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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 23. Populism and Jim Crow (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about Populism and the Jim Crow era in Texas, covering: (1) 1893 Populists on the Rise, (2)The Fateful Election of 1896, (3) Fall and Collapse of the Populists, (4) Establishing Jim Crow Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-25T07:02:06/2018-08-25T07:43:10
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 24. Cities and the Hurricane (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the hurricane that hit Texas in 1900, covering (1) Life in Texas by 1900, (2) the Storm of 1900. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-25T07:43:34/2018-08-25T08:29:35
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 25. Oil, Cities, Reform (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about oil in Texas, covering: (1) Discovery of Oil at Spindletop, (2) Boomtowns, Huzzah!, (3) The Problem with Boomtowns, Boo!, (4) Rise of 'Progressives.' Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-25T08:29:55/2018-08-25T09:31:30
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 26. Splitting the Texas Democrats (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Rise and Fall of James Ferguson, (2) Mexican Revolution, (3) World War I. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-25T09:31:39/2018-08-25T10:01:19
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 27. Rise and Fall of the New Ku Klux Klan (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Changing Times in the 1920s, (2) Rise of the New Klan, (3) Fall of the Klan, (4) Roaring Twenties. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-25T10:01:34/2018-08-25T10:32:42
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 28. Road to the Great Depression (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the early 20th century in Texas, covering: (1) Collapse of the KKK, (2) Roaring Twenties, (3) Everything Falls Apart. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date:
2018-08-25T10:32:56/2018-08-25T11:08:02
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 29. Great Depression and New Deal (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture about the Great Depression in Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration. This lesson is incomplete and includes Dr. Torget's statement ending the class.
Date:
2018-08-25T11:08:18/2018-08-25T11:34:46
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 29 - Continued. Great Depression and New Deal (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the conservative backlash to the New Deal in Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 30 - World War II and the Making of a New Texas (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering preparations for war and involvement of Texans in World War II and the transformational effects it had on the State. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 31 - Texas Transformed (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering a changing Texas around and shortly after World War II. Covers a changing economy, urbanization, politics, and the 1948 senate race. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 32 - Road to Civil Rights (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the lead up to the Civil Rights Movement in Texas. Covers Mexican americans and LULAC, African Americans and the NAACP, and the aftermath of the Brown Decisions. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 33 - Civil Rights, Struggles and Victories (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the the Civil Rights Era in Texas. Covers desegregation in Texas Schools, a crisis at Mansfield High School, the return of the Republican Party, JFK and LBJ, and the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 34 - Great Society, Vietnam, Nixon (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the years of LBJ's presidency. Covers the war on poverty, Vietnam war, and the election of Richard Nixon. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson (Addendum): Unit 35 - The Rise of Republican Texas (ASL Interpretation)
American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture covering the last quarter of the 20th Century in Texas. Covers the Women's Right movement, the oil boom of the 1970s-1980s, the rise of the Republican Party and the making of modern Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration and was recorded after the original world record attempt in order to complete the course.
Date:
July 11, 2022
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 14. The U.S.-Mexico War
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the U.S.-Mexico War, covering: (1) James K. Polk Gazes West, (2) Polk Provokes a Fight, (3) War in Northern and Central Mexico, (4) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (5) Mexican Cession.
Date:
2018-08-24T23:45:17/2018-08-25T00:40:17
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 15. The Crisis of the 1850s
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the 1850s in Texas, covering: (1) Aftermath of U.S.-Mexican War, (2) Slave Labor versus Free Labor, (3) Compromise of 1850, (4) Bleeding Kansas, (5) Rise of the Republicans, (6) Dred Scott Decision.
Date:
2018-08-25T00:40:28/2018-08-25T01:38:27
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 5. Collapse of Spain in Texas, Part 2
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence.
Date:
2018-08-24T13:04:56/2018-08-24T13:59:17
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 16. Secession
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture about the secession of Texas from the United States, covering: (1) John Brown's Raid, (2) The Election of 1860, (3) Texas and Secession.
Date:
2018-08-25T01:38:33/2018-08-25T02:22:27
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 3. Spaniards in Indian Country
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration in Texas, covering: (1) The World that Silver Made, (2) Presidios and Missions, (3) La Salle and the French Threat.
Date:
2018-08-24T10:43:18/2018-08-24T11:08:09
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 12. Republic of Texas
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Republic of Texas, covering: (1) Presidency of Sam Houston, (2) Failures of Houston, (3) Presidency of Mirabeau Lamar, (4) Failures of Lamar.
Date:
2018-08-24T21:48:55/2018-08-24T22:45:47
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 6. Establishing Mexican Texas
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican independence from Spain, covering: (1) The U.S. Land Crisis, (2) Moses Austin's Zany Scheme, (3) Do We Let in the Americans?, (4) Founding the Austin Colony.
Date:
2018-08-24T13:59:23/2018-08-24T14:42:25
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 1. Prehistoric to Spanish Explorers
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Texas prehistory through Spanish exploration, covering: (1) The Land and the Rivers, (2) First Settlers before 1500, (3) Indians of Texas by 1500.
Date:
2018-08-24T09:00:02/2018-08-24T09:52:06
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 22. Farmers in Rebellion
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture about Texas near the end of the 19th century, including: (1) The Problem of Cotton, (2) The Grange, (3) The Farmer's Alliance, (4) Rise of the Populists, (5) Election of 1892.
Date:
2018-08-25T05:53:10/2018-08-25T07:01:51
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards
Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800.
Date:
2018-08-24T11:08:18/2018-08-24T11:59:56
Creator:
Torget, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History