to Missouri: The Immigrant Experience Hermann 8:51 Real Player Windows Media Player	European settlement in MO, immigration	Immigration
Coming Through: Missourians Explore Trails West Arrow Rock 10:57 Real Player Windows Media Player	Trails west, westward expansion, transportation, pioneers	Westward expansion, transportation, pioneers, frontier
Portrait of a River Town Hannibal 11:25 Real Player Windows Media Player	Growing state, transportation	Westward expansion, economy before Civil War
What Do We Stand For? St. Louis Old Courthouse 9:20 Real Player Windows Media Player	Country & state divided, Civil War	Forces of union & disunion
Divided and Torn: The Civil War at Wilson's Creek Springfield 12:10 Real Player Windows Media Player	Civil War	Civil War
Changing Places Laura Ingalls Wilder Home 8:59 Real Player Windows Media Player	Pioneers	Pioneers, frontier
Growth of the Cities St. Louis & Kansas City 10:21 Real Player Windows Media Player	Cities, MO after Civil War, urban planning, St. Louis & Kansas City histories	Industrial America, urbanization, urban geography
Come to the Fair Forest Park in St. Louis 10:00 Real Player Windows Media Player	Growth of MO cities, MO at beginning of 20th C., St. Louis history, St. Louis World's Fair	Industrial America, urbanization, global power
Old Routes, New Trails Route 66 11:06 Real Player Windows Media Player	Economic growth, transportation history, 20th C. MO	Industrial America, history of transportation
The View from Independence Truman 11:02 Real Player Windows Media Player	Famous Missourians, MO in the world, 20th C. MO, Kansas City history	20th C. U.S., U.S. as world power, World Wars I & II, Cold War
We Shall Overcome: The Black Experience in MO 18th & Vine in Kansas City 14:16 Real Player Windows Media Player	Civil rights in MO, 20th C. MO	Civil Rights Movement
Missouri's Resources Mingo Swamp 14:10 Real Player Windows Media Player	MO regions, conservation & ecology	Human-environmental relationships, 20th C. America
History Begins at Home 9:57 Real Player Windows Media Player	Historians as detectives, how historians work, how to do historical research projects	How historians work, how to do historical research projects

Additional Resources

From the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Missouri Heritage Project

Background

Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage first was broadcast via satellite in December 2000. A set of the Missouri Heritage video tapes was sent to every Missouri public school building with a seventh grade population in February 2001. In addition, sets were sent to all public libraries, and in the case of a large library system, extra sets were sent for the branches. The videos are copyright-free, which means they may be copied without restriction for use in classrooms. Original boxed sets of VHS tapes are no longer available.

Digitized videos can be accessed online both from eMINTS' website and from DESE's website.

Reviewed May 15, 2007.

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