Voting and Linkage Institution Resources

This week C-SPAN Classroom is featuring some of our new and topical content as well as resources relating to voting and other linkage institutions. Below you will find video-based materials to help you teach how elections, political parties, interest groups and the media connect individuals to the government. Also included in this email is a list of upcoming On This Day in History resources for the month of November.

New and Topical Resources

• Clip: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes on Barrett Nomination (5:52)

• Clip: Senate Democrats Boycott Barrett Confirmation Committee Vote (6:26)

• Clip: Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Opening Statement (7:14)

• Clip: Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Precedent and Stare Decisis (2:28)

• Clip: The History of Expanding the Supreme Court (6:27)

• Bell Ringer: The Senate and the History of Confirming Judicial Nominations (6:18)

• Lesson: 2020-2021 Supreme Court Oral Arguments (2 Clips)

• Clip: Iranian and Russian Interference in the 2020 Election (5:59)

• Clip: How Social Media Companies Moderate Content (3:05)

• Clip: Republican Senators on Social Media and the Presidential Election (6:20)

Voting and Elections Resources

• Clip: Electoral College Strategies during the 2020 Election (3:59)

• Clip: The Right to Vote and the Constitution (3:29)

• Clip: Campaign 2020 and Mail-in Voting (3:06)

• Clip: Early Voting Trends in the 2020 Election (5:01)

• Clip: Carol Anderson on Voter ID Laws (4:02)

• Clip: Latino Voters and Campaign 2020 (2:10)

• Clip: Women Voters and the 2020 Presidential Election (2:59)

• Clip: Youth Voter Turnout (1:57)

• Clip: Efforts to Increase Youth Voter Turnout (7:06)

• Bell Ringer: The History of Mail-In and Absentee Voting (3:16)

• Bell Ringer: The Constitutional Foundation for State Voting Laws (2:41)

• Lesson: Choice Board - How Effective Are Presidential Campaign Ads? (Clips and Activities)

• Lesson: Election Night 2020: What to Expect (5 Clips)

• Lesson: Electoral College Map Virtual Scavenger Hunt (Clips and Activities)

• Lesson: Should the Electoral College Be Reformed? (9 Clips)

• Lesson: Why Do Americans Not Vote in Elections? (8 Clips)

• Lesson: Should States Shift to Mail-In Voting during the Coronavirus Pandemic? (8 Clips)

• Lesson: Should the voting age be lowered to 16? (9 Clips)

• Lesson: Choice Board - Conversations with Suffragists (Clips and Activities)

• Lesson: Voting Discrimination and the Effects of Shelby County v. Holder (8 Clips)

Linkage Institutions Political Parties

• Lesson: The Functions of Political Parties (9 Clips)

• Lesson: Divided Government and How it Works (10 Clips)

• Lesson Plan Political Polarization (7 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: The History of the Republican and Democratic Parties (3:07)

• Bell Ringer: The Development of the Current Two-Party System (3:57)

• Bell Ringer: The Early Formation of Political Parties (4:41)

• Bell Ringer: Civil Rights and Political Party Realignment (2:08)

Interest Groups and Campaign Finance

• Lesson: How Interest Groups Work (7 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Special Interest Groups and Lobbying (3:00)

• Bell Ringer: Types of Political Action Committees (PACS) (3:18)

• Bell Ringer: What is Dark Money? (2 Clips)

• Lesson: The Impact of Citizens United v. FEC (7 Clips)

Media and the Press

• Lesson: The State of Modern News Media (7 Clips)

• Lesson: Choice Board - U.S. Presidents and the Press (Clips and Activities)

• Bell Ringer: Accuracy, Polarization and Public Trust in the Press (5:31)

• Bell Ringer: Identifying Fake News Sources (4:55)

• Bell Ringer: Fact Checking in Journalism (2:07)

• Bell Ringer: Standards of Journalism and Modern Press Coverage (2:59)

• Bell Ringer: The Blurred Lines Between Facts and Opinions (4:18)

• Lesson: New York Times v. United States (1971) (9 Clips)

Additional resources on linkage institutions can be found on the C-SPAN Classroom Featured Resources site or the Campaign 2020 site.

On This Day in History - November

• November 3, 1969- President Nixon's Silent Majority Speech (6 Clips)

• November 4, 2008- Barack Obama elected as First African-American President (3 Clips)

• November 4, 1979- Iranian Hostage Crisis (8 Clips)

• November 7, 1811- Battle of Tippecanoe (3 Clips)

• November 9, 1938- Kristallnacht (3 Clips)

• November 9, 1989- Fall of the Berlin Wall (7 Clips)

• November 11, 1620- Mayflower Compact (5 Clips)

• November 11, 1918- Veterans/Armistice Day (5 Clips)

• November 15, 1777- The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation (3 Clips)

• November 17, 1869- Suez Canal Opens (3 Clips)

• November 18, 1978- Jonestown Massacre (6 Clips)

• November 19, 1939- FDR Lays Cornerstone of First Presidential Library (6 Clips)

• November 19, 1942- The Battle of Stalingrad (4 Clips)

• November 19, 1863- The Gettysburg Address (4 Clips)

• November 20, 1945- The Nuremberg Trials (4 Clips)

• November 22, 1963- President John F. Kennedy - Life, Death, Legacy (7 Clips)

• November 24, 1859- Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" is Published (3 Clips)

• November 25, 2002- The Department of Homeland Security Established (4 Clips)

• November 27, 1978- The Assassination of Harvey Milk (2 Clips)

• November 29, 1864- Sand Creek Massacre (3 Clips)

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