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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."

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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 crowd of people carrying luggage from a ship in the background. Caption. 25 million people will touch our shores.

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."

Still image from: This Stolen Country of Mine (Spanish)

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."

Closeup of a man with white hair and mustache wearing a black suit with a light blue collared shirt and red tie in front of an illuminated blue window background. Caption. New rules come out of Washington every day.

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."

Still image from: Who Was Queen Elizabeth II?

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.