Lesson Plan: The Powers of Congress (8 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Enumerated and Implied Powers of Congress ( Clips & Activities) 

Lesson Plan: Choice Board: Expressed and Implied Powers ( Clips & Activities) 

Lesson Plan: Congress' Power of Impeachment (9 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Congressional Oversight of the Executive Branch (7 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Congressional Investigations (2 Clips) 

Bell Ringer: Congressional and Presidential War Powers (6:03)

Bell Ringer: Congressional War Powers Throughout History (3 clips) 

Bell Ringer: Senate Role in Judicial Nominations (6:22)

Bell Ringer: The Role of the Senate (2:53)

Bell Ringer: Role of the Congressional Budget Office (1:21)

Bell Ringer: Raising the Federal Minimum Wage (5:01)

Lesson Plan: The Congressional Medal of Honor (5 Clips) 

Bell Ringer: Congressional Delegation Trips (CODELs) (4:37)

Video Clip: Touring the U.S. Capitol (6:09) 

Lesson Plan: Differences Between the House and the Senate (8 Clips) 

Lesson Plan: The Roles of Congressional Leadership Positions (10 Clips) 

Lesson Plan: Introduction to Congressional Committees (Clips and Activities)

Lesson Plan: Congressional Committees (14 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Improving How Congress Works (11 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Choice Board - Researching Your U.S. Senators (Multiple Options)

Lesson Plan: Choice Board - Researching Your Members in the U.S. House of Representatives (Multiple Options)

Lesson Plan: Using Technology to Increase Effectiveness in Congress (9 Clips) 

Bell Ringer: TV and the Senate (7:40)

Bell Ringer: Political Problem Solving and Sports (1:57)

Bell Ringer: Concentrated Power and Effective Leadership (2 Clips)

Lesson Plan: How Members of Congress use Social Media (1 Clip with Activities)

Bell Ringer: The Need for Bipartisanship in Congress (2:44)

Bell Ringer: Senate Committees (2:42)

Bell Ringer: Role of the Senate Historian (3:51)

Bell Ringer: New Members of Congress Orientation and Transition (4:39)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Leadership Elections (4:21)

Bell Ringer: The Role of the Speaker of the House of Representatives (5:14)

Bell Ringer: The Role and History of Senate Majority Leaders (8:24)

Video Clip: Sen. McConnell (R-KY) on the Role of the Senate Majority Leader (4:24)

Bell Ringer: The Role of Whip and the Process of Whipping Votes (2:00)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Term Limits (2:32)

Bell Ringer: The Framers and Term Limits (4:50)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Pay and Benefits (3:26)

Bell Ringer: Fundraising in Congress (3:38)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Leadership and Fundraising (5:12) 

Bell Ringer: Senate Hideaways (4:20)

Deliberation: Should There Be Term Limits For Members of Congress? 

Lesson Plan: How A Bill Becomes A Law (9 Clips) 

Lesson Plan: Congressional Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending (8 Clips)

Deliberation: Should the legislative filibuster rule be eliminated in the Senate? (10 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Day-to-Day Congressional Operations (8:58)

Bell Ringer: The House Rules Committee (1:21)

Bell Ringer: The Senate Appropriations Committee (2:36)

Bell Ringer: Senate Filibuster (2:15)

Bell Ringer: Editing the Senate Record (1:09)

Bell Ringer: Political Parties and the Senate Filibuster (4:50)

Bell Ringer: Is the Lame-Duck Congress a Threat to Democracy? (2 Clips)

Bell Ringer: The Discharge Petition Process in Congress (1:31)

Bell Ringer: Challenges with the Discharge Petition Process (2:56)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Review Act (3:18)

Bell Ringer: Budget Reconciliation and When It Can Be Used (1:34)

Bell Ringer: Senatorial Courtesy (3 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Omnibus Bill (3 Clips)

Bell Ringer: What is Affected By a Government Shutdown? (1:12)

Bell Ringer: Logrolling (2 Clips) 

Video Clip: Report on Congress and Financial Conflicts of Interest (7:22) 

Bell Ringer: Motion to Vacate and Political Power (3:18)

On This Day: Cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol Laid (10 Clips)

Video Clip: The U.S. Capitol Building and its Purpose (7:11)

Lesson Plan: Congress and the Antebellum South (8 Clips)

Lesson Plan: The Teapot Dome Scandal and Congressional Investigations (5 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Early Women in Congress (Multiple Options)

Bell Ringer: History of Divided Government (2 Clips)

Bell Ringer: The Gag Rule (5:01)

Bell Ringer: The Caning of Charles Sumner (5:42)

Bell Ringer: The History of Incivility in Congress (4:23)

Bell Ringer: Historical Congressional Violence and the Press (1:48)

Bell Ringer: The First African Americans in Congress (7:36)

Bell Ringer: Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 (2 Clips)

Bell Ringer: The 1974 Budget Act and Modern Budget Process (2:29)

Bell Ringer: Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U.S. Senate (10:26)

Bell Ringer: History of "Lame Duck" Congress (6:08)

Bell Ringer: The 17th Amendment and the Direct Election of Senators (2:59)

Bell Ringer: What is the Farm Bill? (2:39)

Bell Ringer: The Debt Ceiling (1:34)

Video Clip: Government Spending and Debt (6:02)

Video Clip: McCarthy and the Senate Hearings (5:32) 

Lesson Plan: Employee Free Choice Act  (4 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Oversight of Artificial Intelligence (3 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Competition, Ticketing, and Antitrust Issues in Live Entertainment (10 Clips)

Video Clip: House Votes to Oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (10:55)

Bell Ringer: Report on "The Defeated Congress" (7:13)

Bell Ringer: Decline of Swing House Seats (2 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Overview of the Census (9 Clips)

Lesson Plan: The Redistricting Process: How States Draw District Maps (7 Clips)

Lesson Plan: What to expect during the 2020 Redistricting Process (5 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Political Gerrymandering (4 Clips)

Bell Ringer: The Number of People per Congressional District  (2:36)

Bell Ringer: Term Limits and Gerrymandering (2:44)

Bell Ringer: Partisan Gerrymandering and How District Lines are Drawn (8:13)

Deliberation: What is Gerrymandering and Who Should Control the Redistricting Process?

Bell Ringer: District of Columbia Emancipation Act (6:46)

Bell Ringer: 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments (4:36)

Bell Ringer: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 and the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 (5:33)

Bell Ringer: The 17th Amendment and the Direct Election of Senators (2:59)

Bell Ringer: The Nineteenth Amendment (7:28)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act (3 Clips)

Bell Ringer: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (7:31)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965 (3 Clips)

Bell Ringer: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (5:43)

Bell Ringer: Voting Rights in the South and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (4:33)

Bell Ringer: Origin and Impact of Title IX Legislation (2 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Presidential Records Act (1978) (9 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (3 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Orrin Hatch and the Ryan White Act (1990) (6:38)

Bell Ringer: NAGPRA (2:47)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (5 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 (4 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: 1996 Welfare Reform Law (5 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Congressional Review Act (1996) and the REINS Act (2 Clips)

Bell Ringer: Landmark Legislation: 2002 No Child Left Behind Law (4 Clips)

Lesson Plan: What are Congressional Investigations? (13 Clips & Slides)

Lesson Plan: Congress Investigates – Ku Klux Klan Violence During Reconstruction (11 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Congress Investigates - Sinking of Titanic (13 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Congress Investigates - World War II Production (16 Clips)

Lesson Plan: Congress Investigates - Organized Crime (14 Clips)

Stay tuned for more resources from our ongoing "Congress Investigates" series on American History TV!

Video Clip: First Day of the 118th Congress (4:03)

Video Clip: 118th Congress Speaker of the House Election (5:44)

Video Clip: House Speaker Battle & GOP Agenda (5:14)

Video Clip: "Deadlock" & Day 3 of the House Speaker Election (5:05)

Video Clip: Day 4 of House Speaker Election (2:55)

Video Clip: Patty Murray Becomes First Female Senate President Pro Tempore (1:53)

Video Clip: Mitch McConnell Becomes Longest-Serving Party Leader (21:55)

Video Clip: Presidents and Divided Congresses (4:39)

Video Clip: Skirmishes and Heated Exchanges on Capitol Hill (6:16)