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Learn about Nellie Taft’s legacy as first lady in a new short doc.
She challenged traditions and helped shape her husband’s presidency. Discover more through a new video and lesson plan.
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Watch In Pursuit: Lessons of American Leadership on PBS.
What can history teach us about leadership? Retro Report brings lessons from the nation’s presidents and first ladies to life in a PBS special Oct. 27, with interviews, archival material and documentary storytelling based on More Perfect's In Pursuit project.
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Find media literacy resources for U.S. Media Literacy Week (Oct. 26–30).
Explore the Media Literacy and News tab today, with topics like fact-checking and media literacy skills, journalism and the role of the press, and mis/disinformation.
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On Oct. 19, 1781, the British surrendered at Yorktown, Va.
Learn how the world came to fight in America’s revolution in this short doc.
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On Oct. 19, 1789, John Jay was sworn in as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
This short doc illuminates the confirmation process for Supreme Court justices, and shows why confirmations have become so bitter.
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