Go into phase two. Washington journal continues. Host once again, we are back. Are help him high school helping Highschool Students around the country prepare for the advanced u. S. History placement exam. Matthewere with ellington and jason stacy. Good morning, gentlemen. Guest good morning. Guest good morning. Host this is the first year we have done the u. S. History cram for the exam for advanced placement. We want everybody to know what is changing this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Guest there is quite a bit that is changing this year. Probably the biggest change is that it is a shorter test. It is usually about 45minutes long. It is going to be an online test for students. In addition, it is just one documentbased essay question with five documents. Finally, it is an exam that students can take athome from their computers. Era, of Distance Learning, colleges have modified the test while keeping the same skills students need to be successful. Finally, this test is an
Senate it is my honor to welcome you here. We are going to have a conversation about the intersection of Early American History and contemporary political issues. If this is your first visit to the institute, i want to welcome you to our fullscale replica of the United States senate chamber. We arekennedy institute, committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life and conversations like tonight that bring American History into focus. Partnerery proud to with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud together together a group of panelists for the Program Including our moderator, fred tice. He covers news related to politics in Higher Education at sincehere he has been 1988. Serving as a trusted source of tru
Located right beside taylor hall is a parking lot, the parking lot that four students unfortunately passed away during the may 4th shooting. And i have parked in that parking lot. I have walked across it. I have talked to my friends while walking across it. And i think theres something incredibly powerful about something that people encounter daily, having such a wound located there. I really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state and been around may 4th and be able to exist in that space because it fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting. Because some of the things they were fighting for back then were still fighting for now and we cant become complacent. Complacency is not that is a privilege. And one that we cannot afford. Hello. My name is todd dican. Its my honor and privilege to serve as the president of Kent State University. I have said many times you do not have to be an historian to understand the place of Kent State University in the
They produced a virtual ceremony. Next on American History tv, we see footage of that program, which includes footage of the deadly confrontation between ohio guardsmen and students protesting the vietnam war and recollections from wounded survivors and eyewitnesses. Located right beside taylor hall is a parking lot, the parking lot that four students unfortunately passed away during the may 4th shooting. And i have parked in that parking lot. I have walked across it. I have talked to my friends while walking across it. And i think theres something incredibly powerful about something that people encounter daily, having such a wound located there. I really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state and been around what happened on may 4th and be able to exist in that space because it fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting. Because some of the things they were fighting for back then were still fighting for now and we cant become complacent. Complace
Missouri, hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. I do believe that that is my cue to head over to this ourction and give introduction for the next speaker. Beforewould like to say that, here is a little Public Service announcement, stealing person,e from another there is only one thing you can war andom the world that thing would be, dont forget to get your flu shot. Maybe it means you get to june ash enjoy even heart this evenings dinner. Im so pleased to our next speaker, dr. Nancy bristow existing list professor in history at the university of puget sound where she specializes in 20th century American History with an emphasis on race, gender and social change and serves on the Leadership Team of the race and pedagogy institute. Makingthe author of 1996 this world for it social engineering in the great war. And american pandemic, a lost worlds of the 1918 influenza she willwhos content be addressing this afternoon. You might have seen her on the american experience, most