Donald L. Miller, with Pauline Maier and Waldo E. Martin, Jr., follow American history from the end of the French and Indian War through the American Revolution. On the way, they look at taxation and the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Continental Congresses, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Thomas Paine's Common Sense and its effects, the Declaration of Independence, and the war itself.
Richard Miller reads two 1922 San Francisco Chronicle articles on the public reaction to and perception of flappers.
In 12 short video clips, scholar J. Douglas Smith analyzes cartoons on massive resistance, a 1950s campaign led by Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr., to resist desegregation following Brown v. Board of Education.
In 16 short video clips, scholar Chandra Manning looks at the song "John Brown's Body," the events it relates to, and its evolution over time.
In 11 short video clips, scholar Chandra Manning demonstrates scholarly analysis of letters by Civil War soldiers.
In 12 short video clips, University of Maryland professor Whitman Ridgway demonstrates scholarly analysis of the Bill of Rights.
In 20 short video clips, George Mason University professor Rosemarie Zagarri demonstrates scholarly analysis of the Declaration of Independence.
In 47 short video clips, ranging in length from 43 seconds to over three minutes, 11 different scholars examine changes for the U.S. in the recent past and issues facing the country today, including the end of the Cold War, environmental concerns, international relations, terrorism and WMDs, and trade. Intended to accompany the Choices Program's curriculum The U.S. Role in a Changing World, these clips may still be used independently.
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In 12 short video clips, ranging in length from approximately one minute to over three minutes, Brown University professors Gordon Wood and Michael Vorenberg look at the U.S. Constitution, the environment in which it was conceived, and its evolution over time. Intended to accompany the Choices Program's curriculum A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution, these clips may still be used independently.
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In this Cool Things podcast, curators at the Kansas Museum of History follow the story of a revolver owned by Albert Hazlett, one of John Brown's men during the raid at Harpers Ferry.