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izzit.org is dedicated to teaching the next generation about the ideas, institutions, and benefits of a free society. At the same time, we seek to foster the critical thinking skills necessary for young people to become independent-minded, fully engaged citizens.

Still image from: Ida B. Wells: The Light of Truth
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Portrait photographs of 3 men. Caption. They back inventors like Rob Campbell.
19 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Woman smiles at camera and holds up a pan with freshly baked bread. Next to her, a bust of Adam Smith. Caption. Is the [emphasis] invisible hand.
14 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Living Up to Our Declaration of Independence
13 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
3 Asian women smiling with 1 waving. Caption. Toward a better life is undeniable.
16 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Painting of an English nobleman wearing a gold and white fur jacket and cape, and a powdered wig. Caption. Of great wealth and property, imagined our very world.
12 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Black and white photo of woman wearing a scarf over her head and tattered sari.
16 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Senior man looks slightly off camera in an outdoor setting opening his mouth slightly as if in mid-speech. Caption. Real hurt and real anger.
8 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
2 children approach water on a beach with their backs facing camera. Caption. Male as narrator. Jack and June are from the same mother and father.
16 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Teenage boy looking at camera, speaking. So did that mean that there were fewer jobs?
11 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bearded middle-aged man in a brick-walled room with large steel frame windows. Caption. Acting as a sort of global policeman.
16 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Waves at sunset looking towards an industrial platform held above the water. Caption: Worldwide, it makes up about a third of the energy supply.
15 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Suspended hoist running along tall beam lifting logs. Caption. How do you cut down trees? You need some saws.
12 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
2 Episodes
Still image from: Question Everything: The Scientific Method
8 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sepia-toned illustration of eighteenth century people working at a printing press. Caption. The invention that arguably began the Information Age.
11 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Closeup of a Black girl in a wide smile standing next to 2 Black boys.
19 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Scopes: Curriculum on Trial
9 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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8 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Steve Forbes on Achievement: A.P. Giannini
Steve Forbes on Achievement
Season 0 / Ep 2
3 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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