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Contemporary Issues

Official • 45 clips

This playlist provides clips that introduce students to many modern-day issues facing our society.

Inherit the Wind: Colonel Drummond Speech

2m 36s

law

american history

freedom of expression

ideological fanaticism

Colonel Drummond argues for a teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. He suggests that making evolution a crime could be a chain reaction that leads to censorship and a government-imposed belief system.

Clips

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Girl Meets World: Social Media Lesson thumbnail

Girl Meets World: Social Media Lesson

Cory has a discussion with his class about social media and how it impacts their lives. The discu...

2

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Mean Girls: Social Groups

Janis stresses to Cady the importance of sitting with the right people in the cafeteria. She give...

3

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Carlton is a Sell-Out thumbnail

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Carlton is a Sell-Out

Will and Carlton both rush for a fraternity, but only Will gains acceptance. When questioned as t...

4

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Sicko: Socialized Medicine

Former First Lady Hillary Clinton championed a socialist approach to affordable health care so th...

5

Hotel Transylvania 2: Drac Learns New Technology thumbnail

Hotel Transylvania 2: Drac Learns New Technology

Jonathan helps Drac modernize the hotel by suggesting that the team use social media to promote t...

6

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Modern Family: Lily Goes to a Vietnamese Restaurant

Gloria, Mitch, and Cameron go out to a Vietnamese restaurant in an attempt to help Lily embrace h...

7

Rocko's Modern Life: Recycle Song thumbnail

Rocko's Modern Life: Recycle Song

Captain Compost Heap (CCH) sings a song about the importance of recycling, conserving the environ...

9

Don't Be a Menace to South Central: Supermarket Scene thumbnail

Don't Be a Menace to South Central: Supermarket Scene

Two customers of different races get treated drastically different in a supermarket. The storeown...

10

Everybody Hates Chris: Shopping While Black thumbnail

Everybody Hates Chris: Shopping While Black

Chris shares one of his frustrations: overt racism while shopping. He experiences it from the sec...

13

Made in Dagenham: Rights Not Privileges thumbnail

Made in Dagenham: Rights Not Privileges

Rita O'Grady works for the Ford Motor Co. plant in Dagenham, England. Despite performing the spec...

15

The Great Debaters: The Time for Justice thumbnail

The Great Debaters: The Time for Justice

The plot of The Great Debaters revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson at a ...

16

All in the Family: Equal Pay Debate thumbnail

All in the Family: Equal Pay Debate

Archie and Irene debate equal pay for women. Irene feels she should be paid as much as the man wh...

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Inherit the Wind: Colonel Drummond Speech thumbnail

Inherit the Wind: Colonel Drummond Speech

Colonel Drummond argues for a teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. He suggests tha...

19

The Emperor's Club: How Will History Remember You? thumbnail

The Emperor's Club: How Will History Remember You?

Professor Hundert inspires his students to make meaningful contributions to society. He asks one ...

20

The Verdict: What is the Truth? thumbnail

The Verdict: What is the Truth?

Frank reflects on a medical malpractice case in which he was offered a settlement. Upon reflectio...

24

It's a Wonderful Life: Making Our Customers Better thumbnail

It's a Wonderful Life: Making Our Customers Better

George Bailey points out to Mr. Potter his shrewd business practices. He emphasizes caring for th...

26

Adam Ruins Everything: The History of the Suburbs thumbnail

Adam Ruins Everything: The History of the Suburbs

Adam Conover and Nikole Hannah-Jones of the NY Times give a lesson to a suburban family about the...

27

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Endless Summer thumbnail

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Endless Summer

Mr. Krabs releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to create a year-long summer. His ultimate ...

28

An Inconvenient Truth: Science of Global Warming thumbnail

An Inconvenient Truth: Science of Global Warming

Al Gore explains just how thin the Earth's atmosphere is compared to the Earth itself and then de...

29

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National Geographic: Bill Explains Climate Change

Bill Nye explains climate change and the impact it can have on the environment and our lives. He ...

30

The Lords of Discipline: Mess Hall Scene thumbnail

The Lords of Discipline: Mess Hall Scene

During a meal at the military institute, new recruits offer the seasoned cadets their food. The s...

31

Contagion: Modeling of a Virus thumbnail

Contagion: Modeling of a Virus

The team creates a model of the virus causing an epidemic to better understand how it behaves and...

33

Beakman's World: Vaccines and The Immune System thumbnail

Beakman's World: Vaccines and The Immune System

Beakman explains what a vaccine is by acting like Edward Jenner. He explains how Jenner created t...

34

National Geographic: The Ebola Virus thumbnail

National Geographic: The Ebola Virus

Ebola is a rare, but extremely dangerous disease. Find out how many strains of Ebola exist, how t...

35

Philadelphia: The Essence of Discrimination thumbnail

Philadelphia: The Essence of Discrimination

A man with AIDs shows his lawyer the written words of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act o...

36

A Different World: AIDS Speech thumbnail

A Different World: AIDS Speech

In this emotional clip, Josie Webb gives a speech about her life, youth, and perceived immortalit...

37

National Geographic: HIV and AIDS thumbnail

National Geographic: HIV and AIDS

About 37 million people around the world are currently living with AIDS. Learn how the human immu...

38

The Simpsons: Invasive Species thumbnail

The Simpsons: Invasive Species

The Simpsons take a bullfrog to Australia, and it devastates the environment because it's not nat...

39

Grey's Anatomy: Passive Euthanasia thumbnail

Grey's Anatomy: Passive Euthanasia

A patient's husband wants the doctors to ignore the DNR she signed years prior. The doctors honor...

40

Captain Fantastic: What is the Bill of Rights? thumbnail

Captain Fantastic: What is the Bill of Rights?

Ben proves to Harper that his children learn effectively through his own education system when sh...

41

The Boys from Brazil: Cloning a Rabbit thumbnail

The Boys from Brazil: Cloning a Rabbit

Dr. Bruckner demonstrates cloning by injecting the blood cells of a black rabbit into a white rab...

42

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: Democracy vs. Dictatorship thumbnail

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: Democracy vs. Dictatorship

Anakin and Padme are having a picnic when they start discussing systems of government. Anakin thi...

43

Gung Ho: Japanese Board Meeting thumbnail

Gung Ho: Japanese Board Meeting

When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash be...

44

Miss Sloane: Gun Control Debate thumbnail

Miss Sloane: Gun Control Debate

Miss Sloane appears on Jon O'Neill's show, This Week in Washington, where she participates in a d...

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Origins: The Journey of Humankind: The Future of Cyberwarfare thumbnail

Origins: The Journey of Humankind: The Future of Cyberwarfare

War in the 21st century will be waged on many fronts -- one of which will be a digital battlefiel...