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Curated Video

President Trump Looks To Win Over More Senior Voters

Higher Ed
Seniors helped propel President Trump to the White House in 2016, but polls show they're moving away from the incumbent.
Instructional Video8:09
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PBS

Should We Have a President? | America From Scratch

7th - 12th Standards
Legislative, judicial, executive—the founding fathers of the United States set up the three branches of government to act as a system of checks and balances. But what if the presidency was eliminated? Viewers of a short video consider...
Instructional Video4:27
PBS

GI Forum Mobilizes

4th - 12th
The GI Forum, a group of Mexican-Americans focused on getting their fellow citizens to the polls in the 1960 election introduces young historians to Hector Garcia  who helped President Johnson create reforms for ethnic minority...
Instructional Video2:41
C-SPAN

On This Day: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

9th - Higher Ed Standards
What is free speech? And does it apply to corporations looking to support federal campaigns? As decided in the controversial Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court determined that corporations have the same rights as people and can...
Instructional Video1:38
C-SPAN

On This Day: Barack Obama Becomes the First African American to Win a Presidential Election

7th - Higher Ed Standards
The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was a watershed moment in African American and American history. Using clips from the acceptance and concession speeches, as well as the words of outgoing president, George H. W. Bush, budding...