Presented with our partners at New Hampshire Public Radio’s Civics 101 podcast, this collection features a variety of videos, podcast episodes and lessons that focus on historical and contemporary midterm elections. How Trump’s Red Wave Builds on the Past Following sweeping Republican victories in 2024, party leaders and political analysts are keen to unpack how […]
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Teaching About Immigration and Migration
Immigration and migration are consistent themes throughout U.S. History, and debates about immigration policy have long dominated the political landscape. This collection explores immigration and migration issues at particular points in the recent history of the United States. What the World War II-Era Bracero Program Reveals About U.S. Immigration Debates This short doc traces that […]
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Cold War in Latin America Collection
The Cold War was an ideological, and sometimes military, struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. By the 1950s, these tensions were seen in Latin America, and revolutions, coups, and uprisings became commonplace throughout most of the latter half of the twentieth century. Dictators and Civil Wars: The Cold War in Latin America […]
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Retro Report + Pear Deck
Retro Report and Pear Deck have partnered to help teachers give historical context to today’s most important stories. With these ready-to-teach lessons, students learn how journalism and storytelling allows us to better understand the lessons of history and apply them to today’s world. Behaviorism, B.F. Skinner, and Social Media This lesson introduces students to the […]
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Use the Internet to Check the Internet: Media Literacy Collection
False headlines. Exaggerated claims. Fishy-looking photos. If you’re not careful, the internet can serve up a tangle of misinformation. Watch these short videos and learn to sort fact from fiction, sidestep online scams and stop the spread of misinformation. Where’s That Photo From? Identify the Source Each year, unsuspecting victims lose millions of dollars to […]
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Chasing the Moon
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, this new series with PBS, American Experience explores the original marketing of U.S. space exploration, why we remain fascinated with the moon, and what future laws regarding the moon may entail. How the Cold War Arms Race Fueled a Sprint to the Moon To […]
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The Code
The race to sequence the human genome was also billed as a race to end disease. So what happened? With CRISPR-Cas9, Precision Medicine and genetic testing all making headlines, Retro Report investigates. Finding the Code: The Race to Sequence the Human Genome and What It Means Finding the Code, the first in a three-part series […]
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What Happens Next
What Happens Next, produced in collaboration by Retro Report and Quartz, is a series of deeply reported short documentaries that examine radical transformations coming to central aspects of life in the near future, through the experience of people already living them out. Future of Water The increasing scarcity of drinking water is beginning to capture […]
