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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1592: French Aid Turns the Tide in the War

For Students 9th - 10th
On today's podcast, we learn how French aid helped turn the tide in the Revolutionary War.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Declaration of Independence Part 7: Lexington and Concord

For Students 9th - 10th
Today on the podcast we learn about the start of the Revolutionary War.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1593: The South During the Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The Revolutionary War wasn't going too well for the Americans in 1780: Charleston fell to the British and Benedict Arnold defected.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: William Pierce

For Students 9th - 10th
William Pierce served in the Revolutionary War and helped frame the Constitution, but is best known for his descriptions of other delegates. He was a delegate for Georgia [1 min. 1 sec.]
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Jonathan Dayton

For Students 9th - 10th
Jonathan Dayton joined the army after college and was plunged directly into the Revolutionary War. He was later the youngest signer of the Constitution as a delegate from New Jersey. [1 min. 9 secs.]
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Thomas Fitzsimons

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Fitzsimons was born in Ireland, fought in the Revolutionary War, and later became leading statesman, representing Pennsylvania as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention. [1 min. 4 secs.]
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics:rights After Independence Pt. 8:high Taxes, Violation of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Americans in the Revolutionary era did not lead lives of leisure: they were afflicted with war, high taxes, and the violation of their own rights by the states.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: George Washington Crossing the Delaware

For Students 9th - 10th
National Public Radio takes a revisionist look at Emmanuel Leutze's famous and fanciful painting that is more folklore, legend, and political statement than fact.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1585: We the People Lesson 8 Part 7: Loyalists

For Students 9th - 10th
Today we learn about the Loyalists, those Americans who were opposed to the Revolution.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 1587: The Shot Heard Round the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Today: the shot heard round the world.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg Past & Present Podcasts

For Students 9th - 10th
Podcasts of interviews with many artisans, historians, and tour guides at Colonial Williamsburg.

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