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Civics In A Year — 254 episodes
The Declaration At 250
Jefferson And Madison and the University of Virginia
Washington’s Final Act of Statesmanship: Confronting Slavery
Roger Sherman, The Founder We Missed
Hamilton’s Moral Reckoning
How The Massachusetts Constitution Shaped American Government
Benjamin Franklin And The Bold Experiment Of Pennsylvania’s 1776 Constitution
Lore of the Founding: Cicero And The Duty To Serve
Lore of the Founding: Cato And Give Me Liberty, Give Me Death
Lore of the Founding- Julius Caesar
Lore of the Founding- Founding of the Roman Republic
The Lore of the Founding: Checks And Balances in Rome
What is Juneteenth and Why Do We Celebrate?
Lore of the Founding- An Introduction
The War Powers Act Explained
How Primaries Pick Candidates And Reshape Elections
The Senate Filibuster Explained
Mary Todd Lincoln Unmasked
How Lorraine Waxman Pearce Turned The White House Into A Museum
How The U.S. Capitol Historical Society Keeps Democracy Real
Elizabeth Willing Powel
Social Media And Modern Elections
D-Day: What Does Courage Look Like When History Is Watching
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
How Eleanor Roosevelt And JFK Turned Conflict Into Partnership
Jackie Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier
Dolly Madison’s Hidden Power
Hamilton Vs Burr
Place Shapes Civics
Geocivics, Redistricting, and Gerrymandering
After 9/11: Words, Power, And War
Memorial Day with Arlington National Cemetery
Lyndon B. Johnson And The Art Of Power
Presidential Pets And Public Power
Challenger And The Words That Followed
MLK's I Have A Dream Speech
Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union
Bill Clinton’s Oklahoma City Memorial Address
Nixon’s Resignation Address
From Timeline To Threads: How Civics Really Works
Keynes Vs Hayek
How 1964 And 1965 Remade Public Life And The Ballot
Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
Executive Order 9066 and the Korematsu Case
How America Entered World War II
How Fireside Chats Built Trust During The Great Depression
Huey Long, Every Man a King
FDR Before The New Deal
Herbert Hoover, Rugged Individualism
Calvin Coolidge, Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1926)
Coolidge And Limited Government
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
The 19th Amendment
Prohibition’s Unraveling and the 21st Amendment
From Temperance To The 18th Amendment And The Politics Behind It
The 17th Amendment Rewrote Who Senators Answer To
The 16th Amendment and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Election of 1912: The Republican Breakup
Roosevelt, Taft, And Wilson Debate The Presidency
Political Thought: T Roosevelt vs Wilson
The Populist Moment
Sherman Antitrust Act
Susan B. Anthony and a Constitutional Challenge
Who Becomes President? Succession, the Vice Presidency, and Executive Power
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
The Lodge Bill of 1890 and the Rise of Jim Crow
What the Black Man Wants by Frederick Douglass
How The 14th Amendment Applies The Bill Of Rights To States
How Reconstruction Built Birthright Citizenship And Equal Protection
How The 13th And 15th Amendments End Slavery And Redefine Voting
Reconstruction Under The Constitution
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
Habeas Corpus, War Powers, And The Constitution
Lincoln's First Inaugural
Real Cabinet Wives Of The Jackson Administration: The Petticoat Affair
Dred Scott
Douglass, Garrison, And The Constitution
Frederick Douglass- "What To The Slave is the Fourth of July"
From Declaration To Declaration: How Seneca Falls Reframed American Equality
Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum Address And The Fight For Law
Andrew Jackson, Calhoun, And The Crisis That Nearly Split The Union
Field Trip Friday: How Gathering On The National Mall Shapes Memory And Democracy
Jackson’s Bank Veto Explained
How Cherokee Law Challenged Georgia And Jackson
Tocqueville On Reflective Patriotism
Tocqueville On Parties Today
Field Trip Friday: Inside America 250 On The National Mall
Jackson’s First Inaugural, Explained
John Quincy Adams, The Monroe Doctrine, And The Perils Of Power
Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
Field Trip Friday: How New Monuments Happen
Madison’s Veto And Monroe’s Pivot
The Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson’s First Inaugural
Presidents, Power, And The Myths We Love with Sharon McMahon
Field Trip Friday America 250: Walking The Mall’s Founding Story
The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions
American History Through The Documents That Built It
How Civil Rights And Economics Reshaped Southern Party Loyalty
Field Trip: Walking The National Mall Through Service, Sacrifice, And Civic Duty
How The New Deal Remade Parties And The Presidency
From Patronage To Primaries: How The Progressive Era Remade U.S. Politics
Classroom Edition: Alexis de Toqueville
Tocqueville’s Take On Individualism
Field Trip: Civil Rights On The Mall
Tocqueville On Religion’s Role In Democracy
How Tocqueville Read the Constitution and Judged Andrew Jackson
Tocqueville On Towns And Freedom
How Democrats And Republicans Evolved Across Ideology, Geography, And Voters
Field Trip: How The Lincoln Memorial Became A Stage For America’s Civic Story
Do Parties Still Matter?
Political Realignment, Explained Clearly
Lincoln’s Election And The Party Idea
From Birmingham Jail To National Conscience: Nonviolence, Context, And Civic Duty
Field Trip: Welcome to America’s Front Yard
Why The Republican Party Emerged In The 1850s
How 19th-Century Politics Fractured Over Slavery And Gave Rise To Republicans
Why The Whig Party Formed, Fought For Congress, And Fell To The Slavery Question
How The Jacksonian Democrats Built America’s First Modern Party
How Two Founders Shaped The Presidency, Parties, And Foreign Policy
Hamilton Vs. Jefferson
Why Parties Emerged In Early America
Federalists Vs. Democratic Republicans
Reading Washington’s Farewell Address
Why January 1 Became America’s Civic Reset
Why America Made Christmas A Federal Holiday
Inside The Sixth Amendment: Rights That Shape Justice
What Gideon v. Wainwright Teaches About Rights, Funding, And Real Justice
Chickens, Wheat, And The Commerce Clause
What Citizens United Actually Changed About Political Speech
How Supreme Court Rulings Reshaped The Second Amendment
From Bakke To SFFA: How The Supreme Court Shaped Diversity In College Admissions
When Free Exercise Meets Compulsory Education In Wisconsin v. Yoder
Why Engel v. Vitale Redefined Faith And Public Schools
How Tinker v. Des Moines Empowered Student Speech
How The Pentagon Papers Redefined Free Speech And Government Accountability
New York Times v. Sullivan
Baker v. Carr Explained: From Unequal Districts To One Person, One Vote
How Brown v. Board Ended Legal School Segregation
From Schenck To Social Media: How Free Speech Law Evolved
Dred Scott, America’s Breaking Point
Gibbons v. Ogden: How The Commerce Clause Shapes Interstate Trade
Why McCulloch v. Maryland Cemented Federal Supremacy And Shaped Implied Powers
Why Marbury v. Madison Still Shapes Constitutional Power
How FDR’s Date Change Rewrote A Holiday And Tested Presidential Power
How Presidential Proclamations Made Thanksgiving A Civic Tradition
How Judges Read The Constitution: Text, History, And Precedent
Remember The Ladies
How A Territorial Delegate Shapes National Policy From The Northern Mariana Islands
Kids Edition: Founding Women
Phillis Wheatley, First Poet Of A New Nation
Judith Sargent Murray and the Roots of American Feminism
Mercy Otis Warren: The Pen That Pressed for the Bill of Rights
Martha Washington And Deborah Sampson: Two Paths Of Courage
Incorporation: From Congress To The States
Abigail and John: How a Marriage Shaped American Politics
Federalism In Practice
What The Tenth Amendment Really Does
Why The Eighth Amendment Still Shapes Who We Are As A Society
Why The Ninth Amendment Protects Federal Limits, Not Hidden Rights
Service, Citizenship, And Veterans Day
How The Fifth, Sixth, And Seventh Amendments Protect Us
The Fourth Amendment: From General Warrants To Probable Cause
Understanding The Second Amendment Through History And Natural Law
Hate Speech And The First Amendment
Freedom Of The Press, Plainly Explained
How The Right To Petition Shapes Government Responses
Inquiry-Based Learning That Sparks Agency In Civics
Debunking Constitutional Myths With A Historian’s Lens
Civics In A Year Returns Soon
Understanding The Freedom Of Speech: What It Protects And What It Doesn’t
Free Exercise, Explained Clearly
What The Establishment Clause Really Means
Religion, Liberty, And The First Amendment
Why the Bill of Rights Exists—and What It Really Limits
How the Constitution Faced Slavery without Saying Its Name
More Perfect, The Role of Compromise in the Constitution
Amending The Constitution
Electoral College, Explained
Understanding the Necessary and Proper Clause: Constitutional Foundations Explained
Enlightenment to Constitution
The Constitution's Preamble, Plain and Powerful
Federalism: Dividing Power in American Government
Checks and Balances: How Our Government Maintains Equilibrium
Reclaiming Persuasion: Why Political Violence Threatens the Constitution—and How Civic Education Can Save Us
Constitutional Safeguards: How the Founders Designed America's Power Structure
State Constitutions: The Blueprint for America
Articles vs Constitution: What Changed and What Remained
Beyond Failure: Rethinking the Articles of Confederation's Legacy
Kids Version: America's First Rulebook
Constitutional Interpretation: Why Judges Still Turn to Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
Breaking Barriers: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Legacy
Kids Edition: The Great Debate That Built Our Democracy
The Art of Disagreement: What America's Founding Debates Teach Us Today
Constitutional Insights Through the Federalist Papers
Hamilton vs. Brutus: The Battle Over Judicial Power in Federalist 78
Separation of Powers: Madison's Blueprint for American Governance
Kids Edition Constitution Day: How a Document Changed the Course of History
Kids Edition: What Makes A Good President?
Electoral College Decoded
Why America Has One President: Federalist No. 70 Explained
Hamilton's Vision: Understanding Executive Authority in Federalist No. 70
Federalist 51: Madison's Blueprint for American Democracy
If Men Were Angels: Madison's Defense of Constitutional Design
Madison's Blueprint: Understanding Federalist 51 and Separation of Powers
Unpacking Federalist 39: Madison's Blueprint for American Power
Unpacking Federalist 10
Madison's Revolutionary Idea: How Large Republics Solve Faction Problems
The Anti-Federalists: America's Overlooked Founding Voices
Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest: America's Labor Day Story
The Crucial Role of Federalist Papers
Behind the Pseudonym: Hamilton's PR Genius and the Constitution's Defense
Unpacking the Federalist Papers
The Father of the Constitution: Madison's Vision
The Blueprint: Understanding America's Limited Government System
Locke's Ideas of Life, Liberty, and Property Changed the Course of History
How Philosophy Shaped a Nation: The Enlightenment's Fingerprints on American Democracy
Republic vs Democracy: America's True Political Identity
Social Contracts: Our Civic Foundation
Origins of Liberty: Uncovering America's Natural Rights Philosophy
Kids Edition- What's a constitution?
The Silent Architect: Washington's Crucial Role in Crafting the Constitution
These Are the Times: Thomas Paine and the Power of Common Sense
Separation of Powers: Montesquieu's Blueprint for American Democracy
Colonial Foundations: The Journey from British Charters to American Constitutions
Kids Edition: From Mayflower to Mohawks: How America Got Its Rulebook
From English Declarations to American Freedoms: The Evolution of Rights
The Common Law Revolution That Shaped Modern Democracy
An Apple of Gold: Lincoln's Vision Shaped the Nation We Know Today
From Magna Carta to Madison: The Ideas That Frame America
A Government of Laws, Not Men
Commercial Republic: Understanding America's Mixed Economy
The Declaration of Independence: America's Founding Values Explored
Liberty Divided: When Two Visions of the British Empire Became Irreconcilable
Why Jefferson's Words Still Matter Today: The Declaration's Ongoing Importance
The Living Declaration
From America to the World: How the Declaration Shaped Freedom Movements
From Declaration to Constitution: Tracing America's Founding Principles
Enlightenment DNA: The Philosophical Origins of America's Declaration
Grievances Against a King
The Declaration's Blueprint for Revolution: Understanding Your Rights Against Tyranny
Unraveling the Declaration's Second Paragraph: Government by Consent Explained
The Declaration's Golden Promise: Life, Liberty, and Happiness Explored
Equality in America: Unpacking "All Men Are Created Equal"
The Declaration of Independence: The Preamble
Beyond Fireworks: The Declaration That Defined a Nation
Kids Edition: Thomas Jefferson and the Words That Shaped America
Kids Edition: The Document That Changed Everything: Understanding the Declaration of Independence
Principles of the American Republic: Where Liberty Began
Unlocking the Science of Citizenship: A Journey Through American Civics
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