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)
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)
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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