YouTube EDU is categorically organized.  The category for Primary and Secondary Education is further categorized by subjects such as History and Social Sciences, and the subject category of History and Social Sciences is further categorized by topics such as State and Local History, Economics, and Geography.  Additionally, YouTube Teachers (youtube.com/teachers) is organized to maximize teaching time and minimize searching time by providing "playlist[s] of educationally relevant videos".[3]  YouTube Teachers has select Social Studies High School playlists for topics from Government, World War I and II, and the Cold War to Civics, Industrialization and Immigration, and Revolutions Around the World. 

POTENTIAL USE

(This section will continue with the theme of a secondary American Government class

as initially described under the "Potential Use" section of the "WordPress" tab for Project 1.)

     A specific use of YouTube EDU could be for enhancing both classroom instruction and/or designated homework assignments on the topic of elections as well.  When teaching/learning about presidential elections, it may be beneficial show the introductory video, U.S. Elections: The Road to the White House (with a running time of 1 minute: 38 seconds) by the United States Embassy in London, at the beginning of a class.  The video could be supplemented by having students complete a fill-in-the-blank question handout based on the content of the video.  When using the aforementioned video, some fill-in-the-blank questions might consist of the following:       

1.  Every _________  ___________ Americans vote for President. [four years]

2.  ______________ are messengers from their home states. [delegates]

3.  States choose delegates by ____________ or _____________. [caucus, primary]

     The remainder of the class time could be used to explain and discuss the concepts/terms presented in the video more thoroughly.

     The United States Embassy in London has also posted several short videos explaining more about the stages of the U.S. Election process including "Caucuses Explained" (3:32) and "Primaries" (3:50).  These two videos could also be shown in class and/or embedded in posts on the class's WordPress site while students could be given fill-in-the-blank question handouts to complete for in-class-work and/or homework.  For an example of these videos embedded in posts on a WordPress site accompanied by more fill-in-the-blank questions, click here.

     This could be done with the other short videos about the stages of the U.S. Election process for in-class-work and/or homework assignments as well: "Conventions" (4:38), "The General Election" (3:53), and "The Electoral College" (4:45).