Instructional Video
National Cable Satellite Corporation

C Span: Retracing the Steps of Alexis De Tocqueville's 1831 Journey

9th - 10th
Comprehensive, easily-navigated site with video, audio, and text which thoroughly describes Alexis de Tocqueville's journey through the United States in the 1830s and includes his seminal book, "Democracy in America."
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Elements of Democracy Pt. 113:de Tocqueville and Civil Society

9th - 10th
Alexis de Tocqueville noticed something very unusual about Americans. Learn more on today's podcast.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Civic Engagement Pt. 4: Tocqueville and Voluntary Associations

9th - 10th
On today's episode, we discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's impressions of voluntary associations in America. This episode originally aired in October 2011.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Freedom to Assemble Pt. 14: Tocqueville on Amer. Public Spirit

9th - 10th
Discusses Tocqueville's views on the right to associate.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 7: Alexis De Tocqueville Ponders America

9th - 10th
French historian Alexis de Tocqueville wondered how America could develop the civic virtue needed for successful self-government.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 8: Alexis De Tocqueville on Civic Virtue in Us

9th - 10th
Alexis de Tocqueville saw the habits of good citizenship in small New England townships.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 9: Alexis De Tocqueville on Civic Virtue in Us

9th - 10th
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about civic virtue in the United States, and how Americans realized that self-interest must be balanced with looking out for the common good.
Instructional Video
Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Romanticism: Video: American Transcendentalism (I)

9th - 10th
This video is a video lecture [1:15:55] entitled American Transcendentalism (I). It features discussions of Ralph Waldo Emerson; ontological individualism and the state of nature; Alexis de Tocqueville; Immanuel Kant; philosophical...