This iCue Mini-Documentary describes President Richard Nixon's historic trip to the People's Republic of China in 1972, the first trip by an American president since the takeover by the Communists in 1949.
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NBC's Mike Tiabbi reports on the 50th anniversary of the interstate highway system created by President Dwight Eisenhower.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes President Polk's determination to acquire California and the southwest. Polk provoked a war with Mexico to achieve his goal.
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This NBC documentary charts the lengthy struggle for school desegregation in America, from the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 to the battle to integrate the University of Alabama in 1963.
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This 2004 NBC documentary recounts the groundbreaking journey of the Freedom Riders from Washington, DC, to Montgomery, AL, in 1961.
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Nearly 40 years after the March on Selma, Congressman John Lewis and other witnesses tell the story of the fight for African American voting rights in the 1960s.
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This forum discussion focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. This second session features Marian Wright Edelman, founder and chairman of the Children's Defense Fund and an organizer of Dr. King's Poor People's March; Peter Edelman, aide to Robert F. Kennedy; and Elaine Jones, former President of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund. They examine the period between 19631968 and the continuing relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy concerning civil rights and their growing opposition to the Vietnam War. This forum follows the forum "JFK, MLK and RFK, Part One: 19601968."
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This forum discussion focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. It features Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to President Kennedy; Harris Wofford, President Kennedy's chairman for the Subcabinet Group of Civil Rights; Taylor Branch, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Pillar of Fire; and Robert Moses, pivotal organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and director of its Mississippi project in the early 1960s. This session takes an in-depth look at the years 19601963 when Martin Luther King, Jr. engaged President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the battle to extend civil rights to all.
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The institute is divided into three levels, as follows:
101: This 40-hour training begins with an in-depth study of the Declaration of Independence. Participants will then be taken through the ancient and European origins of the U.S. Constitution, followed by the American origins. The training will continue with a famous Federalist debating a famous Anti-Federalist over whether a New York State convention should vote to ratify the Constitution in 1788.
Then attending teachers will be taken on a walk through the seven articles of the Constitution. The remainder of the time will be spent studying the First Amendment and famous Supreme Court cases on the First Amendment, including the current term cases.
The agenda is divided into blocks of time spent with scholars, followed by break-out sessions where activities are demonstrated on the curriculum covered in the scholar sessions.
201: Available to those teachers who have completed the 101 session, the advanced session begins with a look at the "Ladder of the Bill of Rights." The remainder of the three-day, 18-hour institute is spent studying Amendments Two through 10, along with Supreme Court cases decided under each of these amendments. Break-out sessions follow each scholar session with activities on the Bill of Rights.
301: The one-day, seven-hour Update Session is available to those teachers who have previously attended both 101 and 201. Participants will spend most of the time discussing Supreme Court cases that have been decided during the past few years with the scholars. They will also receive a new activity guide, which includes lessons on Federalism and writing.
This workshop explores the American Revolution and the creation of the U.S. Constitution through the use of the National Constitution Center's innovative museum exhibits, lectures by leading scholars, interactive discussion, and visits to numerous historic landmarks.