National WWII Museum
Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address - December 8, 1941
The audio of President Franklin Roosevelt's speech regarding Pearl Harbor teaches pupils about the attack and its impact on the United States' involvement in World War II.
National WWII Museum
Harry S. Truman's Atomic Bomb Address - August 9, 1945
The United States' decision to implement the atomic bomb in 1945 is still a source of debate today. Learners listen to the audio from President Truman's speech to address the nation to better understand why the United States resorted to...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How Many Social Network Identities Is Too Many?
There are many social networks on the Internet and users often have multiple online identities and personalities. Aired Jan. 14, 2011 [17:40 min]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Can Social Networking Move Beyond Facebook?
Can other social networks make users unfriend Facebook?
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:the Elements of Democracy Part 39: Social Democracy
Germany and Sweden are both social democracies. Learn what a social democracy is on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civic Engagement Pt. 7: Social Organizations
On today's episode, we discuss the role social organizations play in civic life in the United States.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Freedom of Speech Pt. 5: Social Change and Individual Rights
Freedom of expression permits groups to voice their ideas and beliefs, and try to influence public opinion and effect social change in a peaceful manner.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Natural Rights and Founders Pt. 7: Social Contract
On today's podcast, we learn about the social contract, a concept important for American democracy.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Ratifying Constitution Pt. 1: Constitution as Social Contract
James Madison proposed conventions made up of delegates elected by the people to approve the Constitution. This popular approval made the document a social contract.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: State Constitutions: Social Contract and Popular Sovereignty
On today's episode we explore the ideas of social contract and popular sovereignty in state constitutions.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: In Twitter We Trust: Can Social Media Sway Voters?
Scientists are examining how social media can influence the opinions of voters.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: App Chat: Social Media Gets Newsy
Ellis Hamburger, a reporter at The Verge, talks about why social media giants are betting on news.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: On Social Media, the Kids Are All Right
In It's Complicated, Internet scholar danah boyd debunks myths about teens' online lives.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:we the People Lesson 30 Part 5: Social and Political Action
Today we learn about two ways that citizens can address community problems.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Why People Form a Social Contract
Why do people agree to form governments? John Locke thought he had the answer.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 357: Ratification and Social Contract Theory
Today, we discuss how the plan to ratify the Constitution was consistent with natural rights philosophy.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:social Contract and the Purpose of Government
On today's podcast, we learn what people gain, when they agree to give up the absolute right to do anything they want.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Personal Political Economic Social and Cutural Rights
Human rights have their roots in medieval Europe and are now thought of as those rights that are required for human dignity and welfare.
Other
It Conversations: Social Software
This podcast features a panel discussion from Accelerating Change 2004 on Weblogs, Wikis and Digital Democracy with Lada Adamic (HP Labs), Peter Kaminski (SocialText) and Zack Rosen (CivicSpace).
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Can Gaming Make Us More Social?
NYU's Katherine Isbister imagines a future where technology connects us to other people, not avatars.
Columbia University
Columbia University Libraries: Notable New Yorkers: Frances Perkins
On this website you can read and hear interviews with Frances Perkins which cover her advocacy to give governmental protection to the working class. The interviews were conducted as part of Columbia University's Oral History project.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Elements of Democracy Pt. 115: Thriving Democracies Conclusion
Today we discuss social trust and cooperative social action.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Key Challenges Pt. 6: American Self Sufficiency
On today's podcast, we discuss Americans' increasing reliance on government's social safety net. This episode originally aired in December 2011.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How Humans and Insects Conquered the Earth
Ecologist Edward O. Wilson discusses current theories of why humans and insects have been so successful on Earth. He looks at social organization as key to their success. Aired Apr. 13, 2012 [30:20] Links to a video about E.O. Wilson...
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