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History Behind the Headlines, State of the Union
produced by Media Rich Learning, in History Behind the Headlines (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2019), 5 mins
The State of the Union address is much more than a night of pomp and ceremony. The President’s message to Congress — as it was known in the early days — is an obligation articulated in the US Constitution. It's also an opportunity for the commander-in-chief to lay-out his legislative agenda and to speak dire...
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produced by Media Rich Learning, in History Behind the Headlines (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2019), 5 mins
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The State of the Union address is much more than a night of pomp and ceremony. The President’s message to Congress — as it was known in the early days — is an obligation articulated in the US Constitution. It's also an opportunity for the commander-in-chief to lay-out his legislative agenda and to speak directly to the American people. Learn the history behind the annual political ritual.
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Media Rich Learning
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
History Behind the Headlines
Topic / Theme
Content Areas: Social Sciences, Early National Era (1790–1828)
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Anna
directed by Michael Burton, fl. 2017 and Kwakiutl Lynn Dreher, fl. 2014; produced by Michael Burton, fl. 2017 and Kwakiutl Lynn Dreher, fl. 2014, Salt Marsh Productions (Lincoln, NE: Salt Marsh Productions, 2018), 11 mins
November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true even...
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directed by Michael Burton, fl. 2017 and Kwakiutl Lynn Dreher, fl. 2014; produced by Michael Burton, fl. 2017 and Kwakiutl Lynn Dreher, fl. 2014, Salt Marsh Productions (Lincoln, NE: Salt Marsh Productions, 2018), 11 mins
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November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true events, 'Anna' is the untold story of one woman's quest for freedom and family.
In 2015, researchers uncovered original documents about her...
November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true events, 'Anna' is the untold story of one woman's quest for freedom and family.
In 2015, researchers uncovered original documents about her at the National Archives and began putting the pieces of her story together. Her name was Ann Williams. She and her husband were reunited and had four more children. Eventually she sued George Miller for her freedom and won. Anna is based on these remarkable sources.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Animation
Contributor
Michael Burton, fl. 2017, Kwakiutl Lynn Dreher, fl. 2014, Salt Marsh Productions
Author / Creator
Michael Burton, fl. 2017, Kwakiutl Lynn Dreher, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Salt Marsh Productions
Topic / Theme
Early National Era (1790–1828)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Salt Marsh Productions
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Africans in America: Brotherly Love (1776-1834), Part 3, Interview with Margaret Washington, Associate Professor of History, Cornell Univers...
directed by Jacquie Jones, 1965-; produced by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Brotherly Love (1776-1834), Part 3 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 6 mins
Margaret Washington is interviewed about the significance of Philadelphia in the 1790s, Richard Allen, the life of Jarena Lee and her spiritual conversion, Thomas Jefferson and modern racism, black labor at Monticello, the impact of the cotton gin, the end of the Atlantic slave trade, Gabriel's Rebellion, formatio...
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directed by Jacquie Jones, 1965-; produced by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Brotherly Love (1776-1834), Part 3 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 6 mins
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Margaret Washington is interviewed about the significance of Philadelphia in the 1790s, Richard Allen, the life of Jarena Lee and her spiritual conversion, Thomas Jefferson and modern racism, black labor at Monticello, the impact of the cotton gin, the end of the Atlantic slave trade, Gabriel's Rebellion, formation of the African Methodist Episcopal church, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Africans as God's chosen people.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Jacquie Jones, 1965-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Brotherly Love (1776-1834)
Person Discussed
Margaret Washington, fl. 1988, Nat Turner, 1800-1831, Denmark Vesey, 1767-1822, Gabriel Prosser, 1775-1800, Jarena Lee, 1783-, Richard Allen, 1760-1831, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826
Topic / Theme
Rebellions, Christianity, Religious conversions, Religion, Freed slaves, Revolutions, Americans, Africans
Copyright Message
© 1998-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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America's Untold Story, Series 1, Episode 4, The 14th and 15th Colonies
produced by Robbie Gordon, Small Planet Pictures Inc., Investigative Media Group Inc., 1186 Pictures LLC and Thirteen Productions, in America's Untold Story, Series 1, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 55 mins
The first permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565—not by English Protestants, but by a melting pot of Spanish, Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish and converted Jews, who integrated almost immediately with the indigenous tribes. America’...
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produced by Robbie Gordon, Small Planet Pictures Inc., Investigative Media Group Inc., 1186 Pictures LLC and Thirteen Productions, in America's Untold Story, Series 1, Episode 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 55 mins
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The first permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565—not by English Protestants, but by a melting pot of Spanish, Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish and converted Jews, who integrated almost immediately with the indigenous tribes. America’s Untold Story, from Secrets of the Dead, uncovers the story of America’s past that never made it into textbooks.
Episode Four – T...
The first permanent European settlement in the United States was founded two generations before the Pilgrims arrived in 1565—not by English Protestants, but by a melting pot of Spanish, Africans, Italians, Germans, Irish and converted Jews, who integrated almost immediately with the indigenous tribes. America’s Untold Story, from Secrets of the Dead, uncovers the story of America’s past that never made it into textbooks.
Episode Four – The 14th and 15th Colonies: The British divided Florida into two parts, the East and West, becoming the 14th and 15th British colonies. In 1812 the Patriot’s War began, and Florida became U.S. territory.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robbie Gordon, Small Planet Pictures Inc., Investigative Media Group Inc., 1186 Pictures LLC, Thirteen Productions, Jimmy Smits, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
America's Untold Story
Speaker / Narrator
Jimmy Smits, 1955-
Topic / Theme
Early National Era (1790–1828), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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Growth of A Nation, 1, Securing the Republic
produced by Media Rich Learning, in Growth of A Nation, 1 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 32 mins
In the early years of the republic, partisan political infighting and external threats imperiled America’s experiment in democracy. Jefferson’s first election was called the “revolution of 1800”—while a real war (against an old foe) exploded in 1812. The United States survived and thrived during the era,...
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produced by Media Rich Learning, in Growth of A Nation, 1 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 32 mins
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In the early years of the republic, partisan political infighting and external threats imperiled America’s experiment in democracy. Jefferson’s first election was called the “revolution of 1800”—while a real war (against an old foe) exploded in 1812. The United States survived and thrived during the era, adding to its territorial coffers and opening the vast unexplored land to the west.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Media Rich Learning
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
Growth of A Nation
Person Discussed
James Madison, 1751-1836, Tecumseh, 1768-1813, Meriwether Lewis, 1774-1809, William Clark, 1770-1838, Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1794-1858, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826
Topic / Theme
War, Political parties, International trade, Diplomacy, International relations, Annexation of land, War of 1812, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806, Louisiana Purchase, 1803
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Growth of A Nation, 2, Democracy in America
produced by Media Rich Learning, in Growth of A Nation, 2 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 30 mins
President Andrew Jackson’s 1828 election was made possible by a groundswell in popular democracy. While white male suffrage spread throughout the states and into the newly developed territories. At the same time, women, free African-Americans, and American Indians were disenfranchised. The era witnessed the furt...
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produced by Media Rich Learning, in Growth of A Nation, 2 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 30 mins
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President Andrew Jackson’s 1828 election was made possible by a groundswell in popular democracy. While white male suffrage spread throughout the states and into the newly developed territories. At the same time, women, free African-Americans, and American Indians were disenfranchised. The era witnessed the further organization of political parties, and with it, such innovations as political conventions and party platforms.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Media Rich Learning
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
Growth of A Nation
Person Discussed
John Tyler, 1790-1862, William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841, Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862, John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848, James Monroe, 1758-1831, Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1794-1858, Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Nationalism, Democracy, International trade, International relations, Annexation of land, Political parties, Suffragism
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Growth of A Nation, 3, Expansion and Reform
produced by Media Rich Learning, in Growth of A Nation, 3 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 26 mins
Advances in manufacturing and transportation spurred a great economic expansion in the early 1900s. This fascinating process helped forge a national identity, but fueled growing regional tensions. The turbulent transformation spurred one of the greatest burst of reformism in American history. Countless reform move...
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produced by Media Rich Learning, in Growth of A Nation, 3 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 26 mins
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Advances in manufacturing and transportation spurred a great economic expansion in the early 1900s. This fascinating process helped forge a national identity, but fueled growing regional tensions. The turbulent transformation spurred one of the greatest burst of reformism in American history. Countless reform movements reflected the compulsion of Americans to restore order to their increasingly complex world.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Media Rich Learning
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
Growth of A Nation
Topic / Theme
Slavery, Abolitionism, Economic development, Social reforms, Transportation industry, Innovation and invention
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Hamilton: Building America
produced by Emily M. Bernstein, fl. 1991-2017, Peacock Productions (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2017), 1 hour 24 mins
This two-hour documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the US Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system, we'll examine Hamilton's enormous...
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produced by Emily M. Bernstein, fl. 1991-2017, Peacock Productions (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2017), 1 hour 24 mins
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This two-hour documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the US Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system, we'll examine Hamilton's enormous influence that still resonates today. Ron Chernow, whose biography Alexander Hamilton served as the basis for the hit Broadway play, al...
This two-hour documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the US Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system, we'll examine Hamilton's enormous influence that still resonates today. Ron Chernow, whose biography Alexander Hamilton served as the basis for the hit Broadway play, along with other notable names including Tom Brokaw and Maria Bartiromo, contribute to an all-encompassing look at one of our nation's most accomplished leaders.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Emily M. Bernstein, fl. 1991-2017, Peacock Productions, Jeff Wilburn, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Speaker / Narrator
Jeff Wilburn, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Political and Social Movements, Early National Era (1790–1828), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © 2017 A+E Networks. All Rights Reserved
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Manifest Destiny, with Audio Description
produced by Media Rich Learning (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 26 mins
In the first half of the 19th century, Americans pushed westward across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River, and the Rocky Mountains, en route to the Pacific Ocean. The frontier experience shaped the American character. At the same time, land hunger, gold fever, and the pursuit of "Manifest Destiny" resulted i...
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produced by Media Rich Learning (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2017), 26 mins
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In the first half of the 19th century, Americans pushed westward across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River, and the Rocky Mountains, en route to the Pacific Ocean. The frontier experience shaped the American character. At the same time, land hunger, gold fever, and the pursuit of "Manifest Destiny" resulted in the removal of many American Indian nations, acquisition of vast swaths of Mexico through the Mexican-American War, and a painful deb...
In the first half of the 19th century, Americans pushed westward across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River, and the Rocky Mountains, en route to the Pacific Ocean. The frontier experience shaped the American character. At the same time, land hunger, gold fever, and the pursuit of "Manifest Destiny" resulted in the removal of many American Indian nations, acquisition of vast swaths of Mexico through the Mexican-American War, and a painful debate over the expansion of slavery.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Media Rich Learning
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Topic / Theme
California Gold Rush, 1849, Oregon Trail Opened, 1843, Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, TX, February 23-March 6, 1836, American Frontier and Westward Expansion, pre-1890s, Texas War for Independence, 1835-1836, Mexican-American War, 1846-1848, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Early National Era (1790–1828), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Great Minds with Dan Harmon, Episode 7, Betsy Ross
directed by Heath Cullens, fl. 2010-2017; presented by Dan Harmon, 1973-; produced by Matador Content and Starburns Industries, in Great Minds with Dan Harmon, Episode 7 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2016), 11 mins
In "Great Minds", Dan Harmon meets with the greatest minds of history for an in-depth conversation about their lives, followed by mini excursions out into the world. Dan Harmon takes his Community fortune and builds a Time Machine. His "guest" from the past is Betsy Ross (Sarah Silverman). Betsy takes an interest...
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directed by Heath Cullens, fl. 2010-2017; presented by Dan Harmon, 1973-; produced by Matador Content and Starburns Industries, in Great Minds with Dan Harmon, Episode 7 (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2016), 11 mins
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In "Great Minds", Dan Harmon meets with the greatest minds of history for an in-depth conversation about their lives, followed by mini excursions out into the world. Dan Harmon takes his Community fortune and builds a Time Machine. His "guest" from the past is Betsy Ross (Sarah Silverman). Betsy takes an interest in the 2016 presidential election and lends her flag-making talents to one of the candidate's cause.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Matador Content, Starburns Industries
Author / Creator
Heath Cullens, fl. 2010-2017, Dan Harmon, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Series
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Person Discussed
Betsy Ross, 1752-1836
Topic / Theme
Humor, Time travel, History
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