Mr. Stroud taught US History at Kilgore College for 39 years and now brings his entertaining lectures to a broader audience via his weekly podcast.
Battles of Yellow Tavern & Spotsylvania May, 1864
Lee, Grant, The Wilderness and a Ghost by David Stroud
How the Land of the Free became the land of the enslaved, Massacre and Lincoln's Widows.
Flags, swords, Battle of Missionary Ridge's disobeyed order and a wish comes true.
The Battle? Above the Clouds? Part One + Podcast Secrets
Vicksburg, the Gibraltar of the Confederacy-worth more than 40 Richmonds
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: The most important speech in American History.
Gettysburg Medals of Honor, the Last to Die, and Lincoln's Invitation
Antietam Postscript, Fredericksburg, & Chancellorsville
Lincoln's card, no more telegrams, Black Soldiers in Mr. Lincoln's Army
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is the topic of Mr. Stroud's History class.
Freedom's Candle, Mary Chestnut's Question, and General Butler's Runaways will be explained + homework.
Freedom's Candle, Mary Chestnut's Question, & Gen. Butler's Runaways
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, Grant's Shiloh Nickname, The Wizard of the Saddle, a Shiloh Medal of Honor.
What Lincoln learned from the defeat of the Union Army at first Bull Run that enables the north to win the Civil War.
What Lincoln learned from the Union defeat at the 1st battle of Bull Run that enables the North to win the Civil War.
Memorial Day Class Mr. Stroud remembers the Marines killed in Viettnam he served with by reading a few poems he wrote about them in 1989 and telling their story.
Samuel Champlain the Father of New France, the best wrong answer, a Bumper Sticker, War Party, and more.
This special class is about The First 100 Days of a new President's Term,
Who was the Italian Pirate that sailed for France? Did he see the Pacific or the Atlantic? Which future state did Verrazzano name "The Land of Bad People"?
Class 010 :: Francisco Pizarro by David Stroud
Why was Cortes the Greatest Conquistador? How did he defeat a warrior nation of 500,000 Aztec with 500 men? These questions and more are discussed by Mr. Stroud in this class.
Who was Balboa? What was he doing in Panama ? How did he die? Mr. Stroud answers these questions and more
Mr. Stroud discusses Christopher Columbus.
Mr. Stroud entertains us with a lecture on the Vikings. He also introduces the next series on explorers.
Mr. Stroud concludes his series on Texas Indians with his discussion of the Comanche Tribe.
Mr. Stroud teaches the Caddo Indian Native American Tribe.
Mr. Stroud lectures on the Karankawa Native American Indian Tribe.
Mr. Stroud discusses the least advanced of the Native American Indians, the Coahuiltecans.
Mr. Stroud taught US History at Kilgore College for 39 years and he is not done teaching. Because a teacher doesn't need to have a classroom, he brings his passion for US History to you in a podcast.