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Welcome to Our American Story —a dynamic online hub designed to support community organizations, educators, and individuals with free and accessible resources to support community engagement around history, civics, and culture.

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The American Revolution

Engagement Resource Center

A dynamic online hub designed to support public media stations, community organizations, educators, and individuals around the PBS documentary, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

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113 assets available for download

Crime and Punishment in America

Community Engagement Toolkit

Directed by Lynn Novick and executive produced by Ken Burns and Sam Pollard, this four-part, eight-hour series tells the story of criminal justice in America from the colonial era to today, and explores how Americans have wrestled with the problem of crime, the purpose of punishment and the meaning of justice.

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5 assets available for download

Bucks County, USA

Community Engagement Toolkit

BUCKS COUNTY, USA is a five-part documentary filmed over four years in politically divided Bucks County, PA. A nation in rupture, a community in crisis–and the next generation is watching.

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13 assets available for download