What’s New in February 2026: Classroom Videos and Resources

February brings a rich collection of new content to ClickView, designed to help educators explore key moments in U.S. history, celebrate important national milestones, and support literacy learning across classrooms. This month’s releases place a strong focus on American celebrations, commemorations, and foundational stories, alongside engaging read‑along content for younger learners.

What’s new?

This month we have added 306 new videos to ClickView, learn all about this month’s featured releases below.

Spotlight on New Content

From the story behind the stars and stripes to a milestone anniversary of independence, February’s new releases bring important moments in U.S. history to life.

Elementary Highlights

• America 250

What do you know about America 250? This Miniclip tells the story of how the United States gained its independence and explains how Americans can honor their history in 2026 and celebrate everything the country has achieved since the nation’s founding.

• Flag Day

Do you know the story of Betsy Ross and Old Glory? This Miniclip tells the story of Flag Day and explains how people celebrate the U.S. flag as a symbol of the nation every year on June 14.

Producer Comment

Erandi Goonetilleke – Miniclips: American Celebrations and Commemorations: Flag Day

New and Featured Content Partners

From bite-sized animated history to immersive storybook readings, these partners offer rich, curriculum‑ready content for students across the U.S.

Makematic
Makematic is an animation studio that has created short videos clips on American History with a special focus on the founding fathers in their new series, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Canamedia
As a leader in the specialty channel universe, Canamedia Partners is always identifying new factual videos such as A Nation Soars, looking at the role of Canada and aviation in the First World War.

The Reading Corner
Bringing storybooks and history to life for Elementary students, The Reading Corner teaches students about all areas of Social Studies and English Language Arts with the series Kid Presidents.

Movies + TV Highlights

This month’s highlights explore landmark moments in North American history, from the architectural legacy of New York’s Seaway lighthouses to the transformative role of aviation in the First World War.

• New York’s Seaway Lighthouses

Learn about the history of 20 different lighthouses along the Seaway Trail, each unique in architecture and history.

• A Nation Soars: Flight Path of Heroes

Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, this series explores how aviation changed the course of the First World War, including its vital part in Canada’s nation-defining victory at Vimy Ridge.

Curation and Special Events

Our curation team has been hard at work developing timely topic pages designed to help teachers quickly find meaningful, classroom-ready content exactly when it’s needed.

Elementary Topics

• Artemis II
• Safety
• Media and Society

Middle School Topics

• Innovations and Inventions
• Creative Writing
• Exploration and Colonization

High School Topics

• The Atomic Bomb
• Government of the United States
• Nutrients

March Special Events Topics

Mark your calendars for these upcoming special days and explore related resources.

• Lent (18th February – 2nd April)
• Ramadan (18th February – 20th March)
• World Compliment Day (1st March)
• Read Across America Week (2nd – 9th March)
• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (7th March)
• International Women’s Day (8th March)
• International Day of Mathematics (14th March)
• Saint Patrick’s Day (17th March)
• International Day of Happiness (20th March)
• Spring Equinox (20th March)
• World Poetry Day (21st March)
• World Water Day (22nd March)
• International Day of Zero Waste (30th March)

Browse the full calendar for more special events here.

Featured Resource: Writing Prompts

Spark creativity and develop students’ literacy with the new Writing Prompts resource. This two-page stimulus turns a video into a rich writing experience for students, with prompts increasing in difficulty based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.

• Four text types included:
  • Narrative
  • Informative
  • Opinion
  • Persuasive
• Why use it?
  • Supports differentiation and literacy development
  • Builds creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills
  • Easy to implement, no prep required!
  • Use after watching a video

Try it with the video The Industrial Revolution from the History Kids series.

Ready to explore?

Whether you’re planning lessons around U.S. history, building literacy skills with engaging read‑alongs, or looking for timely topic pages to support classroom conversations, this month’s new content has a lot covered.

We hope that February’s new releases can help bring learning to life in your classroom!