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Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Paul Robeson at the Peace Arch

Mount Rushmore is collaged in front of an American flag and a bald eagle. Text reads, "Mount Rushmore for Kids."

Garage with four small planes parked inside.

Bronze statue of a man in uniform holding his belt. On the wall behind him is a star below text that reads, "In honor of those members of the Office of Strategic Services who gave their lives in the service of their country."

Street-view of a concrete multi-story office building surrounded by other similar buildings. The front has 6 tall, Roman-style columns with American flags on either side.

Painted statue of a policeman in full uniform kneeling next to a sitting German Shepherd police dog. The statue is inside a museum.

Colorful plaque that has a bald eagle with its wings spread out over an emblem of the American flag that has a Roman helmet with a sword stuck in it. There's a ribbon wrapped around the eagle that says, “duty, honor, country, west power.”

Cartoon closeup on an iron archway that reads Dog Farm. At the center is a side view of a black dog, chin raised, tail curling back. Caption. Sound of light jazz music.

Slide shows white text highlighted in red on a blue background that reads, "NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Cold War."

Still image from: Nick News: Coins, Skates, and a Healthy Mind

Still image from: Nick News: Construction, Conservation, and Composition

Still image from: Nick News: Gen Z in DC, Saving the Sea, and Seeing Nature

Still image from: Nick News: Metaverse, Media, and Making History

Senior man looks slightly off camera in an outdoor setting opening his mouth slightly as if in mid-speech. Caption. Real hurt and real anger.

Woman in black turtleneck tucks head slightly and purses lips. Caption. Was to hope to push the jury to decide the death penalty.

Men wearing militia uniforms stand in a line, rifles by their side pointing up. Caption. The congress also asked colonists to start a militia.

Still image from: Panorama: Putin's War in Ukraine

Bearded middle-aged man in a brick-walled room with large steel frame windows. Caption. Acting as a sort of global policeman.

Text framed by a white box on blue background with fading white stars reads, "Political Parties and Their Candidates." Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."

Male politician walks on to a stage with a podium, shaking hands with a man in a business suit. A crowd of people in the audience hold up Bush signs. Caption. Because parties organize broad coalitions of people to recruit.

United States Constitution in original form. On screen is the text of the First Amendment to the Constitution written in black.

Computer graphic of the state of Ohio and a scroll that reads, "Ohio's First Constitution 1803." In the background on the left is a detailed map of Ohio, and on the right is a photo of the Ohio capitol building above the seal of the governor of Ohio.

2 black and white photos. The left photo shows the Ohio Statehouse, which is domed and has many pillars around the perimeter. The right photo shows the Greek Revival Building, which has a circular second story and many pillars around the perimeter.

Screenshot of Camp David, Maryland from Google Earth. A computer graphic of a red push pin is dropped over the location.

Several privacy booths used for voting in U, S elections are lined up. They have American flags with the word "vote" in blue painted on them. Caption. Our most important right as citizens.

Earth as seen from space. Caption: (narrator) Planet Earth is awash in renewable energy.

Text framed by a white box on a blue background with fading white stars reads, "Executive Branch. What's Inside. “Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."

Man wearing a business suit holds a metal rod and faces towards camera. Behind him, a factory floor with a few workers seated at desks. Caption. It is productivity that holds the supply side together.

Wide side angle exterior view of the U, S Capitol building, showing the entrance and dome. Caption. And Congress was under pressure to get it moving again.

Sepia-toned illustration of eighteenth century people working at a printing press. Caption. The invention that arguably began the Information Age.

Closeup of a teenage boy with short dark hair in a black shirt sitting in a dark room with slits of light peeking through the vertical blinds. Caption. Or the cop will give you a curfew ticket.

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Still image from: Reggie in China (Episode 3)

Black and white photo of person walking through a room with a slotted roof, sun shining through the slats. Caption. But what they came to see was.

Closeup of a wooden gavel and block with a black and red hardcover book in the faded background.

Closeup of a pair of hands typing on a computer keyboard. 1 hand has a wedding ring and a wristwatch on it.

Still image from: Scopes: Curriculum on Trial

Closeup of a tattoo artist's hand wearing a white latex glove and using a tattoo pen machine to ink an intricate design on a person's forearm.

Title card on blue background reads, "Communism is a system of social and political organization that calls for a classless society in which all property is owned by the community and everyone is equal."

Black and white image of people crowded together in an outdoor space. Spanish caption. Implementar los ideales del comunismo era difícil.

Title card on blue background reads, "Confederal government. System of government in which power is shared by a central government and local and state governments, but little power is granted to the central government."

Digital map zoomed in on Europe. The continent is highlighted in blue with a circle of yellow stars. Spanish caption. La Unión Europea es otro ejemplo de gobierno confederado.

Black and white still of Tiananmen Gate hung with a portrait of Mao Zedong. Title bar reads, "Chinese Revolution." Caption. After the Chinese revolution in 1949.

Crowds of people fill Tiananmen Square beneath an image of Mao Zedong. Spanish caption. Los dictadores pueden llegar al poder.

Title card on blue background reads, "Federal government. System of government in which a strong central government shares power with state and local governments. Powers are divided and balanced."

Digital map of the United States with states highlighted in different colors. Spanish caption. Mientras que los gobiernos estatales y locales.

Closeup of the Union Jack. Caption. The United Kingdom is an example of a constitutional monarchy.

Palace of Westminster lit up at dusk. Title bar reads, "Primer ministro." Spanish caption. Es elegido por el partido de la mayoría de la legislatura.

Title card on blue background reads, "Unitary government. System of government in which 1 central government holds most of the power."

Digital image of flags of Spain, Italy and France superimposed over a map of the world. Spanish caption. Tienen gobiernos estatales estilo unitarios.

Soldier looks at us from behind a face mask as he carries weapons in his hands and backpack. Text reads, "Spetsnaz, Soviet Afghanistan War. 1979 to 1989."

Young men in robes face away from camera and write on a small chalkboard. Caption. Man as narrator. Way, way, way back, the ancient Greeks.

Title card on striated prismatic background reads, "The making of the president." Caption. The making of the president.

Medium shot of a smiling middle aged man wearing glasses. Caption. Looking at the branch's creation might help us understand.

Black and white still of 3 young men in colonial costumes. Title bar reads, "Taxation ruling. Toll free. 1-800-238-9669. www.StandardDeviants.com. Caption. Slang for money.

Young woman touches fingertips together in front of her and parts lips as if speaking. Text over black and white images behind her reads, "Basic principles of the Constitution." Caption. Look at the articles it contains.

Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: Herbert Hoover

2 men look down and away, standing nearby an ambulance, paramedic pushing a person in a stretcher. Caption. I was closing my store and he was just lying there.

Closeup of what appears to be a legal document from the mid-1800s. Paper is aged and handwriting is written in black ink using cursive style from that era. Caption. He used to be recognized as a citizen.

Closeup of a woman looking directly at camera as she smiles broadly. Behind her is a background that appears to be a glassed-in entry to a school hallway. Caption. As the Court ruled in 1986.

Coastal bay with a docked boat. Caption: The New Zealand people have a strong connection to the sea,

Digital screen in background reads, "Speak of the Week" with an image of a teenage boy standing in front of wall art next to it. Text in a box below images reads, "How would you spend a million dollars?"

2 people stand on a path lined with weathered stone buildings. Title card reads, "Interactive Live Tours Using Real-time Guides in V, R and A, R."

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2023)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2034)

Closeup of a screen with a young woman speaking into a Teen Kids News microphone. A superimposed T, V at the left reads, "Speak of the Week." Title bar reads, "Should Smoking Be Banned in Outdoor Public Spaces?" Caption. It's not something the public wants.

Dancers face away from camera in a dance studio as they jump with their toes pointed. Title card reads, "Helen Schröder's Beach Birds."

Painting of a senior Benjamin Franklin reading. Caption. But the great American diplomat, 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin.

Digital illustration of men wearing forest green uniforms standing guard as people peek over a cement wall behind them. Text reads, "The Berlin Wall. 1961 to 1989, The Cold War."

Two men on horses wear costume Civil War uniforms as they pass by a camp of white tents beneath an American flag. Text reads, "The Civil War: A Nation Divided."

Painting of a group of colonial-era American politicians standing and gathered around a desk. In the background, several bystanders are seated in chairs looking towards them.

Wide exterior shot of the U, S Supreme Court during the daytime. Caption. The justices make fundamental policy decisions.

Digital map of the United States and Cuba labeled and highlighted in lime green with missiles extending from Cuba. Text reads, "The Cuban Missile Crisis. October 1962, The Cold War."

Blurry golden closeup of the Declaration of Independence creates a backdrop for script that reads, "The Declaration of Independence."

Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Bartnicki v. Vopper. The Illegal Digital Intercept Case."

Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Boy Scouts of America v. Dale. The Gay Scoutmaster Case."

Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The Campaign Finance Reform Case."

Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Garcetti v. Ceballos. The Whistleblower Case."

Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Van Orden v. Perry. McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky The Ten Commandments Cases."

Slide shows a backwards American flag forming the background to the text, "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. The School Voucher Case."

Billboard with smiling men and women at work stands above a field where thin men and women wearing tattered clothes take a rest. Text reads, "The Great Leap Forward, 1958 to 1962."

Still image from: The Inspectors: Semper Phi

Still image from: The Inspectors: Teacher's Pet

Still image from: The Inspectors: The Art of the Stand Up

Still image from: The Inspectors: Welcome Back

Group of Pacific Islander children. 1 of the older girls wears an American flag bandana on her head and holds a baby to her chest.

Men in period costumes lean over a table. On the table is a candle that is blown out and a lightbulb that is lit up.

Closeup on Ronald Reagan speaking to camera in a televised presidential message. Caption. Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor?

Text framed by a white box on blue background with fading white stars reads, "President's Helper. Vice President." Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."

Closeup of a Black girl in a wide smile standing next to 2 Black boys.

People in military uniforms hold up weapons angrily in the foreground while others march and carry flags through a city plaza in the background. Text reads, "The Russian Revolution, 1917."

Black and white photo of a group of people. A man holds a boy in the foreground next to a woman shielding her eyes. Caption. It showed a whole generation a wider world.

Grainy black and white photo of men in suits and various hats. Caption. Were wounded or got killed.

Closeup of a crowd of people carrying banners and signs at a demonstration. Caption. Before the Civil War, the issues were slavery.

Black and white photo of a man in a suit and black frame glasses. Caption. The assistant attorney general, William H. Rehnquist.

Text framed by a white box on blue background with fading white stars reads, "Three Rules to Become President." Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."

Man wearing a collared shirt and dark blazer speaks towards camera, standing in a busy outdoor marketplace in a plaza. Caption. They want to produce, buy, and sell things.

Chinese woman wearing a white blazer and oval glasses sits in a modern lobby. She's looking just off camera like she is in an interview. Caption. Sun Yan Yan as narrator. We provide a kind of platform-like facility.

Slide shows black text over an American flag that reads, "The Vietnam War Draft."

White text highlighted in red over a gray map of the Eastern Hemisphere with a gold crest in the middle reads, "The Warsaw Pact. Formation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. The Cold War."

Closeup of a crowd of youth wearing white shirts with red neckerchiefs and blue hats. They lift their hands in salute in front of a red Soviet flag. Text reads, "The Young Pioneers, 1922 to 1991. The Soviet Union."

Cropped image of women in headscarves entering a building labeled, "Baltimore Resettlement Center."

White tombstone between two paths lined with trees reads, "Here Rests in Honored Glory an American Soldier Known but to God."

Man wearing a black jacket, white shirt and pocket square, leans against Westminster Bridge with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Caption. Smith followed them closely and wrote about them in detail.

2 women next to each other with man standing behind them. Caption. Narrator. Bingo! What's that again?

Close up of a young girl looking down and facing a senior person in a headscarf whose back faces camera. Caption. And if he was, all you have to do.

Black and white photo. In the foreground is a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, labeled Secretary of the Treasury, 1861. In the background are Union soldiers during the Civil War standing next to a large cannon.

On a split screen, a man speaks to the camera. To his left is the digital art of a stack of documents that are labeled, “CBO. Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from October 2011 Through December 2011.

Raising her eyebrows, a woman speaks to us on a split screen. To her left is text that reads, “unemployment insurance.”

Edge of an American flag waves above a white box on a black background with text that reads, "Types of Government."

3 young Black men standing in formation wear blue Civil War era Union Army costumes. A horse and other figures are out of focus in background. Caption. Refused African-American soldiers.

Person seated in a dark television studio with several monitors on the wall in front of them. Caption. At its best, the American media aids the democratic process.

Teenage girl looks at camera, speaking. Caption. From government power.

Man with glasses in a black shirt demonstrates sign language in front of a black curtain. White text in a red box at the bottom of the screen reads, "Congress."

Still image from: What if Putin Goes Nuclear?

Slide shows stars glowing on a background that fades from red to pink to purple with maroon text that reads, "What is a Democrat?"

Slide shows stars glowing on a background that fades from red to pink to purple with maroon text that reads, "What is a Republican?"

Slide shows a red and tan striped Declaration of Independence poking out beneath a black backdrop and text reads, "What is Democracy?"

Slide shows a brown circle with a detailed drawing in the background of blue highlighted text that reads, "What was The Thing? The Cold War."

Soldier stands in the background of text that reads, "What Was the Most Decorated U.S. Combat Unit in World War Two?"

Battered Spanish soldier holds up a hand with a bloody bandage as a smoke rises in the background. Text reads, "Where Did Neutral Spain Fight in World War Two?"

Text framed by a white box on blue background with fading white stars reads, "Voting. How It Works." Earth icon at bottom reads, "Kid Explorer."

Closeup of a large metal bucket of a backhoe full of beige rocks and dirt with a beige rock wall in the background. Caption. There are very few environmental safeguards.

A computer-generated map of the western side of Africa denoting the Sahel Region superimposed over an image of several men in turbans and cloaks riding horses. Caption. The Sahel is a band of semi-arid grassland.

Black and white closeup of a right hand holding a pencil while the left hand holds down a piece of paper with lots of lines and text printed on it. Caption. You need to find a loophole.