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Discrepant Event Lesson: Humanity's Journey,
is based on the work of Bruce Joyce, Marsha Weils,
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Discrepant Event Lesson: Humanity's Journey,
will go to The Bruce Cultural Diversity Scholarship.
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of Diversity Understanding (FEDU).
Humanity’s Journey
From mystery women, to Founding Mothers, to Rosa parks, to Presidents.
1. Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson Mystery Women
Deborah Sampson was the first known American woman to impersonate a man in order to join the army. Sampson enlisted in the Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army at Bellingham as a man named Robert Shurtleff (also listed as Shirtliff or Shirtlieff).
2. Cokie Roberts - Founding Mothers
National Constitution Center
59 min 27 sec - May 27, 2004
www.constitutioncenter.org
How much do we owe our Founding Mothers?
For Cokie Roberts, the answer is clear:
"They fought for the foundation of this country
and they made sure that the men did not allow it
to fall apart."
Hillary Clinton: America's Steadfast River to the Future
2. National Freedon Day, Rosa Parks & Videos
Watch these video:
Rosa Parks 1913-2005, in her own words
Newsplayer Ltd
2 min 40 sec - Oct 25, 2005
www.screenplayer.com
2. Noyes Academy: A New Hampshire Struggle for a
Black College
Dartmouth College Alumni Relations
1 hr 6 min 28 sec - Apr 5, 2006
alumni.dartmouth.edu
In 1835, Noyes Academy, in Canaan, NH, opened its doors
to young men and women of all races.
3. Modern Slavery
Free the Slaves
10 min 29 sec - Apr 13, 2006
freetheslaves.net
4. Legacy of Slavery
Unequal Exchange Conference: Trouble in Mind:
African Americans From Emancipation to the 1990's
UCTV: UC Santa Barbara
54 min 33 sec - Jan 26, 2004
www.uctv.tv
In this presentation from the Legacy of Slavery series,
UC Berkeley Professor and winner of the Pulitzer Prize,
Leon Litwack, deals with "Trouble in Mind: African
Americans From Emancipation to the 1990's.
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3. Akhil Reed Amar 3. America's Constitution:
A Biography
National Constitution Center
1 hr 13 min 1 sec - Sep 9, 2005
www.constitutioncenter.org
How democratic was the original Constitution?
Was it anti-slavery, pro-slavery, or neutral?
Why do we have the Electoral College?
Why was 35 chosen as the age of eligibility
for President?
When was the word "male" added to the text,
and why? In each of these instances and
countless others, the Constitutional life
story is different than it is generally
understood - and much more fascinating.
AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION: A Biography places
the document in a broader legal context,
looking at it as an ever unfolding story.
Akhil Reed Amar is the second youngest person in
the university's history to receive tenure and an endowed chair. His work has been cited by Supreme Court
Justices in roughly 20 cases. He lives in
Woodbridge, Connecticut with his family.
Located on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall,
the National Constitution Center is an independent,
nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to
increasing public understanding of the U.S.
Constitution and its relevance to Americans' daily
lives.
For more information, call 215.409.6600 or visit
www.constitutioncenter.org. Akhil Reed Amar -
professor of Constitutional law at Yale Law School
launches his new book, AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION:
A Biography.
National Constitution Center
1 hr 3 min 19 sec - Feb 17, 2005
Who is our nation's foremost Founder? Does George Washington
trump Alexander Hamilton, or does Benjamin Franklin take all?
Find out as three of the nation's top biographers--Joseph Ellis,
Walter Isaacson and Richard Brookhiser--square off in a panel
discussion, "Who's Your Favorite Founding Father?"
Joseph Ellis is widely praised for his ability to bring fresh insight
to the well-known lives of the leaders of the American Revolution.
Walter Isaacson presents Philadelphia's own Founding Father,
Ben Franklin, as an exemplary diplomat, strategist and even media
mogul. Isaacson coins Franklin the "Founding Father who winks at
us and seems made of flesh rather than of marble."
Richard Brookhiser's series of biographies about our nation's
founders revolutionized the art of biography.
Located on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall, the National
Constitution Center is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the
U.S. Constitution and its relevance to Americans' daily lives. For more
information, call 215.409.6600 or visit www.constitutioncenter.org.
To watch it, you will need the Google Video Player.
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National Constitution Center
52 min 55 sec - May 27, 2005
Pulitzer Prize winning author and best-selling historian David McCullough talks about his new book, 1776, at the National Constitution Center.
www.constitutioncenter.org
In 1776, David McCullough (author of bestsellers John Adams and Truman)
tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George
Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence. The whole
American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for
independence would have been dashed and the Declaration of
Independence would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
Especially in our own tumultuous time, 1776 is powerful testimony to how
much is owed to a rare few in that brave, founding epoch, and what a miracle
it was that things turned out as they did.
Located on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall, the National
Constitution Center is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the U.S.
Constitution and its relevance to Americans' daily lives. For more
information, call 215.409.6600 or visit www.constitutioncenter.org.
To watch it, you will need the Google Video Player.
Go to Questions you always wanted to know about the Constitution and the Answers.
Teacher Resources 3
National Freedom Day, Rosa Parks & Videos
Video about 1776 & Constitution Q & A
