These are so great - thanks for posting this - I must be living under a rock, I could have really used these this year! This one is a great fit for the 1750 Course Units 8 & 9:

Are Modern Superpowers just Empires in a Trench Coat? | Modern World History 29 of 30 | Study Hall

Julianne Horowitz this one intrigued me too. My first inclination was to pose that question to students and have them weigh evidence from both perspectives. However, I was surprised to see the Study Hall host take a pretty firm stance that the US is indeed a modern empire. I'm wondering if I might need a companion text to balance this out. Or perhaps I just need a different approach.

How do you plan to use the video?

I see what you mean about the one-sidedness in this one.  I think maybe I would embrace that, and replicate the Claim Testing - Evidence activity (from 1750 Unit 3) using the transcript for this video.  So in the end the kids would see the argument for what it is, and then maybe evaluate which claims/evidence are strongest, and which are weakest, and refute just one based on prior learning. 

I see what you mean about the one-sidedness in this one.  I think maybe I would embrace that, and replicate the Claim Testing - Evidence activity (from 1750 Unit 3) using the transcript for this video.  So in the end the kids would see the argument for what it is, and then maybe evaluate which claims/evidence are strongest, and which are weakest, and refute just one based on prior learning.