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Teaching About Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
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The Most Dangerous Man in America:
Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers and The Teaching Guide for The Most Dangerous Man in America The Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, is proud to have prepared a 94-page teaching guide for the award-winning film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. |
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Below we are featuring many of the resources referenced in the teaching
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Elementary - Middle School
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High School - Adult
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Adult
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Teaching Guides Online Resources
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ACLU First Amendment Center Online
Features comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, daily First Amendment news, commentary and analyses by respected legal specialists, and a First Amendment Library of legal cases and related materials. |
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Americans Who Tell
the Truth
Portraits and biographies of dozens of Americans who tell the truth, including Daniel Ellsberg. |
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Democracy Now!
The country’s best daily news radio program; includes voices rarely heard in corporate media. |
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Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship. |
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Ellsberg, Daniel
Daniel Ellsberg’s website contains biographical information, links to articles by and about him, videos of media appearances, and commentary on issues such as government transparency, defense and the WikiLeaks scandal. |
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OYEZ: U.S. Supreme Court Media
The Oyez Project is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. |
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Project Censored
The mission of Project Censored is to teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society—and to tell the news that didn’t make the news and why. |
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Ridenhour Award: Fostering the Spirit of
Courage and Truth An annual award named for veteran Ron Ridenhour who exposed the infamous My Lai Massacre of the Vietnam War. The stories and speeches by past recipients can introduce students to contemporary whistleblowers. |
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Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq |
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What Kids Can Do Provides lots of examples of youth activism. |
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Wikileaks A wealth of links and resources on whistle-blowing. |
Statements About Whistleblowing
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 - View PDF and Whistleblower Protection Act Information - View Web Page |
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Open Society Institute Open Society Foundations Statement on the Disclosure of Documents by Wikileaks - August 13, 2010 View Statement |
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The George Washington University National Security Archives Website |
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US Dept. of Labor’s Office of the Whistleblower Protection Program View Web Page |
