Andrew McGill

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (NBC, NIGHTLY NEWS, 3-11-20):LESTER HOLT: Breaking news tonight – the coronavirus outbreak declared a global pandemic! NARRATION: A never before seen infectious disease, Covid-19, has the world on edge. ARCHIVAL (CBS, EVENING NEWS, 3-12-20):NORA O’DONNEL: Breaking news tonight. America shuts down. A new reality […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: George Contstantinou and Farid Ali are part of a growing group using surrogate mothers to have children – gay men. FARID ALI: I no longer feel that it’s a unique story. I’m a father now facing the same challenges as any other parent, gay […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. JAMES WOOLEY (U.S. ARMY VETERAN): In 2014, I woke up, restrained to a gurney, naked. I had an I.V. in my arm. So that hurt. I was wondering where my clothes were. I was wondering where I was. I was wretchedly embarrassed, felt ashamed. At […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: The race for the Democratic nomination for president is still in flux. And there’s concern that the ideological split in the party will mean a chaotic Democratic convention in July. That’s a scenario that Republicans faced in 1964 when moderates and conservatives in the […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 8-26-19):MATT GUTMAN: The rainforest, the so-called lungs of the Earth. Much of it now choked in flames. NARRATION: In 2019, images of the Brazilian Amazon on fire shocked the world. ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 10-06-19):MANUEL BOJORQUEZ: These large swaths of rainforest are chopped […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (COMEDY CENTRAL, 12-3-19):We all know that Americans love their hamburgers. But now, scientists are trying to cancel beef! ARCHIVAL (COMMERCIAL):Yes. The Impossible whopper ..… NARRATION: Alternative meat is a hot commodity… ARCHIVAL (A & W COMMERCIAL):That patty is 100% plant-based protein.…No way!! NARRATION:…but there’s […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (CBS, THIS MORNING, 1-31-20):NEWS REPORT: The World Health Organization has now declared a global health emergency. NARRATION: The U.S. government and a handful of states are taking a dramatic step to prevent the spread of coronavirus from China – quarantine. ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 2-1-20):NEWS […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (OSCARS, 2015):PATRICIA ARQUETTE (ACTOR): It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America. NARRATION: When did the Oscars become so political… a platform for Hollywood stars and their favorite causes? ARCHIVAL […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Memes are everywhere. These images and videos, often combined with text, are made by regular folks to express opinions on social media about what is going on in their lives and in society. Some go viral, like this video of actress Keke Palmer admitting […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: After World War II, thousands of Europe’s Jewish refugees found a new home in the Middle East where the United Nations had agreed to split British-controlled Palestine between the Jews and the Arabs. ARCHIVAL (BRITISH PATHÉ NEWSREEL, 1947):NEWS REEL: Transfer of power in Palestine […]