Crash Course
When is Thanksgiving Colonizing America Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland,...
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European Immigration and Ellis Island
Dr. Forrester talks about the variety of immigrants who have come to America and the various reasons they came. She then talks about the immigration center at Ellis Island.
Curated Video
Ernestine Rose
A pioneering suffragette and free thinker, Ernestine Rose was way ahead of her time. Described as the “first Jewish feminist”, she used her voice to campaign for women’s rights and improve the lives of millions.
Curated Video
Immigrants and Migration
Immigrants and Migration analyzes how political, environmental, social, and economic factors cause people to move from place to place by defining the terms migration and immigrants.
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Significant Individuals of the New England Colonies
Significant Individuals of the New England Colonies identifies significant individuals responsible for the development of the New England colonies.
Cerebellum
America's Documents Of Freedom 1775-1786 - The State Constitutions 1776-1781 And The Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom (1786
The documents our predecessors left for us contain a written record of our history, and bear witness to why we are who we are and how our democracy evolved. In this video we look at the documents that come from the tumultuous...
Curated Video
America's Founding: Letters from Jewish Communities to George Washington
After George Washington’s inauguration, the divided Jewish communities of the new nation sent him three separate letters. His responses teach us a great deal about America's relationship with the Jewish people.
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The Home We Build Together
The Jewish wedding canopy reminds Americans of their distinct conception of religious freedom and the remarkable possibility of integration without assimilation.
Religion for Breakfast
Modesto, CA: A Public School with Mandatory Religion Courses?
Teaching neutral, academic religious studies courses in American public schools is tricky. Many people don't even realize that it is legal! But one school district in Modesto, California is proving that a world religions requirement for...
Curated Video
Frederick Douglass' Composite Nation
Abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass believed that the U.S. could become the greatest nation in history – if it accepted the defining principles set out in his speech, Composite Nation.
Mazz Media
Immigrant
This live-action video program is about the word Immigrant. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Immigrant through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Professor Dave Explains
Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence (1801 - 1809)
Thomas Jefferson was quite an interesting fellow. He was definitely a genius, as he was an expert in pretty much everything you could be an expert of. He was a great writer, too. But there is a little of hypocrisy in there for good...
Ancient Lights Media
US Constitution: Freedom of Religion
Understanding the U.S. Constitution: 5. This clip explains the guarantee of Freedom of Religion as it is spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.
Curated Video
White House Issues Guidelines On Prayer In Schools
The White House has charged nine federal agencies with reversing rules the president called "discriminatory" against religious services groups.
Sky News
General Election 2015 - Ed Miliband Foreign Policy Speech At Chatham House
General Election 2015 - Ed Miliband Foreign Policy Speech At Chatham House
Curated Video
Supreme Court Sides With Coach Who Sought To Pray After Game
The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the court's conservative justices in the majority and its liberals in dissent.
Curated Video
Sec of State Rice introduces annual report on religious freedom
1. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walking up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"By continuing the American tradition of worshipping freely and respectfully, American Jews and American...
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US justices rule for baker in same-sex wedding case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can invoke religious objections to...
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GERMANY: SCIENTOLOGISTS DEMONSTRATE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
English/Nat
Hollywood star Anne Archer and 1970s soul legend Isaac Hayes have joined hundreds of people demonstrating for religious freedom in Germany.
Scientologists took to the streets of Frankfurt on Monday claiming they were...
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US VP Pence on significance of religious freedom
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has hailed the role that religious freedom has played in the history of America.
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Pence speaks on significance of religious freedom
Vice President Mike Pence, on Thursday speaking at an international religious freedom conference hosted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, spoke about the significance religious freedom played in the history of America.
Bloomberg
Trump Orders States to Let Churches and Houses of Worship Reopen
May.22 -- President Donald Trump ordered states to allow churches and houses of worship to re-open "right now." Churches would be declared “essential” services under CDC guidelines, he said. They had been closed to stem the spread of the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : CAIR: Trump immigration action an incredibly disturbing attack
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says Donald Trump's executive order on immigration is an incredibly disturbing attack on Americas tradition of religious freedom and equality which is going to divide families
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
English/Nat
The US State Department's first report on the world-wide persecution of Christians accuses China of sharply restricting religious freedom.
The report states that China regularly violates its constitutional guarantees of...