Mister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes...

Ray Suarez speaks with three historians, Richard Brookhiser, Ron Chernow and Jan Lewis, about what the founding fathers might have thought of America today.

Four of America’s first five presidents were born and raised within a 60-mile radius in the state of Virginia. Those men -- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe -- and their sometimes complicated...

Bill Gates talks best (and worst) case scenarios for the coronavirus pandemic in the months ahead, explaining the challenges of reducing virus transmission, providing an update on promising vaccine candidates, offering his thoughts on...

To move forward in the United States, we must look back and confront the difficult history that has shaped widespread injustice. Revisiting a significant yet overlooked piece of the past, Hasan Kwame Jeffries emphasizes the need to weave...

Carl June is the pioneer behind CAR T-cell therapy: a groundbreaking cancer treatment that supercharges part of a patient's own immune system to attack and kill tumors. In a talk about a breakthrough, he shares how three decades of...

The divisiveness plaguing American politics today is nothing new, says constitutional law scholar Noah Feldman. In fact, it dates back to the early days of the republic, when a dispute between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison led the...

We teamed up with Amy Poehler's Smart Girls to ask you who your #sciencewoman heroes are. Here's what you told us!

In this video, we demonstrate how to analyze and evaluate Federalist 51. We start with a quick definition of key literary analysis terms. Then, set the historical and cultural context of the document, examine the text to delineate...

Let's practice applying reading standards to literary nonfiction! In this video, we explain how to analyze works of historical and political literary nonfiction. The examples used in the video are: the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme...

This is a video about seminal texts in history and how they are still used today.

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Meet Madison Harrison, a talented young photographer who started her own business at just seven years old. With a passion for photography that began at...

In the summer of 1787, some of the greatest minds in American history gathered in Philadelphia to create a new framework for government. The Constitutional Convention was filled with fierce debates, high-stakes compromises, and visionary...

James Madison is known as the “Father of the Constitution”. In this video for US students grades 3-5, we learn about Madison’s remarkable life, career and legacy.

James Madison is known as the “Father of the Constitution” – but he was so much more than that. As author of the Virginia Plan and the Bill of Rights, his political genius proved vital in the founding of our nation.

Explore the significance of state governments in shaping daily life and enacting laws that affect citizens. Learn about the historical context of state powers, from the Constitutional Convention to the adoption of the Bill of Rights....

The deepest cave in the world is in Georgia (the country), let's learn about it!

Meet one of Jamaica's female track and field Olympians. Her family discusses her early life and recounts her winning competitions as they all prepare for another difficult competition. Sprinter Factory part 2

The War of 1812 was a major conflict between the United States and Great Britain for control of the Northern Frontier. Often described as the second war of independence, in reality it was caused in large part by the ineffective foreign...

Miss Palomine reviews the letters from Mm to Zz. She shows the letter characters associated with each letter, shows the uppercase and lowercase version of each letter and describes the sound(s) each letter makes.

Miss Palomine talks about the uppercase letter -M. She plays the Madison Mouse music video. She talks about the /m/ sound and the shape of the uppercase -M. She and the student then identify uppercase -M words.

We find Miss Palomine standing in front of the White House again. She talks about how George Washington became the first President of the United States. She then mentions Abraham Lincoln. She then talks about all the Presidents who have...

Miss Palomine compares the shapes of the uppercase letter -M and the lowercase -m. She and the student then look for lowercase -m words that begin with the /m/ sound.

In episode 42 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Supreme Court becomes kind of a big deal by getting judicial review.