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    Political Party Identification

    Carroll Doherty, director of political research at the Pew Research Center, talked about Pew’s research o…

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    Role of the Senate Historian

    Betty Koed, a retired U.S. Senate historian, discussed the role of the Senate Historian.

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    Career and Technical Education

    Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), co-chairs of the Career and Technical …

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    White House Easter Egg Roll and Vegetable Garden

    Michelle Obama addressed the audience at the 2010 Easter Egg Roll and highlighted the activities that wer…

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    Biography of Jane Appleton Pierce

    Jane Walter Venzke, co-author of "The President's Wife, Jane Appleton Pierce," discusses the First Lady's…

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    The Real Story of Smokey Bear

    This U.S. Forest Service film tells the story of the real Smokey Bear, from his rescue during a 1950 fore…

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    Freedom in the 50 States

    Cato Institute Research Fellow William Ruger and Adjunct Scholar Jason Sorens discussed the findings from…

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    Milton Friedman on Inflation

    A portion of the PBS series titled "Free to Choose" is highlighted in which Milton Friedman explaied infl…

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    "Stress in America" Report

    American Psychological Association CEO Arthur Evans discussed the findings of the organization’s 2023 “St…

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    Homestead Act of 1862 in Nebraska

    Park Ranger Amber Kirkendall with the Homestead National Historical Park talked about the Homestead Act o…

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    Younger Generations and the American Dream

    American University’s Sine Institute of Policy & Politics Executive Director Amy Dacey discussed the find…

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    Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862

    Historian Winifred Gallagher talked about the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862 and how it impacted …

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    History of Barbie

    Adam Scher talked about the history of Barbie. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in thei…

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    Linus Pauling and the FBI

    University of California, Davis, history Professor Kathryn Olmsted discusses the story of Linus Pauling a…

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    Purpose of High School

    Former college president and professor John Agresto talked about his book, "The Death of Learning: How Am…

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    The Changing Liberal Arts

    Former college president and professor John Agresto talked about his book, "The Death of Learning: How Am…

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    Liberal Arts in Iraq

    Former college president and professor John Agresto talked about his book, "The Death of Learning: How Am…

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    Mendez v. Westminster School District

    Activist Sylvia Mendez spoke at a business meeting of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about her exper…

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    Mary McLeod Bethune

    In the first video clip, National Council of Negro Women National Chair and President Thelma Daley talks …

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    Origin and Impact of Title IX Legislation

    President Nixon signed Title IX into law in June 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in any education pr…

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    Landmark Legislation: 2002 No Child Left Behind Law

    Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute and Carolyn Heinrich, a professor at Vanderbilt Unive…

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    Landmark Legislation: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

    Former Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and disability rights activist Judy Heumann talked about the Americans w…

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    Activist Lilli Vincenz

    Charles Francis, president of the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., talked about the life of Lilli …

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    Young People During the Civil Rights Movement

    Professor emeritus of history V. P. Franklin, author of "The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Chi…

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    School Integration in Riverside, CA

    Professor emeritus of history V. P. Franklin, author of "The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Chi…

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    Impact of Technology on Youth Learning

    Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein discussed the impact that technology has on knowledge among mil…

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    Carter G. Woodson: Publications and African American History Month

    On location at the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., National Park Servi…

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    Rep. Sharice Davids - Her Childhood Story

    Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), one of the first two Native women elected to Congress in 2018, talks about he…

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    2021 College Free Speech Rankings

    RealClear Education’s Nathan Harden, Education Editor and Project Coordinator, discusses free speech on c…

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    West Virginia 2018 Teacher Strike

    Emily Hilliard, co-editor of "55 Strong: Inside The West Virginia Teachers' Strike," talks about the reas…

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    The Dictionary Project

    Mary French, director of the Dictionary Project, discussed her organization’s work to promote literacy by…

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    The Role of Community Colleges

    David Baime, Senior Vice President at the American Association of Community Colleges, discussed the role …

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    The Debate over School Choice

    Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Pedro Nogu…

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    Educational Policy and the Every Student Succeeds Act

    Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Pedro Nogu…

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    The Impact of No Child Left Behind

    Pedro Noguera, dean of the school of education at the University of Southern California, responded to a s…

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    Civics Education and News Literacy

    News Literacy Founder and CEO Alan Miller talked about the significance of civics education among all age…

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    Rosenwald Schools in the Segregated South

    Author Stephanie Deutsche talked about the partnership between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington …

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    Interpreting Documents during the AP U.S. History Exam

    Jason Stacy and Matthew Ellington, co-authors of Fabric of a Nation: A Brief History with Skills and Sour…

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    Horace Mann and Early Public Education

    Author Nikhal Goyal discussed Horace Mann's role in developing the American public education system in th…

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    The Amish and Education

    Amish communities are exempt from federal laws requiring children to attend school until they reach a cer…

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    Morse v Frederick: The "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" Supreme Court Case

    Author James Foster talked about the events that lead to the Supreme Court case Morse vs. Frederick. In t…

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    The History of South Dakota's State Capital

    Tony Venhuizen gave a tour of South Dakota’s State Capitol in Pierre and shared the story of the state’s …

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    Indian Schools in Nevada

    This bellringer highlights the history and purpose of the Stewart Indian School, located in Carson City, …

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    African American Education in Delaware: Late 19th Century

    Bradley Skelcher, author of African American Education in Delaware: A History through Photographs, talked…

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    Native American Civil Rights in Alaska

    Steve Henrikson describes how the foundation of Alaskan Native American brotherhood and sisterhood secure…

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    Bob Jones University v United States - Supreme Court Case on Interracial Dating

    This bellringer focuses on the Supreme Court case Bob Jones University versus The United States, in which…

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    The Impact of Brain Drain on States

    Susan Milligan of U.S. News and World Report talked about her recent U.S. News and World Report article o…

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    The Federal Bureaucracy

    The federal bureaucracy, encompassing millions of employees and hundreds of agencies, departments, and co…

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    Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

    Ulrich Boser and Darleen Opfer talked about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. They disc…

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    Block Grants

    BLOCK GRANTS are provided by the federal government to support collections of general programs administer…

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    Cooperative Federalism

    In a system of cooperative federalism, both federal government and state governments cooperate in solving…

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    Devolution and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

    Senator James Lankford (R-OK) discussed the concept of devolution and how it relates to the Every Student…

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    Title IX's Application to Sports

    Professor Sarah Field talked about how Title IX was applied to college and high school sports. She talked…

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    Title IX and Gender Equity in Education

    Professor Sarah Fields talked about the background of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. S…

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    Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Julia Bascom, Executive Director of Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and Allison Ratto, Psychologist at th…

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    Justice John Paul Stevens on Morse v Frederick

    Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talked about students' rights in schools and talked about …

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    Student Journalism and First Amendment Rights

    Former student-activist Mary Beth Tinker and Executive Director of the Newseum's First Amendment Center L…

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    The Head Start Program

    Olivia Golden talked about the services provided to families in this program.

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    Brown vs Board of Education

    Oliver Brown's daughter Cheryl Brown Henderson discusses the background of this case and its impact.

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    Tinker vs Des Moines

    John Tinker talks about events leading up to this Supreme Court case that involved him and his sister Mar…

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    George Orwell

    Thomas Ricks talks about the ideas Orwell wrote about in "Animal Farm" and "1984."

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    Legacy of Slavery at Universities

    Historian Leslie Harris talked about the relationship between slavery and early colleges and universities…

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    Thoreau's Walden Pond

    Concord Museum curator David Wood visited Walden Pond to recount Henry David Thoreau’s time there and the…

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    The American Dream

    Mona Charen and Paul Glastris talked about whether the American Dream is still attainable and if governme…

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    Segregation Through a Modern Lens

    Sherilynn Ifill addresses desegregation as a result of the 1954 Supreme Court Case, Brown v. Board of Edu…

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    Remembering Brown v Board of Education

    Linda Brown Thompson talks about her childhood and the events that led to the landmark court case.

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    Roebling Company and the Construction of Iconic Bridges

    Varissa McMickens Blair explained how German-born engineer John A. Roebling pioneered the design that mad…

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    History of Newspaper Boys

    Historian Vincent DiGirolamo talked about what life was like for newspaper boys both in the cities and on…

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    Beyond Infinity

    Author Eugenia Cheng talked about the mathematical idea of “infinity.” In her book, she explains that inf…

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    Thomas Jefferson and the Founding of the University of Virginia

    Edward Gaynor showed selected items from the University of Virginia’s collection of Thomas Jefferson pape…

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    Former US Poet Laureate Rita Dove on the Importance of Arts Education

    Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove talked about her career as a writer and why she believes the arts are…

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    Students for a Democratic Society

    Professor Jim Soto spoke about the Port Huron Statement, a political manifesto written in the summer of 1…

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    Financial Literacy - Student Loan Debt

    Boston Globe Magazine writer Neil Swidey discusses the college debt crisis for low-income students.

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    Women's Sports and Title IX

    Georgetown University professor Bonnie Morris talked about discrimination against women in sports and Tit…

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    North Little Rock High School Integration

    A short vignette featuring Civil Rights activist Richard Lindsey discussing his personal experience as a …

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    Sec. Kathleen Sebelius on Bullying Prevention

    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke to the Education Department Bullying Preventi…

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    College Graduation Rates

    Kurt Bauman and Jeffrey Selingo discuss education and the increasing number of college graduates in the U…

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