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Each year America celebrates Constitution Day on September 17. Since 2006, federal legislation mandates that all educational institutions receiving federal funds must hold an educational program on the Constitution commemorating the day.
Remix Am...
Calling all Remixers!
We just released a new How-To demo which gives you all of the important tips on how to use the Remix America editing software.
Students with more experience in editing can switch from the Easy Editor to the Advanced Edito...
Calling all Remixers!
We just released a new How-To demo which gives you all of the important tips on how to use the Remix America editing software.
Students with more experience in editing can switch from the Easy Editor to the Advanced Edito...
Here’s a great mashup of history and cutting-edge culture: At a recent Voices of a People’s History event, hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco gave life to two very different but powerful pieces of the American story. First Lupe read an excerpt from an ant...
Here’s a great mashup of history and cutting-edge culture: At a recent Voices of a People’s History event, hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco gave life to two very different but powerful pieces of the American story. First Lupe read an excerpt from an ant...
The voice that introduced America to The Beatles, the man who was there throughout the Nuremberg trials, the Vietnam war, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and the moon landing, has now left us. Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in Am...
Forty years ago yesterday, Apollo 11, the spacecraft that would put the first man on the moon, took off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. On Wednesday, just the day before the anniversary of this historic launch, another space shuttle, the Endeavour, br...
Check out the new Remix America promo. Grab footage from America Then and America Now and remix it into your vision for America’s Future.
Inspired? Click here to get started! Mix it up. Pass it on.
Remix America has launched our newest initiative: "Coping with the Economy" With this initiative, we hope to provide a forum for young Americans to share their story of the economic crisis and enter a productive dialogue with their parents and gra...
Palm Breeze Café was originally founded as an informal resource sharing tool for teachers in Florida. Since 2005, they’ve expanded their reach to include podcasts and a TV broadcast. Their catchphrase, “convenient and flexible education,” undersco...
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A Lesson Guide for Constitution Day 2.0
Each year America celebrates Constitution Day on September 17. Since 2006, federal legislation mandates that all educational institutions receiving federal funds must hold an educational program on the Constitution commemorating the day.
Remix America (http://remixamerica.org) has partnered with Constitutional Rights Foundation (http://crf-usa.org) to bring you the Constitution Day Challenge--a creative way for elementary, middle and high school students to learn about and celebrate our Constit… Continue
Remix America (http://remixamerica.org) has partnered with Constitutional Rights Foundation (http://crf-usa.org) to bring you the Constitution Day Challenge--a creative way for elementary, middle and high school students to learn about and celebrate our Constit… Continue
Posted on August 31, 2009 at 11:00am —
New and Improved How-To Video!
Calling all Remixers!
We just released a new How-To demo which gives you all of the important tips on how to use the Remix America editing software.
Students with more experience in editing can switch from the Easy Editor to the Advanced Editor. The layout of the Advanced Editor is a little more like iMovie and it has a couple exclusive features. For example, the Advanced Editor allows two layers of soundtrack, so you can insert a song AND do a voice over!
Already created a… Continue
We just released a new How-To demo which gives you all of the important tips on how to use the Remix America editing software.
Students with more experience in editing can switch from the Easy Editor to the Advanced Editor. The layout of the Advanced Editor is a little more like iMovie and it has a couple exclusive features. For example, the Advanced Editor allows two layers of soundtrack, so you can insert a song AND do a voice over!
Already created a… Continue
Posted on August 24, 2009 at 1:38pm —
Remix Rap: Lupe Fiasco
Here’s a great mashup of history and cutting-edge culture: At a recent Voices of a People’s History event, hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco gave life to two very different but powerful pieces of the American story. First Lupe read an excerpt from an anti-war leaflet written during the Vietnam conflict by two civil rights activists. Then, he stirred up the crowd with the chorus of Public Enemy’s 1989 hit “Fight the Power.” Watch the video below, and read on to learn more about the pieces that Lupe perf… Continue
Posted on July 27, 2009 at 4:01pm —
"And That's the Way it is"
The voice that introduced America to The Beatles, the man who was there throughout the Nuremberg trials, the Vietnam war, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and the moon landing, has now left us. Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," after whom the term anchor was coined, died in his New York home on Friday. For those who grew up in the 20th century, Cronkite was an constant narrator in living rooms, store windows and kitchen counters. From blue-lit television screens across… Continue
Posted on July 22, 2009 at 1:07pm —
Launch! Forty Years of Space Exploration
Forty years ago yesterday, Apollo 11, the spacecraft that would put the first man on the moon, took off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. On Wednesday, just the day before the anniversary of this historic launch, another space shuttle, the Endeavour, broke through earth's atmosphere, this time to further construction of the International Space Station.
America's exploration of the interplanetary unknown really began in 1957, the year that the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite to or… Continue
America's exploration of the interplanetary unknown really began in 1957, the year that the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite to or… Continue
Posted on July 17, 2009 at 5:02pm —
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