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August 27, 2008
In this entry: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
Video summary:
In this video, Michelle Obama talks about her speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention and her role in the campaign to elect her husband, Barrack Obama, as president.
In her speech, Michelle Obama introduced her family history and highlighted how her and Barack's values are similar to that of the average American.
Michelle Obama had faced criticism during the Democratic primary for saying that this was the first time she had been proud of her country, and many political observers saw the speech as an effort to "re-introduce" her family and portray it as mainstream and normal.
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks briefly discuss Michelle Obama with Jim Lehrer after the interview
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"This is politics. And I've always felt that, when people hear my story and they hear the truth of my story, then they'll understand who I am. You know, I try not the lose sleep over how Barack's opponents have mischaracterized who I am." - Michelle Obama
"Hillary Clinton has been nothing but supportive. She has been personally supportive to me. I've talked to her one-on-one. She's given me advice how to maneuver this process with the girls. She called to congratulate me on my speech. She's been on the stump asking her funders to move, really pushing them to move. And she's been in some major swing states campaigning very hard on behalf of Barack. That's a fact." - Michelle Obama
"[Barack Obama] is less concerned about trying to tear down his opponent and more concerned about laying out and having a real conversation about the issues that people are facing on the ground." - Michelle Obama
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August 27, 2008
In this entry: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
Video summary:
This video follows Laura Tyson, a chief economist under President Clinton, now advising Senator Obama, as she walks around a Denver neighborhood with Economics Reporter Paul Solman.
They visit a house that is in foreclosure and then sit at the kitchen table with a middle class couple who are scared by the rapidly rising prices of gas, food and necessities.
(The NewsHour will do a similar report next week at the Republican Convention.)
Tyson touts Barack Obama’s economic policies, including middle class tax cuts and investments in education and alternative energy. She argues that a near decade of regulatory neglect and tax cuts for the wealthy have done real damage.
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August 26, 2008
In this entry: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
Video summary:
In this video, three historians discuss how the Democratic Party has evolved into what it is today.
As the party prepares to nominate Barack Obama as the first major party black candidate, the historians explain how the oldest political party in the nation has come a long way toward accepting civil rights and racial diversity since the 1930s, when Franklin Roosevelt refused to support anti-lynching legislation.
Historian Richard Norton Smith states that the party was divided on foreign policy during the Vietnam War, but now, while racially and demographically diverse, the Democrats are basically on the same page when it comes to ideology.
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"Roosevelt would not even support an anti-lynching bill; 1936, when Roosevelt was re-nominated, there was an African-American preacher who gave a prayer at the convention. Southern senators walked out. They thought this was outrageous that you would have an African-American on the podium." - Michael Beschloss, presidential historian
"By 1984, Jesse Jackson delivers his very famous rainbow address, telling the party that diversity is actually its strength rather than a weakness." - Peniel Joseph, Brandeis University
"I mean, the last 40 years, frankly, since Richard Nixon's election in 1968, broadly speaking, have been a period, a conservative period in American politics. We've had two Democratic presidents, both southerners, relatively speaking conservatives." - Richard Norton Smith, George Mason University
"In a way, Obama has written himself that people see him as a Rorschach, and they read whatever they want into him. So people who are liberals see Obama as a liberal in the party. Conservatives in the party actually say, "Obama's on my side." People who are moderates or centrists actually say, 'Obama's my guy.'" - Peniel Joseph, Brandeis University
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August 25, 2008
In this entry: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
Video Summary:
In this video, NewsHour political analysts David Brooks of The New York Times and Mark Shields, a syndicated political columnist, discuss what Barack Obama needs to do at the Denver convention and review the recent political ad wars.
The first 4 minutes is spent on the vice presidential nomination, so you might want to skip to 4:30 in the time code when they start talking about Obama’s challenges, and the recent round of negative ads following John McCain’s gaff of not remembering how many houses he owns.
Convincing Hillary Clinton supporters to align with Obama will be a major challenge, Shields predicts, as will showing Obama’s “log cabin” background and his rise to political stardom from a multi-cultural and humble upbringing.
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“What Obama offers is tomorrow versus yesterday. And it seems to me he’s got to re-establish that theme. And the theme is: We’re in a global world. We’re in a multicultural world. The frameworks of the old world don’t apply. I am the new framework.” - David Brooks, New York Times Columnist
“We’ve elected plenty of rich guys to the White House, and some have been good and some have been bad. The people in the upper middle class are perpetually thinking people in the middle class are really angry at people in the super upper class. They’re not. And they don’t mind richness. And I don’t think they’re going to think John McCain is a rich, decadent guy.” - David Brooks, New York Times Columnist
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August 21, 2008
In this entry: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
In this video, the two major party candidates for president, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain give speeches at stops along the campaign trail; Senator Obama in Virginia, and Senator McCain in New Mexico.
The two candidates outline what they think matters most to voters. Barack Obama highlights the problems in the economy that make life hard for many Americans. John McCain speaks about leadership in Iraq.
Both candidates urge voters to decide who can be the better president for the next four years.
Select quotes:
"People aren't sure whether that essential part of the American dream, the idea that if we work hard and we sacrifice the next generation's going to be a little bit better off than we were, people aren't sure whether that still holds true." Barack Obama
"I'm going to end this war, and I'm going to bring them home, and they'll come home with honor in victory, leaving Iraq secured as a democratic ally in the Arab heartland. That's what I'm going to do." John McCain
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August 19, 2008
In this entry: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
In this video discussion, author Tony Horwitz talks about his new book, "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World," and how the American continent during 1500s is largely a forgotten time.
While most students know about Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492 and the Pilgrims landing in 1620, Horwitz tells the NewsHour's Ray Suarez that the time period between the events, during which international powers fought for control of the Western Hemisphere, is an essential part of history.
Horwitz also says he wishes this period of American history was better taught in schools, because the story of Europeans colonizing North and South America is much more exciting and dramatic than the typical narrative taught today.
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"Well, it's weird that we've lost a whole century. I think most Americans would be hard-pressed to think of one thing that happened on this continent in the 1500s. Perhaps the lost colony of Roanoke, that might resonate, Virginia Dare. And apart from that, I think it's a blank." - Tony Horwitz, author
"A lot of visitors think that Columbus sailed here, dropped off the Pilgrims, and sailed home. And that's really all they know. At first, this amused me, but then again, when I started to scan my own brain for what I knew, I realized there was nothing there, either. And I decided to try and fill that void." - Tony Horwitz
"There are just incredible adventures, and also the drama of first contact. This is an experience we simply can't have today, no matter how far we travel. And in these early Spanish and French and other accounts, you get a sense of kind of the wonder of what happens when societies that have never encountered each other before collide on a beach in North Carolina or the desert of New Mexico." - Tony Horwitz
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August 18, 2008
In this report: Quotes, warm up questions, discussion questions, resources
In this video report, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels looks into how large businesses are producing new "green" household goods, catering to a new demand for environmentally-friendly products.
Michels talks to representatives from cleaning product company Clorox, which is trying to remake its "un-green" image by introducing a new brand of plant-based and environmentally friendly cleaning products.
The report also highlights how difficult it is for consumers to determine if cleaning spray or insulation is actually environmentally friendly, and Michels talks to some experts that question the validity of the claims made by some of the products.
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"Green Works' cleaning products, made from coconuts, lemon, and corn ethanol, marked a big step for Clorox, it's first new brand in 20 years. Its traditional bleach made of sodium hypochlorite was regarded by some as anything but green, although the company defends it." - Spencer Michels, NewsHour correspondent
"As the government's understanding, they're going to have to start making some strict guidelines as to what you can call green, what you can call sustainable. But that's going to be a long and very political battle before we come to some agreement." - Andrew Hargadon, University of California, Davis
"There's money to be made in marketing your product as environmental, but that doesn't necessarily mean that everybody is using legitimate language or legitimate information to do that. And that's why third-party certification has become so important and, in fact, is an ever-increasing business across the board." - Chet Chaffee, Scientific Certification Systems
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Iraq War Movies: What's (Not) Happening?
April 11, 2008
Grief's Poetic Form, the Elegy
April 10, 2008
$4 Gas in Our Future? Oil Prices and Alternative Energy
April 9, 2008
Roger Mudd on Network News: Just a Shadow of its Former Glory
April 8, 2008
Laying the Ground for a Frank Discussion of Undocumented Students
April 7, 2008
Martin Luther King Jr. Classroom Inspiration for Any Season
April 4, 2008
John Merrow: Case Studies of School Reform
April 3, 2008
On the Ground in Afghanistan: What Would You Do?
March 13, 2008
Teacher Cliff Notes for YouTube Election Videos!
March 10, 2008
April is Poetry Month - Unleash Our Poetry Series on Your Class!
March 6, 2008
Falling dollar: understanding the impact
March 4, 2008
Keeping Eyes on the Prize
(1)
February 28, 2008
Disputin' Putin? Russia's Tightly Controlled Presidential Election
January 11, 2008
Web Resources - It Takes a Village
(1)
January 9, 2008
If a picture is worth 1000, how many words is a video worth?
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August 14, 2008
Cyber Attacks Carry Russia-Georgia Conflict Online
August 13, 2008
NBC Offers Unprecedented Olympics Coverage
July 18, 2008
What Makes China China? One Man's Quest to Understand the Middle Kingdom
July 4, 2008
Afghanistan's Culture and History Revealed by Hidden Treasures
June 30, 2008
The War in Iraq and Why the Democrats Couldn't End It
June 24, 2008
U.S.-Funded Network Broadcasts News to the Arab World, but is Anyone Listening?
June 16, 2008
When Will U.S. Troops Leave Iraq?
June 13, 2008
How Other Countries View the U.S. Presidential Election
June 12, 2008
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Explains Food Crisis from African Perspective
June 6, 2008
Temporary Visas for Mexican Workers Provide Migrant Labor for U.S. Farms
June 3, 2008
Dominican-American English Professor Junot Diaz wins Pulitzer for 'Oscar Wao'
June 2, 2008
Internet Thriving Inside the Great(Fire)Wall of China
May 29, 2008
Modern China Confronts Environmental Crisis
May 14, 2008
Humanitarian Crisis Challenges Myanmar's Isolation
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