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Ages: 14 - 18
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While President Johnson was simultaneously rolling out his Great Society blueprints and entering ever deeper in the conflict in Vietnam, a cultural rebellion was gathering strength in American universities. The affluence of the 1950s allowed an unpre...cedented number of young people to attend college in the 1960s. This growing demographic had little real-world experience, and they looked critically at a society that had provided prosperity for them and their families. Many university students and young Americans were unsettled with the cookie-cutter lifestyle and middle-class values of the generation before them and set out to make their own mark on society.
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December 10, 2009 at 02:01 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This video is accompanied by text. "The crusade against slavery was the most significant of the reform era movements. Slavery existed in all of the original 13 American colonies, but by the middle of the eighteenth century some Americans began to spe...ak out against human bondage. The Society of Friends--the Quakers--became the first group to take a public stand in support of the abolition of slavery. The devotion of the Quakers was paralleled, in varying degrees, by other religions. As the Revolutionary War approached, the moral arguments against slavery were bolstered by secular concepts drawn from the Enlightenment, including individual freedom and political equality..."
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December 26, 2009 at 09:12 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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March on Washington
From hippocampus.org, produced by University of CA and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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While campaigning for the White House in 1960, John F. Kennedy made the pledge that civil rights would take center stage during his presidency. Kennedy guaranteed that discriminatory practices in housing would be done away with at the start of his te...rm "with a stroke of a pen." Once in office, the results of his pledge were much less dramatic. In fact, the process took nearly two years to complete; all the while civil rights groups were sending pens to the White House to protest Kennedy's inaction. (Video is narrated with slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 01:15 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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As blacks benefited from new voting rights and school desegregation, the workplace remained a hostile environment for some. Many businesses openly flaunted hiring policies that excluded blacks or confined them to menial jobs. (Video is narrated with ...slides and speeches.)
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December 10, 2009 at 01:24 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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Civil Unrest
From hippocampus.org, produced by University of CA and Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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Frustration of some Americans over the policy of segregation and resistance by other Americans to integration eventually gave rise to the acts of civil disobedience that would mark the beginning of the civil rights movement. In demonstration after de...monstration one or more individuals would inspire others to take a stand against a system based on prejudice.
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December 10, 2009 at 01:14 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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It took me forever to find this enjoy this my fellow Point fans This is the original movie. Harry narrated the record. (Ringo's voice was used for a later version). Music by Harry Nilsson. (1:09:40)
August 30, 2012 at 07:30 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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After the war-ravaged times of the 1940s and early 1950s, Americans turned their attention to domestic concerns. President Eisenhower's strong yet pleasant demeanor was the antithesis of Truman's cold scowl and helped usher in a more friendly and fam...ily-oriented era. While the Republican accepted much of the previous administration's New Deal, he also promoted policies that nurtured the growing economy. The philosophy of the Eisenhower administration—labeled by many as "dynamic conservatism"—appealed to both Republicans and Democrats. "In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be humane," explained Eisenhower. "But when dealing with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative." Industrial growth and opportunities for civil rights were positive...until school desegregation.
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December 10, 2009 at 12:54 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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An insightful report on racial discrimination in Japan. "A small boy denies his Ainu ancestry for fear of being bullied in a society where conformity is valued above all else. The Ainu people of the northern island of Hokkaido are despised by the res...t of Japan. Different in appearance and language they have suffered more than a century of discrimination." (12:52)
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March 13, 2011 at 03:55 PM
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