Help students understand how and why communities make and enforce laws! Students learn how rules are linked to safety, that they are designed to support fairness and that there are consequences for breaking them. This program helps...

Democracy, a 1946 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.

As citizens of the United States it's important to understand the process for electing our presidents. This program guides students through the entire process. Students will learn what the qualifications are to become president and the...

Puerto Ricans pays taxes but can't vote in Presidential Elections. While in Chicago, between 2006 and 2016, 199 dead voted from beyond the grave! So how does voting law really work in the United States?

By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final...

Correction: At 1:49, we accidentally said that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published in 1918, when it was published in 1818. We regret the error -- thanks to Stephen Pershing for catching this! Stories, tales, and myths from all...

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has galvanised voters with an appeal to Hindu nationalism. But rising Hindu-Muslim violence is putting India’s historic secularism at risk.

It's the most controversial Presidential election in American history (except maybe the Election of 1860 or Election of 1824), mainly because the Supreme Court ultimately decides its outcome.

With the Scottish Parliamentary Elections just around the corner, the topic of Scottish Independence has resurfaced once again. Some Scots are especially keen to leave the UK because they then want to rejoin the EU, so in this video we...

Did you know that when Australia first became a nation, some people were not allowed to vote? Travel through the twentieth century to discover the exciting story of how women and Aboriginal people fought for the right to vote....

How did Britain feel after World War I? What was one of the reasons Hitler was elected in Germany? After being elected, what were his aims?<br/>
10 Steps to World War Two, Part 1

While you might not personally consider your average 18 year old a full-fledged adult, 18 is a pretty magic number in the US. It's the the age when you can vote, go to war, work full time, and move out of their parents house. Why is this...

Over recent months and years Sinn Fein, the most prominent nationalist voice in Nothern Irish politics, has seen a significant boost in support. As the world and the union changes support for the party has seemingly risen so in this...

Learn more about how the U.S. electoral college functions and how a president is elected.

Get the skinny on the basics behind the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Democracy is in danger around the world. Perhaps for this reason, political engagement is at an all-time high. Robert Guest, our foreign editor, examines this year's Democracy Index, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

America might be the archetypal two-party system, but what if they had more parties (well more serious ones). So in this video we take a look at the parties that the country could do with, what they'd represent and most importantly who...

We believe democracy leads to a fairer world. Yet almost all governments claim to be democratic including China, Russia and Syria. And 50 years after the abolition of hanging, UK polls still show a majority in favour. Is democracy...

Recently, a leaved pilot for the series 'Step Back Kidz' has come to light. The show was on the subject of American Democracy. It was cancelled before it even aired.

Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Eight years after Australian women gained the right to vote and...

From Abraham Lincoln to Rosa Parks, Courageous People Who Changed the World is a perfect introduction to historical figures who stood up to make a difference in the world. The heroic true stories are told through simple text and engaging...

Overview of the U.S. electoral college.

The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 were some of the most controversial in US history. Having deepened the divide between North and South – they helped bring the nation to war.

An overview of the 1920 Election electoral match between two Ohio newspaper men, Warren G. Harding the Republican and James Cox the Democrat.