Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: American democracy was a new invention, an evolving experiment. The founding documents of the United States made no reference to establishing a “democratic” government in the new breakaway republic. Though the signers of the Declaration of Independence and framers of the Constitution sought to […]
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The Perfect Pair: Reading and Retro Report
For every required school reading there is a perfect Retro Report video to add context. Here are some popular books often assigned by E.L.A/English teachers, and the videos that offer historical background and connections to current events. Team up with a teacher across the hall to enhance your students’ critical thinking skills and content knowledge. […]
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Extremism in America Wins an Eppy Award
“Extremism in America” has won first place in the 2023 Editor & Publisher Eppy Awards as best news or event feature video. We are honored to share this award with our partners WORLD and The WNET Group’s reporting initiative, Exploring Hate.
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Transcript: The Secret C.I.A. Operation That Haunts U.S.-Iran Relations
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (MSNBC, 9-22-22): NEWS REPORT: The death of a 22-year-old woman in Iran who was arrested by the morality police has now sparked extraordinary scenes that we’re seeing. ARCHIVAL (BBC, 9-21-22): NEWS REPORT: They said she wasn’t wearing the mandatory hijab, or headscarf, properly. Women […]
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Transcript: ‘Another Player Down’: How Concern About Injuries Is Changing Sports
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: Oct. 15, 2023 ARCHIVAL (NBC, 10-15-23):MIKE TIRICO (SPORTSCASTER): Damien Harris is in at running back for the Bills.CRIS COLLINSWORTH (SPORTSCASTER): Oh…MIKE TIRICO: Big hit by–on Harris, but past the 35-yard line. ARCHIVAL (NBC, 10-15-23):MIKE TIRICO: The worst scene you can imagine as […]
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Transcript: When Art Fuels Anger, Who Should Prevail?
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: In the late 1980s, 37-year-old Andres Serrano set out to push artistic boundaries. ANDRES SERRANO (ARTIST): I decided there was something new I wanted to investigate – this idea of making photographs that were, in a way, for me, going against the grain of photography. […]
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Families Speak Out Against an Experimental Theory
A new documentary by Insider and Type Investigations looks at parental alienation, an unproven theory pioneered in the 1980s by a psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Gardner, who argued that in some contentious divorces, mothers were inducing children to accuse their fathers of abuse in an attempt to win custody. This film explores how proponents of this […]
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Transcript: As SCOTUS Examines School Prayer, Families Behind a Landmark Ruling Speak Out
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: THE FIGHT OVER SCHOOL PRAYER JONATHAN ENGEL: In the upper-left hand corner there, that’s my brother Mike. And that’s Dan Roth. It just brings me back to these days. NARRATION: In 1958, Jonathan Engel’s family was living on a quiet tree-lined block […]
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Transcript: The Case of the Missing Park Posters: Ex-Ranger Hunts for New Deal-Era Art
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. DOUG LEEN (FORMER NATIONAL PARK RANGER): In 1971 I was a ranger in Grand Teton National Park. Once a year, everybody would show up in dirty clothes and we’d just clean up the park after the tourists leave, and I found an old poster in […]
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Retro Report’s AP Education Collections
Retro Report’s resources feature engaging short videos, lesson plans and student activities that are aligned to Advanced Placement courses in U.S. History, U.S. Government and Politics, Human Geography, Psychology, Environmental Science and African American studies. This collection features over 60 videos and lessons that align to all five AP Gov units. This collection contains more than 90 videos […]
