Lesson Plan Clip 3 | The Neutral Ground
Clip: Season 34 Episode 1 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Christy Coleman and Karen Cox discuss the origins and fallacies of the Lost Cause.
Christy Coleman and Karen Cox discuss the origins and fallacies of the Lost Cause. Among the ideas propagated are: the Civil War was fought over State’s Rights; not slavery, and the fantasy of the benevolent master. The narrative is offset by juxtaposing movie clips celebrating the gallant south with stark images of brutalized enslaved men.
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Lesson Plan Clip 3 | The Neutral Ground
Clip: Season 34 Episode 1 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Christy Coleman and Karen Cox discuss the origins and fallacies of the Lost Cause. Among the ideas propagated are: the Civil War was fought over State’s Rights; not slavery, and the fantasy of the benevolent master. The narrative is offset by juxtaposing movie clips celebrating the gallant south with stark images of brutalized enslaved men.
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Lesson Plan Clip 1 | The Neutral Ground
Video has Closed Captions
The United Daughters of the Confederacy engrained the Lost Cause into public schools. (1m 55s)
Lesson Plan Clip 2 | The Neutral Ground
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CJ joins a Civil War reenactment and questions the reenactors. (2m 24s)
Lesson Plan Clip 4 | The Neutral Ground
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CJ documents the infamous protests in Charlottesville, Va. (5m 6s)
Lesson Plan Clip 5 | The Neutral Ground
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CJ reflects on ways that history can sometimes leave out parts of the slave narrative. (3m 13s)
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CJ Hunt investigates why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America. (1m 42s)
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...