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Still image from: 100 Years of Amalia Hernandez. A Celebration. (Spanish)

Digital collage. Portrait of George Washington next to a map of the U, S with some eastern states shaded purple. Thought bubble reads, "I'm the president and I set lots of precedents!" Caption. As our first president, he established many precedents.

Digital collage. Superimposed heads of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson on the bodies of 2 men with arms around each other. Text overlay reads, "B, F, Fs 4 eva." Caption. His best friend was Thomas Jefferson.

Digital collage with James Monroe wrapped in an American flag and a number 1 foam hand that reads, "U, S, A." Black and white image of crowd waving American flags in background. Caption. His presidency was called the Era of Good Feelings.

Digital collage. John Adams' head superimposed on Christmas elf's body standing in front of Massachusetts State House. Speech bubble reads, "Go Sawks!" Caption. Female as narrator. John Adams was a grumpy, frumpy principled lawyer from Boston.

Painting of Thomas Jefferson with an exaggerated head. He stands in a room filled with men, some surrounding a table with books and papers. Speech bubble reads, "Take that King George!" Caption. Tom took the lead on the Declaration of Independence.

Black and white frame of A. Philip Randolph, a civil-rights activist. Caption. Of a mighty corporation such as the Pullman Company was.

Black and white frame of 2 men and a woman in 1800's Western clothes in a saloon. Caption. Likely Ryker was shooting' off his mouth.

Group of actors wearing Civil War-era costumes stand and watch a figure who resembles Abraham Lincoln. Caption. Elected him to the state legislature.

Still image from: Abraham Lincoln for Kids

Man dressed as Abraham Lincoln stands sideways in front of a sunlit window, looking down at a small book. Framed portrait hangs on wall next to window.

Still image from: After Rivelino (Spanish)

Introductory text slide reads. “Alexander Graham Bell.”

Man wearing a pharaoh costume resembling Alexander the Great, person bowing behind him. Caption. Alexander proclaimed pharaoh.

Photo and text overlay collage with portraits of Nate and Andy Warhol, with a group of paparazzi with cameras pointing at Warhol. The background is a chalkboard list of things Warhol loved, such as Hollywood, Ice Cream, and Crazy Wigs.

Sepia-toned photo of Abraham Lincoln with white script across the image that reads, "Return their allegiance to the Union." Caption. To the Union.

Barbara Jordan standing in a room full of Black women. She smiles and looks over at a person extending their hand. Caption. In the United States House of Representatives.

Still image from: Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes

Woman faces camera with right hand signing. Caption. I realized that being deaf is part of who I am.

Black and white portrait painting of a young Davy Crockett. Caption. Davy Crockett had become an American legend.

Illustration of the carbon cycle: Plants intake CO2, herbivores (giraffe) eat plants, carnivores (lion) eat herbivores, carnivores release CO2, and then plants absorb CO2. Caption: releases carbon dioxide back into the air.

A roughly tear-drop shaped object with a thin outer layer, a wider middle layer, and a central space. Caption: A gastrula is an embryo made of three cell layers.

Sepia-toned photo of Booker T. Washington sitting in a chair and looking at us. Text reads, “Booker T. Washington. Educator, Author, Speaker, Advisor.”

Sepia-toned photo of Frederick Douglass. Text reads, “Frederick Douglass. Abolitionist, Activist, Writer, Speaker.”

Sepia-toned photo of George Washington Carver looking at us. Text reads, “George Washington Carver. Inventor, Scientist. One of the most prominent black scientists of the twentieth century.”

Sepia-toned photo of Harriet Tubman on old paper. Text reads, “Harriet Tubman. Abolitionist, Activist.”

Sepia-toned photo of Jackie Robinson in a Dodgers uniform and holding a baseball as if he is preparing to swing. Text reads, “Jackie Robinson. Hall of Fame baseball player, First Black player in MLB.”

Sepia-toned photo of Maya Angelou looking at us with her hands folded together under her chin. Text reads, “Maya Angelou. Poet, Writer, Civil Rights Activist.”

Sepia-toned photo of Rosa Parks on old, worn paper. Text reads, “Rosa Parks. Civil Rights Activist. Her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott was monumental to the Civil Rights Movement.”

Men watch as a golfer gets ready to putt the ball. People in the background, dressed in upscale attire, watch the same golfer. Caption. Now, the putt should break sharply to the left.

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Diary of Anne Frank--Part 4 (Spanish)

Low shot of a quarterback holding a football and running back across the field, looking out over his shoulder. Caption. The crossover type of drop back is the quickest.

Black and white photo of Al Capone walking away from a black car. Caption. Capone was arrested many times during his heyday.

Animation of ancient buildings silhouetted against an amber sky. Caption. At the end of October, Alexander takes Babylon.

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Dr. Benjamin Mays

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: King Hagler--Catawba Indian Chief

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Modjeska Monteith Simkins

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Ronald McNair

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: Septima Poinsette Clark

Child crouches down over a basket of fruit. Text below reads, Cesar's Early Life.

Still image from: Chava Flores. That's Me! (Spanish)

Still image from: Chez Bob: Pragmatic Author--Bonus Interview With Bob Shea

Sweaty basketball player speaks into the camera. Behind him, a court and basketball hoop. Caption. When your offensive man comes into you to get open.

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Before He Was President, Eisenhower Was a General. What War Was He in?

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: What Did Martin Luther King, Jr. Do?

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: What Did Susan B. Anthony Do?

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: What Is One Thing Benjamin Franklin Is Famous for?

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: What Was One Important Thing That Abraham Lincoln Did?

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Who Is the "Father of Our Country?"

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Still image from: Closeness on Efrén Hernández (Spanish)

Senior Native American wearing a feather headdress looks directly at camera. Caption. These were portraits like you might see of Roman emperors.

Generally spherical white coral consisting of countless individual arm segments on the ocean floor. Caption: and the solution of their rescue might be within.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Age of Jackson

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Terrorism War and Bush 43

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Thomas Jefferson and His Democracy

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: War and Expansion

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: Women in the 19th Century

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Alexander the Great and the Situation...the Great?

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook

Native Americans with drums and White soldiers in red jackets and white paints, walking.

Middle-aged man in business attire in an office setting. He faces camera and uses sign language, holding 1 fist up facing inward. Caption. School aged Deaf youth.

Video screen shows a woman with blonde straight hair looking out and using sign language, touching a closed fist with thumb up to the top of the other hand. Text on image reads, "Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, California."

Digital illustration shows a determined Army medic carrying a wounded soldier over his shoulders. Text reads, “Desmond Doss. The Medic Who Fought a War Without a Weapon.”

Text reads, "DNA," against a background that shows a twisting strand of DNA, as well as several chemical formulas.

Still image from: Documenta 22: Everardo González (Spanish)

Still image from: Documenta 22: Gustavo Gamou (Spanish)

Still image from: Documenta 22: José Antonio Cordero (Spanish)

Still image from: Documenta 22: Roberto Fiesco (Spanish)

Still image from: Documenta 22: Tatiana Huezo (Spanish)

Senior man standing on a field and holding a football in one hand. Caption. Okay. Good looking. That's the way to come off the ball.

Mother reads with her 3 children on a couch in a living room setting. Caption. His mother taught him and his sister.

Black and white photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. standing solemnly in front of a podium full of microphones.

Digital illustration shows a smiling Dr. Seuss sitting at a table writing on paper in the open air.

Matisse's painting called Woman with a Hat. The woman is wearing a colorful twentieth century French bourgeoisie outfit, complete with gloves, a fan, and an elaborate hat. Caption. She seems to be dressed in the best of fashion.

Picasso painting called Family of Saltimbanques depicts a group of 6 people wearing costumes, including a jester and ballerina. Caption. The people in the painting are circus performers.

Rousseau's Tropical Forest with Monkeys painting shows a lush exotic jungle with 2 monkeys, 1 black and 1 brown, holding green sticks.

An illustration depicts a bat flying in sky.

2 men face off on the football field. Caption. Narrator. Watch the receiver as your run with him in the throwing lane.

Black and white side portrait photo of Eva Peron. Caption. Eva was left behind in Buenos Aires.

Black and white illustration shows an old shipping dock with wooden ships and boats in the water. Text reads, “Charles Dickens. Novelist for all.”

Illustration shows Edgar Allen Poe’s large white tombstone in the middle of downtown Baltimore. Text reads, “Edgar Allan Poe.”

Black and white Portrait of Emile Zola. Text reads, “Emile Zola, 1840-1902.”

Black and white photo of Ernest Hemingway leaning over his desk as he writes on a pad of paper. Text reads, “Ernest Hemingway. A gifted rebel.”

Black and white portrait of Scott Fitzgerald. Text reads, “Scott Fitzgerald. 1896-1940.”

Sepia-toned portrait of George Eliot in front of a black and white image of her home. Text reads, “George Eliot. Novelist. (Mary Anne Evans).”

Black and white portrait of George Orwell. Text reads, “George Orwell. Novelist and Essayist. 1903-1950.”

Black and white photo of a large, old church and buildings around it. Text reads, “Ibsen’s birthplace.”

Black and white photo of James Joyce standing with his hands in his pockets. Text reads, “James Joyce. 1882-1941.”

View of tan row of British homes. Text reads, “Jane Austen. 1775-1817.”

Black and white portrait of John Steinbeck with rows of tilled soil behind it. Text reads, “John Steinbeck. 1902-1968.”

Statue bust of Jonathan Swift. Text reads, “Jonathan Swift. 1667-1745.”

Black and white portrait of Mark Twain. Text reads, “Mark Twain. 1835-1910.”

Medieval portrait painting of Michel de Montaigne with a round stone building behind it. Text reads, “Michel de Montaigne. 1533-1592.”

Close up on a painting portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Text reads, “Nathaniel Hawthorne.”

View of a large, old, white home. Text reads, “Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poet. 1792-1822.”

Black and white Illustration of Robert Louis Stevenson with a wooden ship behind him. Text reads, “Robert Louis Stevenson. 1850-1894.”

Black and white [portrait of Thomas Hardy with an old stone house behind it. Text reads, “Thomas Hardy.”

Black and white photo of Victorian-era people of different ages standing from afar on a path in a park. Text reads, “Virginia Woolf. 1882-1941.”

Black and white portrait of Walt Whitman looking at us with his head resting on his hand. Text reads, “Walt Whitman. 1819-1892.”

Portrait painting of Sir Walter Scott with a large Scottish castle behind it. Text reads, “Sir Walter Scott. 1771-1832.”

Illustration of a woman sitting in a chair under a tree with a little girl standing and leaning on her legs. Text reads, “Blake.”

Black and white portrait of W.B. Yeats with a cross-shaped tombstone next to it. Text reads, “W.B. Yeats. Poet. 1865-1939.”

Black and white portrait of William Faulkner leaning against a brick wall. Behind the photo is a large white house with a path lined by trees leading up to it. Text reads, “William Faulkner. 1897-1962.”

Sculpture bust of William Shakespeare in a wooden case next to a stained glass window. Text reads, “William Shakespeare. Poet and Dramatist.”

Black and white photo of Giacomo Puccini standing with a cigarette in his mouth. Text reads, “Giacomo Puccini. 1858-1924”

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. Text reads, “Johann Sebastian Bach. The founding genius of music.”

Black and white portrait of Brahms with sheet music behind the portrait. Text reads, “Brahms.”

Portrait painting of a young Beethoven. Text reads, “Beethoven.”

Closeup of a stone archway topped with a cross. A weathered stone wall looms in the background. Caption. As the father and founder of California.

Black poet, Margaret Walker, writing on a chalkboard. Caption. Narrator. Walker began teaching in 1942 after receiving.

Girl seated next to a small window and talking to a teenage boy. Caption. How long have you been keeping a diary?

Still image from: Gabriel Figueroa and the Mexican Mystic (Spanish)

Still image from: George Shultz & the End of the Cold War

Actors wearing Continental Army costumes hold rifles and stand at attention. Caption. They served for only a three-month period.

Painting of 6 men raising clubs and bayonets to attack another man, while a soldier in a blue coat and black hat looks on. A building is on fire in the background. Caption. Washington used force to disperse the angry farmers.

Text reads, "George Washington," against a digital illustration of George Washington, holding a finger to the sky.

Digital illustration of George Washington Carver in a suit, surrounded by blooming plants. Text reads, “George Washington Carver.”

Still image from: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman on Paper (Part 1)

Still image from: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman on Paper (Part 2)

Still image from: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman on Paper (Part 3)

Still image from: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman on Paper (Part 4)

Closeup of woman looks to the left and stands in open-sided, thatched roof dwelling.

Cartoon. A man wearing a jacket with popped collar and purple pants seated on a red couch in a kitschy art studio space. There are several paintings, a lava lamp, and lights winding up a column. Caption. I'm Andy, Andy Warhol.

Cartoon. A dark haired man wearing a jacket, vest, trousers, and wide-brimmed hat. He stands in front of an easel with mountains painted in an impressionist style in the background. Caption. Hello, I'm Claude Monet.

Cartoon. A man wearing a purple jacket and pink cravat stands on stage with a ballerina posing in the background. Next to him, an easel with a painting of a ballerina. Caption. I'm Edgar Degas, 1 of the world's greatest artists.

Cartoon. A thin man with a long beard and nose wearing a light green floppy hat and tunic. He's standing on a hilly landscape in the countryside. Caption. Hi, there! I'm Leonardo da Vinci.

Cartoon. A woman wearing a pink hat and holding a paintbrush and palette stands in a room with several paintings on easels. Caption. Soon I was painting in a whole new style.

Cartoon. Man wearing a multi-colored tunic, red tights, and brown boots stands on scaffolding holding a hammer and chisel. Behind him, an image of the top portion of the famous David statue. Caption. Hello, I am Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Cartoon. A moustached painter wearing a pink beret and blue tunic. He's holding a paintbrush, and palette. Behind him, a window looks out on a windmill and cottages on the water. Caption. I'm Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

Cartoon. Actual image of the top of the Emancipation Proclamation in color, showing a portrait of Lincoln with a laurel leaf border and 2 American flags waving in the breeze. Caption. January 1, 1863, I sent out the Emancipation Proclamation.

Painting. Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware showing Washington in a rowboat with several men. He's looking out ahead across the water with an American flag waving in the wind behind him. Caption. That was the leader I was willing to be.

Cartoon. A gray-haired man wearing formal colonial clothing holds up a finger, pointing at an actual portrait painting of President John Adams. Caption. I played an important role in the American Revolution.

Black and white illustration of Jefferson and 4 others gathered around a small table looking at a handwritten document. Caption. And they chose me to write a Declaration of Independence.

Black and white frame of a WW2 US Army Japanese American soldier standing below a crouching White US Army soldier. Caption. I want to see him the minute he gets back.

Closeup of Grant Wood's American Gothic painting. A woman and man with stern facial expressions look outward.

Black woman faces away from camera and looks over her right shoulder within a forested setting. Caption. The journey for Harriet was long and hard.

Black and white frame of slave men, women and children walking on a dirt path. Caption. To lead nearly 300 slaves to freedom.

Still image from: Harriet Tubman for Kids

Portrait painting of Liliuokalani wearing a black gown and several pieces of jewelry. She has a soft physique, medium-brown skin and dark features.

Still image from: Helen Keller for Kids

Young Helen Keller, one arm wrapped around an adult woman's shoulder, the other reaching out to hold her hand.

Aerial shot of 2 people on the ground with arms and legs akimbo, illuminated by a blue light. Caption. Man, as Hemingway. There are no heroes in this war.

Still image from: Henry and Me: The Story of Wallace Henry Thurman

Black and white photo of baseball players standing in a half-moon formation around a coach at the center. Caption. Rockne's famous pep talks inspired his teams.

Still image from: Hidden Figures: Meet the Computers

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Lewis and Clark Expedition--Introduction (Part 1)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Lewis and Clark Expedition--Ocean in View (Part 3)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Lewis and Clark Expedition--The Heroes' Welcome (Part 4)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Lewis and Clark Expedition--The Journey West (Part 2)

Color photo of Adolf Hitler standing in a black convertible raising one hand in a seig heil a large crowd of people in the background.

Still image from: I Am Ruby Bridges

Color illustration. Girl dressed in blue with red ringlets, holding a doll. Caption. When Esther was 8, she watched her mother.

King Jordan stands in front of several microphones with a crowd of people behind him. Caption. I, King Jordan became the first deaf president.

Still image from: Ida B. Wells: The Light of Truth

Black and white photo of a woman playing the piano while looking at sheet music. A man stands by watching her play. Caption. Though he declared she delighted in tormenting him.

Sepia-toned photo of Amelia Earhart smiling at us. Text reads, “Amelia Earhart.”

Sepia-toned photo of Clara Barton. Text reads, “Clara Barton.”

Sepia-toned photo of Madam C.J. Walker. Text reads, “Madam C.J. Walker.”

Mae Jemison wearing an orange astronaut suit on brown paper. Text reads, “Mae Jemison.”

Raye Montague smiling at us in front of a U.S. Navy ship. Text reads, “Raye Montague.”

Illustration of Ruby Bridges, a young Black girl wearing a white dress, walking in between white men in tan suits. Text reads, “Ruby Bridges.”

Illustration of Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman with two braids in her hair and holding a wooden stick in her hand, as she looks out at us. Text reads, “Sacagawea.”

Illustration of Sandra Day O'Connor smiling at us while she wears her supreme court judge robe with the American Flag behind her. Text reads, “Sandra Day O’Connor.”

Illustration of Sonia Sotomayor smiling at us as she wears her supreme court justice robe. Text reads, “Sonia Sotomayor.”

Wide shot of a basketball court with offense and defense in play on one side of the court. Caption. If I wanted to make this pass here.

A scale shows world population. 2 billion people will be added by 20 50 to the 7 billion at present. A number, 2 X, is shown over the food crops, wheat and corn.

Still image from: Jacobo Zabludovsky (Spanish)

A side view of a man holding a part of a vehicle engine. Caption. Refiérase a joha de información y coloque las otras medidas.

Color illustration of a girl seated by a tree with sheep in the background. Caption. One summer day when Joan was 13 years old.

Still image from: John F. Kennedy for Kids

Still image from: John Lewis: Get in the Way

Black and white frame of three men in lab coats at a laboratory table. Caption. Who had developed a vaccine that conquered poliomyelitis.

Cartoon Joseph Stalin wears a gray military uniform as he smokes a pipe and glares at us. Text reads, "Joseph Stalin. Leader of the Soviet Union, 1878 to 1953."

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Leeuwenhoek--The First Master of Microscopes

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Complicated Legacy of Lynn Margulis

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Story of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

Young Langston Hughes wearing a plaid shirt, orange paisley tie, and brown suspenders looks out with a neutral expression.

Three red, black, and gold medals hang in a row. Two cross-shaped medals stand on either side of a medal with wide spokes over a flower-like circle.

Two men in suits and cowboy hats turn toward one another as they ride horses through a verdant landscape. Caption. Banks all across Missouri and Kentucky were robbed.

Blurry color illustration of 3 Native Americans riding horses. Caption. The Native Americans fought to hold onto their lands.

Black and white closeup of Tolstoy hunched over a table, writing. Caption. Tolstoy spent the last few years of his life in Yasnaya Polyana.

Still image from: Leonardo da Vinci for Kids

Wooden sign hangs above green mountain silhouettes and reads, "Lewis and Clark for Kids."

Black and white image of an optical illusion created from an interlocking pattern of white and black birds flying in different directions. Caption. Dark and light flocks of birds fly past one another.

Watercolor illustration of a man with a red bandana covering the bottom half of his face. Shadowy gray background. Caption. He wore a red handkerchief.

A black and white image of Margaret Mead looking down at an indigenous Samoan man.

Still image from: María Izquierdo (Spanish)

Black and white image of Gandhi exiting a building, surrounded by onlookers. Caption. During the same visit, she met Gandhi.

Still image from: Miguelito: A Song to Puerto Rico (Spanish)

John Lewis wears a dark suit and sits in front of black and blue background. His face turns to the side with a perplexed expression. Title bar reads, "Minds that matter. John Lewis, Democratic U, S congressman, Georgia."

Illustration of a girl looking over a wrought iron handrail out onto a cityscape. Caption: Once upon a time she was a little girl named Alice

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Amundsen's Snowshoes

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Sir Thomas Beecham's Seattle "Dustbin"

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Wyatt Earp