Instructional Video8:52
Crash Course

Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy

12th - Higher Ed
We begin our unit on ethics with a look at metaethics. Hank explains three forms of moral realism – moral absolutism, and cultural relativism, including the difference between descriptive and normative cultural relativism – and moral...
Instructional Video3:13
Curated Video

War of the Currents

6th - 12th
The battle between famous 19th century inventors Edison and Tesla for a slice of America's electricity market, and the lengths they went to in order to secure it. Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. Thomas Edison...
Instructional Video16:39
Mazz Media

RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED IN AMERICA

6th - 8th
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED IN AMERICA CHAPTER 1. The Fourth Amendment Viewers will learn that the Fourth Amendment begins with the assumption that citizens have the right to live free from unreasonable interference from the government....
Instructional Video16:39
Curated Video

RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED IN AMERICA

K - 8th
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED IN AMERICA
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Viewers will learn that the Fourth Amendment begins with the assumption that citizens have the right to live free from unreasonable...
Instructional Video4:57
Curated Video

The Seventh and Eight Amendment: Rights of the Accused

K - 8th
Students will learn about the seventh amendment and that it guarantees a trial by jury in federal civil cases. The eighth amendment cites that bail money allows a person accused of a crime to be released from jail until the time of their...
Instructional Video2:20
Curated Video

George Stinny

9th - Higher Ed
Born on the 21st October 1929, in South Carolina, United States, George was a 14 year old African American boy who was convicted of murdering two white girls on the 22nd March 1944. On the day prior to their death, they had ridden past...
Instructional Video1:51
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Should there be a market in murder?

Higher Ed
We need to talk. Help draw the line between where markets serve the public good and where they don't belong<br/>
Instructional Video9:01
Weird History

What It Was Like to Witness the Guillotine

12th - Higher Ed
Reservedly advocated as a humane killing device by Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin during the 18th century, the guillotine executed people en masse during the French Revolution; France discontinued its use after 1977. The mechanism of...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments Pt. 23: Capital Punishment

9th - 10th
Capital punishment is permitted under a Supreme Court ruling. Juries have a choice about using it, but have usually been given little guidance in their decision making.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: 5th/6th/8th Amendments Pt.24: Supreme Court/capital Punishment

9th - 10th
The Supreme Court has ruled at various times on issues related to the death penalty, and not all states have capital punishment. It continues to be debated today.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Frontline: Angel on Death Row

9th - 10th
FRONTLINE takes on the death penalty debate with a personal profile of the woman behind the highly acclaimed motion picture "Dead Man Walking," Sister Helen Prejean. FRONTLINE follows Prejean's crusade against the death penalty while...