Background Information

• Clip: 2026 National March for Life and the Pro-Life Movement (9:35)

• Bell Ringer: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (2022) (2 Clips)

• Lesson: Abortion Debate in Today’s United States (10 Clips & Slides)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: The Supreme Court & Abortion (4 Clips)

• Lesson: Landmark Supreme Court Case: Roe v Wade (8 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: AI Agent Hacks and Cyberattacks (6:11)

• Clip: Artificial Intelligence and Price Gouging (6:36)

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

• Bell Ringer: Deep Fakes, AI, and U.S. Elections (3 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Pros and Cons of AI Data Centers (2 Clips)

• Deliberation: Is AI an Opportunity or a Threat? (12 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: Evolution of Humans, Artificial Intelligence and Robots (13:12)

• Bell Ringer: Enigma Machine (3:44)

• Lesson: History of Artificial Intelligence (5 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Trump Admin Pause on All Asylum Decisions (7:59)

• Clip: DHS's New "Public Charge" Rule (9:16)

• Bell Ringer:  What is DACA? (3:57)

• Bell Ringer: U.S. Immigration Policy & "Sanctuary Cities" (6:00)

• Bell Ringer: Immigrant Workers and the H-1B Visa Program (2 Clips)

• Lesson: The Asylum Application Process (6 Clips)

• Lesson: Refugees & National Security (6 Clips)

• Lesson: Changing American Demographics (12 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: Reduction to Refugee Admissions (7:13)

• Lesson: History of Deportation (11 Clips)

• Lesson: History of Immigration Policy in America (15 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Fed Chair Warsh on State of the U.S. Economy (7:02)

• Clip: U.S. National Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion (7:08)

• Bell Ringer: What are recessions and how can governments respond? (3:10)

• Bell Ringer: Impacts of Monopolization (3:15)

• Bell Ringer: Costs and Benefits of Regulations (2 Clips) 

• Deliberation: Should the federal government bail out state and local governments facing budget shortfalls? (9 Clips)

• Deliberation: Are Bureaucratic Regulations on Businesses Good or Bad for Americans? (10 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: Milton Friedman on Inflation (6:11)

• Bell Ringer: The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (2:41)

• Bell Ringer: Comparing the Gilded Age to Today (4:43)

Background Information

• Clip: Quality of U.S. Higher Educational Institutions (4:48)

• Bell Ringer: Educational Policy and the Every Student Succeeds Act (5:33)

• Lesson: The Role of the Federal Government in Education (6 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should the government provide free college for students? (10 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should There Be Increased School Choice? (13 Clips)

• Deliberation: Is a College Degree Still Worth the Investment? (12 Clips)

Historical Context

• Lesson: The GI Bill (8 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (2 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Gallup Poll on Views of Capitalism (9:29)

• Clip: The Raise the Wage Act (5:39)

• Bell Ringer: The Impact of Technology on the Workforce (6:51)

• Bell Ringer: Calculating Unemployment And Job Numbers (1:33)

• Bell Ringer: Income Inequality and Declining Real Wages (6:04)

• Bell Ringer: Working Class in America (3 Clips)

• Lesson: Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Raised? (5 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should the federal minimum wage be raised? (13 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: Working Class in America (3 Clips)

• Lesson: The New Deal (6 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Impact of Energy Prices on Inflation and the Economy (4:16)

• Clip: Environment and Offshore Drilling (10:00)

• Clip: Nuclear Energy Usage (1:22)

• Clip: Clean Energy School Buses (7:42)

• Clip: Hearing on Gas Stove Regulation Proposals (4:08)

• Clip: Fusion Energy Breakthrough (3:33)

• Bell Ringer: Costs and Benefits of Regulations (2 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should More Pipelines Be Constructed in the United States? (13 Clips)

Historical Context

• On This Day: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (6 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: HHS Secretary Kennedy on Microplastic Targeting Initiative (6:11)

• Bell Ringer: Costs and Benefits of Regulations (2 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should the federal government implement the Green New Deal? (12 Clips)

• Deliberation: What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Conservation? (10 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: Burning Rivers and Environmental Squalor (2 Clips)

• Clip: The United States and the Paris Climate Accord (4:39)

Background Information

• Clip: President Trump Addresses 81st United Nations General Assembly (37:45)

• Clip: Secretary Hegseth and Chair Caine Testify on Cost of Iran War (4:48)

• Clip: Legislative-Executive Relationship and Foreign Policy (4:03)

• Bell Ringer: U.S. Foreign Policy and Interventionism vs. Isolationism (6:33)

• Bell Ringer: Arms Sales and Transfers (5:05)

• Lesson: The War in Ukraine (8 Clips)

• Deliberation: What is the best approach to US foreign policy in the 21st century? (11 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should the United States Acquire Greenland? (11 Clips)

Historical Context

• Clip: 75 Years of NATO (3:12)

• Bell Ringer: Isolationists in World War II (11:42)

Background Information

• Clip: Mid-Year Crime Trends in U.S. Cities (6:23)

• Clip: Flock AI Surveillance Network and the 4th Amendment (4:48)

• Bell Ringer: The Role of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (2:32) 

• Deliberation: How Should the Issue of Gun Violence be Addressed in the United States? (20 Clips)

Historical Context

• Lesson: D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court Cases (6 Clips)

• Clip: History of the NRA & Gun Legislation (3:56)

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

Background Information

• Clip: Removal of Allegedly Fraudulent Affordable Care Act Enrollments (7:27)

• Clip: President Trump's Childhood Vaccine Executive Order (10:39)

• Clip: Agriculture Secretary Rollins on New Federal Dietary Guidelines (5:00)

• Clip: Differences between Medicare for All and the Public Option (3:02)

• Bell Ringer: Health Insurance and the "Free-Rider" Problem (2:14)

• Deliberation: Should the federal government fund a single-payer health care system for everyone? (12 Clips)

Historical Context

• Lesson: The History of Federal Entitlement Programs in the U.S. (7 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Medicare and Medicaid Acts of 1965 (5:41)

Background Information

• Clip: The Equality Act and LGBTQ Discrimination (5:24)

• Clip: House Passes Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (8:06)

• Clip: Arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case (6:18)

• Bell Ringer: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023) (2 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Transgender Athlete Cases (2026) (5:13)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: The Impact of the Stonewall Riots (3 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: The Lavender Scare (3:25)

• Bell Ringer: AIDS Protest at the FDA (2 Clips)

• Lesson: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (8 Clips)

• Lesson: Landmark LGBT Supreme Court Cases (9 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Federal Takeover of DC Police Department (10:20)

• Clip: Policing Policy Priorities and Challenges (4:17)

• Clip: Police Data Transparency (7:35)

• Clip: Congressional Democrats Introduce Police Reform Legislation (2:37)

• Clip: IACP President Steven Casstevens on Police Reforms (3:09)

• Deliberation: Should Law Enforcement Utilize Civil Asset Forfeiture? (8 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should qualified immunity for law enforcement officials be eliminated? (11 Clips)

Historical Context

• Clip: Peniel Joseph on the Significance of the George Floyd Protests (4:40)

• Bell Ringer: The Kerner Report (4:32)

• Bell Ringer: Emergence of Modern Policing (2:15)

• Bell Ringer: The Origins of the Black Lives Matter Movement (3:05)

Background Information

• Bell Ringer: Data Protection and Privacy Policies (4:40)

• Bell Ringer: U.S. Government Information Collection and Surveillance (3 Clips)

• Clip: Data Privacy Laws in the United States (3:00)

• Clip: Moderation of Content by Online Platforms (4:42)

• Deliberation: Should social media companies be responsible for removing content on their platforms? (7 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should big tech companies be broken up? (9 Clips)

• Deliberation: What type of policy should the federal government enact to protect data privacy? (10 Clips)

Background Information

• Bell Ringer: Financial Literacy - Student Loan Debt (7:49)

• Clip: Student Loans and Efforts to Ease Student Debt (8:53)

• Lesson: Should the government forgive federal student loan debt? (6 Clips)

• Deliberation: Should Student Loans Be Forgiven? (11 Clips)

• Deliberation: Is a College Degree Still Worth the Investment? (12 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Impact of Fuel Tax Proposals (4:48)

• Clip: Taxation and Economic Classes (3:54)

• Clip: Tax Day 2026 and the OBBBA (8:25)

• Bell Ringer: How the Federal Government Spends Your Taxes (2:43)

• Bell Ringer: Marginal Tax Rates (2 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Tax Fairness (3 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: Wealth Taxes and How They Work (2 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: Trickle-Down Economics (2 Clips)

• Bell Ringer: History of the Federal Income Tax (3 Clips)

• Lesson: 16th Amendment and Income Taxes (8 Clips)

• Lesson: The Whiskey Rebellion (13 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: U.S.-Canada Trade War (6:30)

• Clip: Supreme Court Strikes Down President Trump's Global Tariffs (9:42)

• Clip: An Explanation of the Proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (3:35)

• Bell Ringer: Chinese Economy, Trade, and the Impact on the U.S. (4:48)

• Lesson: Trade Policy: Tariffs and Free Trade (9 Clips)

• Lesson: Replacing NAFTA: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) (8 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act and the Great Depression (2:06) 

• Lesson: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (9 Clips)

• Lesson: The History of Tariffs in the United States (8 Clips)

• Lesson: History of Tariffs (13 Clips)

Background Information

• Clip: Senate Passes ICE and Border Patrol Funding Bill (6:43)

• Clip: Immigration Policy at the U.S. Southern Border (10:04)

• Clip: Militarization of the U.S. Southern Border (7:53)

• Bell Ringer: DHS and ICE's Roles and Tactics (5:19)

• Deliberation: What should the United States do to address issues along the U.S.-Mexico border? (12 Clips)

Historical Context

• Bell Ringer: 20th Century US Immigration Law: The Bracero Program (1:24)

• Bell Ringer: History of Border Security in pre-20th century America (6:17)

• Bell Ringer: The History of Barriers on the U.S.-Mexico Border (4:28)

• Lesson: Immigration Act of 1924 Legacy (6 Clips)