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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: William Howard Taft
60-Second Presidents video [1:22] outlining the policies of the William Howard Taft presidency during the Progressive Era. Includes background essay on Taft and fact sheet for students to use during the video.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Woodrow Wilson
60-Second Presidents video [1:19] on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. Students will learn about the domestic and foreign policies of this two term president. Support material for students included.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Warren G. Harding
Short video [1:14] on President Warren G. Harding. Students can learn about Harding as a person and president. Accompanying student handout for following along with the video and background information text.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Herbert Hoover
Lively informative video [1:22] on the challenges and setbacks of the Herbert Hoover presidency. Includes background essay on Herbert Hoover and fact sheet for students.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Harry S. Truman
60-Second Presidents video [1:19] on Harry S. Truman. Students learn why President Truman was disliked when he left office and why he will be remembered. Includes fact sheet and background information handouts for students.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower
60-Second Presidents video on the two term president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Students can follow along the video with a fact sheet and read background essay for additional information. [1:21]
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: John F. Kennedy
60-Second Presidents video [1:20] accompanied by background essay and student fact sheet on the life and presidency of John F. Kennedy.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Richard Nixon
Video [1:15] offers a look at the life and presidency of Richard Nixon. Designed for students in grades 4 and up. Accompanying fact sheet and background essay to support student learning.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Gerald Ford
Animated video [1:17] on the presidency of Gerald Ford. Students will enjoy the humorous style of this short piece. Supplemental materials for teachers and students include fact sheet with writing prompt and background essay.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Jimmy Carter
Fun video [1:21] hitting the highlights of Jimmy Carter's life and presidency. Student handouts provide text of background essay on Jimmy Carter and supplemental fact sheet to follow along with the video.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Bill Clinton
Lively video [1:15] sums up the success and failures of Bill Clinton's presidency. Background essay for further reading and fact sheet with writing prompts provided to supplement learning.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Barack Obama
Animated video [1:05] summarizing the accomplishments and challenges of President Barack Obama's two terms in office. Supplemented with fact sheet and background essay on Barack Obama.
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Pbs Learning Media: Getting the Nomination
A video illustrates how one candidate from each political party is chosen leading up to Election Day. Nominations, caucuses, delegates, and super-delegates are all identified in the clip.
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Pbs Learning Media: The General Election
How exactly does the General Election work? Find out the details of citizens' votes, electoral college, and swing states to best understand the General Election process.
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Pbs Learning Media: Shugufa: Struggle to Learn: Wide Angle
Follow Shugufa, a 13-year-old Afghani girl, and her female classmates' struggle to overcome their school's shortcomings and attain an education in the midst of increasing Taliban efforts to deny education to women. [3:25]
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Pbs Learning Media: "A Fragile Trust" Film Clip 2
In this film clip 2 [2:07] from A Fragile Trust, former New York Times reporter, Jayson Blair explains how he used the electronic tools at his disposal to pull archival photos and excerpts from other people's news articles to file...
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Pbs Learning Media: "A Fragile Trust" Film Clip 1
In this film clip 1 [2:19] from A Fragile Trust, we learn how technological advances impacted news institutions like The New York Times, as they extended journalism across new platforms, such as the Internet, cable, and television.
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Pbs Learning Media: "A Fragile Trust" Film Trailer
This video trailer [2 :10] A Fragile Trust tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, reporter for the New York Times. It highlights the 2003 scandal of how Jayson never left his apartment, stole information from other journalists, and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Theme
Learn how to identify theme in a literary work in this short animated video [2:26] from WNET.
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Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Setting
Explore how authors use setting to establish the time, place, and social conditions in which a story takes place in this short animated video [2:38] from WNET.
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Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Conflict
Learn how to identify different types of conflict in literature in this animated video [2:46] from WNET.
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Ed: Identifying "Fake" News: Resources
What is "fake" news? How do we know it's false? Use these resources from Common Sense Education to help students investigate the way information is presented so that they can analyze what they read and see on the Web. This resource is...
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Identifying "Fake" News
This "5 Ways to Identify Fake News" video [1:09] will help students easily identify suspicious sites and information on the Web.
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Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Fact Checking the Web
How can students determine whether the information found on the web is true, false, or somewhere in between? Use this video [1:10] from Common Sense Education to assess the accuracy of what's on the web.