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    1970s Labor Movements

    This lesson highlights the impact of 1970s labor movements then and now. The lesson, which features Wayne…

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    43 minutes
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    What are Congressional Investigations?

    While there is no specific provision in the U.S. Constitution authorizing congressional oversight or inve…

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    34 minutes
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    State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour

    In this lesson, students join in on a C-SPAN American History TV to the U.S. State Department’s Diplomati…

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    21 minutes
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    45 Years of C-SPAN

    Starting on March 19, 1979, the cable television industry started C-SPAN as a public service providing un…

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    6 minutes
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    Presidential Love Letters

    This lesson highlights several examples of love letters to/from Presidents of the United States. The less…

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    38 minutes
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    Charlie Chaplin and the Red Scare

    This lesson highlights the life and career of film star Charlie Chaplin and how his life was affected by …

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    1 hour, 48 minutes
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    Extension - Thomas Paine and "Common Sense"

    In 1774, Englishman Thomas Paine arrived in America as the conflict between the colonies and Great Britai…

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    1 minute
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    Modern-Day Evolution of the First Lady

    This lesson highlights the modern-day evolution of the First Lady of the United States. The lesson, which…

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    53 minutes
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    Historic Campaign Speeches

    This lesson features several notable examples of historic presidential campaign speeches, based on C-SPAN…

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    5 hours, 42 minutes
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    African American Letters to Abraham Lincoln

    This lesson highlights over 15 letters sent from African Americans to President Abraham Lincoln. The less…

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    1 hour, 22 minutes
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    Author and Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child

    This lesson highlights the life and work of author and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. The lesson, which …

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    1 hour, 4 minutes
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    Civil War Portrait Photography

    This lesson highlights the role and impact of portrait photography during and after the American Civil Wa…

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    1 hour, 15 minutes
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    1892 Lynching of Robert Lewis in Port Jervis, NY

    This lesson details the history of the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis, an African American man hanged on a…

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    58 minutes
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    War Football - World War I and the Birth of the NFL

    In this lesson, students will view videos of author Chris Serb discussing the development of professional…

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    1 hour, 28 minutes
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    Gilded Age Architecture in New York City

    This lesson provides an overview of American Beaux-Arts Architecture associated with the opulence of the …

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    43 minutes
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    Founding Father John Hancock

    This lesson provides an overview of how the life and leadership of Founding Father John Hancock. The less…

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    44 minutes
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    Extension - "Their Eyes Were Watching God” and the Harlem Renaissance

    In her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," Zora Neale Hurston brings to life a southern love story that…

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    1 minute
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    Life and Legacy of Dolley Madison

    Dolley Madison was influential during her time in Washington, D.C. She helped shape the political and soc…

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    34 minutes
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    The Cold War and Global Literature

    This lesson provides an overview of how the United States and the Soviet Union both shaped literature fro…

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    44 minutes
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    NASA's Project Apollo (1961-75)

    Using a collection of artifacts from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's collection, this lesson provi…

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    40 minutes
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