iTunes U Spotlight: History & Politics

"Trying to plan for the future without a sense of the past is like trying to plant cut flowers," former Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin once said. So with elections just around the corner, now is the perfect time to brush up on your American history and politics know-how with courses on iTunes U covering our founding fathers, today's political climate, and much more.

U.S. Politics

U.S. Politics
Fora.tv

Political Science 101: Introduction to American Political Science
TMCC

Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy
Harvard University

POLS 314i: American Politics and Mass Media
SIUC

Early American History

American Founders and Their World
Stanford University

American History: Speeches and Essays
Lit2Go

Colonial and Revolutionary America
Stanford University

Early American Social History
University of Warwick

Famous American Figures

American Presidents
Gilder Lehrman

Ben Franklin and the World of the Enlightenment
Stanford University

Famous Americans
Gilder Lehrman

Theodore Roosevelt - His Life and Times on Film
Library of Congress

Insightful Interpretations

Moments in American History Central Washington University	Center for Politics University of Virginia	History: Days of Infamy American Public Media	The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History Mises Institute

Backstory University of Virginia	American History Yale University	American History Huntington Library	Geography of US Elections Stanford University

More to Explore

History of US Since 1877 Missouri State University	United States History Since World War II Northern Virginia Community College	The President Calling American Public Media	Religious Roots of American Democracy American Public Media

The Truth about American History: An Austro - Jeffersonian Perspective Mises Institute	History of the US to 1877 Parkland College	Great Depression and WWII Gilder Lehrman	African American History - The Modern Freedom Struggle Stanford University

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