National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center: Constitution Hall Pass: The Judicial Branch
Video introduced by Judge Sandra Day O'Connor where she talks about the judicial branch. It then takes us on a tour of the National Constitution Center where we are told about the Constitutional Convention, with statues of the Founding...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Rise and Fall of Federal Power
Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, traces the rise and fall of federal power during the first 150 years of the nation's existence. [41:48]
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Separation of Powers and the Supreme Court
Presenters Jack Rakove and Sandra Day O'Connor discuss the creation of the judicial system in this video. The Founding Fathers collaborated at the Constitutional Convention to ensure that the rights of citizens would be protected by the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Constitution: That Delicate Balance
View this collection of Emmy award winning Videos on Demand which draw attention to many present day controversial topics and are debated by various professionals.
Other
Texas Law Related Education: Videos: Seven Principles of the Constitution
Seven short videos that explain constitutional principles, including checks and balances, federalism, individual rights, limited government, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and separation of powers. The animation drawings for these...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Founding Principles: Federalism
Explore the history and practice of American Federalism in this episode from Founding Principles: American Governance in Action. Students watch video, study and analyze primary source documents like The Federalist Papers, and craft an...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Federal Bureaucracy
This video lesson from Khan Academy provides an introduction to the federal bureaucracy. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Federalism
In which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the United States, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments. Craig will teach you about how federalism has evolved over the...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights After Independence Pt. 12: Federalism
One of the most important innovations in government to arise from the Philadelphia Convention was federalism.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights After Independence Pt. 15: A Complicated System
Framers like James Madison believed that the competing interests in a country as large and diverse as the United States would make it harder for any one group to gain too much power.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism: Concerns About Abuses by State Governments
The Framers were concerned about states restricting individual freedom, so they gave the federal government some power of the states.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:federalism Pt. 21: Grants in Aid and Expansion of Federal Power
This episode discusses the origins of federal grants-in-aid programs.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism Part 2: Some Powers of the Federal Government
What authority does the national government have over the states? We find out on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism: The Constitution Protects Political Independence
How does the Constitution protect political independence? We find out on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1814: Federalism Part 6: Limitations on State Power
The Framers saw the need to limit state power. Find out how on today's episode.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism Part 7: A History of Protecting Individual Rights
The Framers saw the need to limit state power. Find out how on today's episode.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1819: Federalism Part 11: National Citizenship
The Framers of the Constitution never defined citizenship, but left it up to the states.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism Part 12: Restricting Suffrage to Landowners
Gouverneur Morris suggested that suffrage should be limited to landowners. This caused an uproar.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism in Practice
The American system of federalism is introduced.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Regulation of Commerce
The system of federalism causes some conflict between Congress and the states over the regulation of interstate commerce.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Federalism in the United States and Great Britain
Federalism in the United States is structured differently from the government of Great Britain.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Grants in Aid: Education Policy
Today we discuss federal grants-in-aid and and the impact of these on state education policy.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: National Conference of State Legislatures
Concludes discussion of American federalism by learning about the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Administrative Agencies Pt. 21: Federalism as a Check on Power
The system of federalism is able to check the power of federal administrative agencies, for example, when a state policy is in conflict with a federal one and subsequently influences change at the federal level.