Week of January 18
Monday, January 18
12:00pm More or Less a Perfect Union Part 1 “A Constitution in Writing” (Click here for Supplemental Materials)
A More or Less Perfect Union, A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, explores the foundational document that governs those who govern us – the American Constitution. Hosted by Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, a constitutional expert with 30 years of experience on the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, this thought-provoking, three-part, three-hour series looks at past, present and future struggles for liberty through the lens of the U.S. Constitution. Firsthand perspectives, including those of direct descendants of slaves and of those involved in pivotal civil rights cases, historians, legal scholars, small business owners, judges, and ordinary American citizens, provide captivating context to the shaping of American governance. In part 1, examine the struggles and compromises in the creation of the document that protects our liberties. Constitutional experts, "Framers" and everyday Americans weigh in on the rule of law, the branches of government and the debate over originalism.
Watch the show here: https://www.pbs.org/video/a-constitution-in-writing-wk8egm/ (Passport Required)
1:00pm More or Less a Perfect Union Part 2 “A Constitution for All” (Click here for Supplemental Materials)
A More or Less Perfect Union, A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, explores the foundational document that governs those who govern us – the American Constitution. Hosted by Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, a constitutional expert with 30 years of experience on the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, this thought-provoking, three-part, three-hour series looks at past, present and future struggles for liberty through the lens of the U.S. Constitution. Firsthand perspectives, including those of direct descendants of slaves and of those involved in pivotal civil rights cases, historians, legal scholars, small business owners, judges, and ordinary American citizens, provide captivating context to the shaping of American governance. In part 2, delve into the Bill of Rights, which protects free speech, religious freedom and the rights of persons accused of a crime, and discover the Supreme Court decisions that set back racial justice for nearly a century after the Civil War.
Watch the show here: https://www.pbs.org/video/a-constitution-for-all-ck5vjg/ (Passport Required)
Tuesday, January 19
12:00pm More or Less a Perfect Union Part 3 “Our Constitution at Risk” (Click here for Supplemental Materials)
A More or Less Perfect Union, A Personal Exploration by Judge Douglas Ginsburg, explores the foundational document that governs those who govern us – the American Constitution. Hosted by Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, a constitutional expert with 30 years of experience on the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, this thought-provoking, three-part, three-hour series looks at past, present and future struggles for liberty through the lens of the U.S. Constitution. Firsthand perspectives, including those of direct descendants of slaves and of those involved in pivotal civil rights cases, historians, legal scholars, small business owners, judges, and ordinary American citizens, provide captivating context to the shaping of American governance. In part 3, discover how the Constitution is under assault today and how all three branches of government - and we the people - are contributing to the problem. See how Americans have fought for more than two centuries to establish, expand and preserve liberty.
Watch the show here:
https://www.pbs.org/video/our-constitution-at-risk-hdmrhb/ (Passport required)
1:00pm Liberty and Slavery: The Paradox of America’s Founding Fathers
America's founding fathers were men yearning for a nation of individual liberty and unprecedented independence. Liberty and Slavery features stunning imagery and interviews with scholars that explore the paradox of America's Founding Fathers being champions of liberty - and yet simultaneously champions of slavery.
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Wednesday, January 20
12:00pm Picturing America on Screen Part 1
It’s the story of America through its art. Picturing America is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides individuals with a gateway to the broader world of the humanities. Picturing America is composed of 40 carefully selected works of art spanning several centuries -- all by American painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects. The NEH has distributed large, high-quality reproductions of these images, along with a teacher's resource book, lesson plans, and materials, to schools and libraries nationwide. Picturing America's resources -- including the PicturingAmerica.neh.gov website unlock the potential in each work of art to enhance the study of American history, social studies, language arts, literature, and civics.
Show is not available online, but you can see clips here:
https://www.thirteen.org/picturing-america/
1:30pm Crisis of Faith
Narrated by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Amy Grant, this program examines how slavery and biblical interpretations on its morality divided religious denominations and ultimately, the nation, in the Civil War era. Most Southerners deemed slavery integral to their way of life, and the Bible seemingly reinforced this belief. Christian figures in both the Old Testament and the New Testament never object to, nor do they condemn, the practice. Abolitionists, meanwhile, viewed slavery as an evil inconsistent with values of Christianity. In interviews, prominent religious scholars and historians discuss the evolution of arguments over slavery - from the rhetoric of freedom and equality stoked by the American Revolution; to the divisions of the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches into northern and southern factions; to the dividing of the nation and the eruption of Civil War.
Watch the show here:
https://www.pbs.org/video/tennessee-civil-war-150-crisis-faith/
Thursday, January 21
12:00pm Picturing America on Screen Part 2
It’s the story of America through its art. Picturing America is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides individuals with a gateway to the broader world of the humanities. Picturing America is composed of 40 carefully selected works of art spanning several centuries -- all by American painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects. The NEH has distributed large, high-quality reproductions of these images, along with a teacher's resource book, lesson plans, and materials, to schools and libraries nationwide. Picturing America's resources -- including the PicturingAmerica.neh.gov website unlock the potential in each work of art to enhance the study of American history, social studies, language arts, literature, and civics.
Show is not available online, but you can see clips here: https://www.thirteen.org/picturing-america/
1:30pm Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote
For everyone who thinks one vote doesn’t matter… This program chronicles the dramatic vote to ratify this amendment, and the years of debate about women's suffrage that preceded it. On July 17, 1920, Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, arrived to spend a few days in Nashville. She was traveling on the heels of Tennessee Governor A.H. Roberts' announcement of a special session of the state legislature, called at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson. One more state needed to ratify the proposed amendment, and that duty rested solely on the shoulders of Tennessee. Catt's few days dragged into weeks at her headquarters in the Hermitage Hotel, where pro- and anti- suffragists continued to clash in what came to be known as the "War of the Roses." Those in favor sported yellow roses, while those against wore red. On the sweltering day of August 18, 1920, the House convened. After two consecutive 48-48 outcomes to table the resolution, it was put to a vote. The votes were coming in neck and neck. At the last minute, 24-year-old freshman representative Harry Burn recalled a letter from his mother received that morning, urging him to, "be a good boy" and grant women the right to vote. In spite of wearing a red rose, Burn swung his vote, making Tennessee the deciding 36th state to enable passage of the 19th Amendment, and thereby granting women the Constitutional right to vote.
Show is not available online. Watch the preview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQP8YO1VA08
Friday, January 22
12:00pm History Detectives (Click here for Supplemental Materials)
Loyalist or patriot? What can the notes in a 1775 Almanac tell us about how the revolution may have strained family ties? Do these phonograph records called "Get Thin to Music" reveal Jack Lalanne, the media exercise guru of the 1920s? Did NASA unwittingly transport Andy Warhol's art to the moon?
Watch the show here: https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/video/2097342856//
1:00pm History Detectives (Click here for Supplemental Materials)
What do the violent images on a pamphlet mean? Wes Cowan decodes the message and the strategy behind a U.S. World War II propaganda leaflet. Then, Gwen Wright traces a cherished family heirloom, a watercolor, to the world of Tiffany stained glass. How did Tiffany open a window of opportunity for early 20th century women? A touching eulogy stitches together the lives of two Americans fought in the Spanish Civil War. Almost a century later, Tukufu Zuberi unites a nephew and a son of those soldiers.
Watch the show here: https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/video/1981803098/
