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Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (32 min., 12 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielded questions in Washington Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"These three 20- minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over...
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, Mandate examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Leading historians, political scientists, and public figures offer insight into presidents and the presidency from George Washington through FDR--Annenberg Classroom website.
Series
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Conversation between Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen G. Breyer, Antony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts and high school students from California and Pennsyvania some of which took place in 2006.
Series
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first two selections on disc 1 feature U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielding questions in Washington from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution. The third selection of disc 1 features "11 short video segments [in which] constitutional...
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