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Change, Conflict, and Colonial Transformation | Cinematic Videos + Activities
Season Two Catalog
Season 2 follows Miss Jordanna and her students as they travel through time to witness the transformation of colonial America firsthand. Across their journey, they encounter the struggles facing the Indigenous people and colonists, growing tensions, shifting powers, and evolving ideas of government. From the Dutch surrender of New Amsterdam to the impact of the Navigation Acts and the expansion of political rights, students observe how economic forces, belief systems, and global competition shaped daily life and long-term change.
Through immersive historical experiences and our Voices Behind History series with figures such as Margaret Brent and John Rolfe, the season brings to life the conflicts, adaptations, ideas, and technology that pushed colonial society toward a new era. Discover What’s Inside Unfold History!
This episode examines early colonial conflicts in the 1600s between English settlers and Indigenous peoples in North America. It focuses on Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy, including trade relationships, land disputes, and rising tensions that led to the 1622 attack on Jamestown.
It also explores King Philip’s War (1675–1678), a major conflict in New England between Native groups and English settlers that resulted in widespread devastation and the decline of Native resistance in the region.
Learn about the system of indentured servitude and why many poor English families risked everything for the chance to own land and build a better future in the New World.
This episode explores the harsh realities of everyday life in colonial America during the 1600s. Through the story of Henry and his family, students learn about survival in the colonies, including the dangers of wilderness life, limited medical care, hunger, and the hard work required from every family member—even children.
As tensions grow between wealthy landowners and struggling farmers, students explore how power, fairness, and representation shaped early colonial government—and how those struggles helped influence the future of voting rights in America.
In this episode, students travel to 1670 Virginia to discover how voting rights became tied to land ownership and why many poor colonists were suddenly excluded from choosing their leaders.
Explore how religion shaped voting rights and government authority in the colonies, highlighting why religious freedom later became a key principle in the United States.
Visit Maryland in 1689 to learn how political power was divided between a Catholic-led government tied to the Calvert family and a growing Protestant population that was often excluded from higher offices despite the colony’s promise of religious freed.
See New York City before it was NYC. New Amsterdam was a Dutch colony and one of the most important trading centers in North America. In this episode, students travel back to witness the peaceful surrender of New Amsterdam to the English in 1664. Along the way, they learn why the colony was so valuable, how European powers competed for control of the New World, and how New Amsterdam eventually became New York.
Eplore the Navigation Acts, a series of English laws that controlled colonial trade and placed heavy taxes on goods like tobacco. As tensions grow between the colonies and England, the students witness John Culpeper’s rebellion in North Carolina and learn how disputes over taxes, trade restrictions, and representation helped lay the groundwork for future colonial resistance.
Miss Jordanna takes the class to colonial Virginia to learn how the first printing presses changed communication in America. The students meet William and Dinah Nuthead and discover how governments tried to control printed information, why the printing press was considered so powerful, and how Dinah became America’s first licensed female printer.
In Colonial Maryland, Margaret Brent takes on the enormous responsibility of saving the struggling colony after the death of Governor Leonard Calvert. As she sells cattle to pay soldiers, argues cases in court, and boldly demands the right to vote, students discover how one woman challenged the limits placed on women in the 1600s and helped pave the way for future generations.
Miss Jordanna travels to the struggling colony of Jamestown, where she meets John Rolfe during one of the darkest periods in early American history. As famine, disease, and uncertainty threaten the settlement, Rolfe searches for hope through perseverance, trade, and a new tobacco crop that could change the colony’s future forever. Through their mysterious conversation, students explore the hardships of Jamestown, the Starving Time, and the determination that helped shape America’s first permanent English settlement.