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Eight Suggestions to Make Teaching with Video Easier and More Effective
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CNN Student News is CNN's contribution to middle and high school students providing it's vast resources, creating news and news-based curriculum content for the classroom.
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CNN's online hub for the latest in breaking news for politics, current events, and world news.
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Taking a stand against hate crimes on the internet in this iKeepCurrent lesson.
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MTV's Get Schooled - College Affordability Challenge Contest
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In honor of the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001, MTV Act and Figment.com team up to sponsor writing contest on “confronting tolerance.”
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Eric Langhorst’s blog about using technology, including podcasts, to teach American history.
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CNN Student News from A to Z Blog
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Compelling profiles, study guides & videos of famous figures including Mark Twain, Sylvia Plath, Edgar Allan Poe, others.
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The Big Help is Nickelodeon’s commitment to engage kids to take action and make a difference in their world.
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CNN's Schools of Thought blog covers education from a variety of perspectives.
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ACT takes the unexpected angle on pro-social stories.
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An inspiring video from FableVision and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills illustrates the 4 Cs.
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A history teacher makes learning fun with podcasts and student-written blogs.
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CNN Student News Black History Month Quiz #2
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Start a discussion about sustainability and the trend toward eating local and seasonal with the Food Network summer produce guide.
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Programs & resources to learn more & generate discussion about the earthquakes & tsunami in Japan.
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Series broadcasts from presidential libraries and profiles American presidents with archival footage and expert guests.
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Series features timely and topical conversations with authors, national leaders, and other accomplished individuals.
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This documentary focuses on the people, ideas, and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history from the rigors of linking the continent by wagon trails to the transcontinental railway, the engineering of steel-structured buildings and through to landing on the moon.
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This website celebrates Black History Month with content featuring biographies, photo galleries & more!
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Viacom recognizes the 10 year anniversary of September 11 with a multiplatform Public Service Campaign, "What Will You Do To Remember?"
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Nick News with Linda Ellerbee remembers the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Other Hopes and Messages in "Beyond I Have A Dream." In recognition of Black History Month and in honor of the 25th year the U.S. has celebrated Dr. King's birthday as a national holiday.
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History Classroom allows users to try and answer a sampling of questions from the U.S. citizenship test or the full test with 96 questions about U.S. history, civics, and government.
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Video clip explores on of America's favorite summer pastimes: barbecue!
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In honor of Presidents’ Day, here is a compilation of resources to teach students about the American presidency.
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Full episode broken down into clips, links to resources, and more on John Adams.
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CNN Student News quiz on the origins of Black History Month.
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Streaming video of the full Biography episode on John and Abigail Adams.
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This American Writers resource profiles the activist and her work. Includes video of the full episode.
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This History.com round-up includes interactive features, video, and more; all exploring the assassination of Lincoln.
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On this History website, you can explore interactive photos, videos and hear audio clips about Ellis Island.
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History.com roundup of resources on Martin Luther King Jr.
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Presidential round-up from Biography.com includes information on everyone from George Washington to George W. Bush.
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Featured biography of our 1st president includes streaming video, links to related resources, and interviews with historians.
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Online round-up of History.com presidential resources.
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Printable activities, recipes, and suggestions for family books & dvds to teach Black History from Nick Jr.
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Video clip from Linda Ellerbee's Nick News discusses whether or not we need Black History Month.
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Resources to celebrate Black History Month & teach students about influential African American leaders.
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Featured biography includes streaming video of the full episode, quick facts, and links to related works, people, and sites.
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To celebrate Women's History Month, here are programs & resources highlighting women who have shaped our world.
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C-SPAN Classroom round-up of all things economics includes video clips of the current debt ceiling crisis as well as money management and gas prices.
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This History.com round-up explores Veteran's Day with video clips, including one from the First Lady, photo galleries, and interactive features.
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This C-SPAN website is a portal for all the latest news and events with the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
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This History web resource explores how presidential elections have evolved from the founding fathers to today's commanders-in-chief.
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History website chronicles the key points in the Civil Rights movement.
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Web feature from Biography highlights the key events and people of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Biography website includes the full episode that chronicles President Obama's personal and political life.
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A companion website to C-SPAN's Peabody Award winning series profiling U.S. presidents.
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History.com featured topic site includes videos, speeches, photo galleries, and interactives for Black History Month.
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Nickelodeon stars recite poems about famous black Americans.
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In commemoration of the 90th anniversary of women gaining their Constitutional right to vote by the passage of the 19th Amendment, scholars talked about the women's suffrage movement and its impact on race and gender in the U.S. in this C-SPAN video.
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History.com pulls together resources such as Presidential Fun Facts and White House: Deconstructed alongside video clips, timelines, and more.
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To mark the 40th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, the National Archives along with Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential Libraries released the complete unredacted version of the top-secret assessment of the Vietnam war.
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The presidential election is not too far away and the race is starting to heat up. This C-SPAN website is a companion to the series and includes all the latest news on the candidates and their campaigns.
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Video clips of various political leaders correlating to their respective section of the U.S. Constitution.
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Coverage of cultural and historical events, such as tours of unique museums and speeches by notable figures.
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President Obama's comments on issues facing his administration, followed by a response from the Republican Party.
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Website explores the life of the activist and her passion for equal rights for women.
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Interactive website is a companion to the C-SPAN series The White House.
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This C-SPAN video features female senators participating in a breakfast discussion moderated by Ms. Cokie Roberts. Topics included the number of female senators, support among the women, being working mothers, and career tracks for female politicians.
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This two-part program tells the complete story of Abraham Lincoln, from the rustic childhood that forged his beliefs to the tough campaign that made him president.
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This in-depth interview with President Bush recalls what he was thinking and feeling and what drove the real-time decisions he faced in the first minutes, hours, and days after the 9/11 attacks.
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Narrated by Kevin Costner and Hilary Swank, this documentary captures the content of the 9/11 Commission's report while exposing new details.
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This two-part documentary examines how every state's shape reveals unique geography, politics, and history.
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A fun and informative website that includes interactive maps and quizzes, historical data, and more, about the 50 states.
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Five-part mini-series spans 300 years and tells the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective.
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The civil rights movement told through the small, personal stories of the men, women, and children who lived through this turbulent time.
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This Biography Channel featured web page chronicles the personal and political life of King.
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Chronicles the former slave turned abolitionist leader's lifelong struggle for justice.
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The story of seven African Americans who deserved the Medal of Honor for their valor during WWII, but who only recently received their medals.
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In this C-SPAN video, President Bush and the first lady welcome an audience of women dignitaries to celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day.
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Historian Thomas Fleming profiles the women who played a central part in the lives of the Founding Fathers in his book, The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers.
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Explores the legacy of Alexander Hamilton and examines what made him a great man.
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Military Channel's live broadcast of the country's largest Memorial Day parade from our nation's capital.
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Expert commentary and period art and accounts piece together the definitive story of Old Hickory.
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This ten-minute, commercial-free daily news program for middle and high school students is produced by CNN journalists and educators. Financial literacy is covered this month.
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This two-part program explores the process to become a U.S. citizen through stories of struggle and success as well as interviews with notable naturalized citizens.
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This film chronicles Jefferson's complicated life and legacy through interviews with historians and scholars.
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Re-enactments and expert commentary capture the life of the woman whose 50-year crusade was largely responsible for giving women the right to vote.
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The definitive story of President Obama, from his childhood in Honolulu to his history-making presidential win.
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Profiles five famous Black Americans and the ways in which their lives and work impacted our world today.
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Cokie Roberts chronicles the adventures and contributions of numerous women to key events in American history.
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Explores the immense legacy and fascinating lives of the Adamses through interviews with descendants, politicians, and historians like David McCullough, whose monumental biography shed new light on John Adams.
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Told through narrative and revealing interviews with relatives and long-time friends like Mary Steenburgen, this presentation examines the turning points in her life, portraying a woman both ambitious and ardent in controversial causes.
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CNN Student News is offering a wide variety of content focused on Black History Month. There will be special show segments on the People and Places in Black History throughout February as well as an interactive quiz on Black History.