Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBP2gvZTnwM This year one of our projects at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library has been to digitize and upload to our public YouTube channel many of President Reagan's iconic speeches. Our Audiovisual Archivist is spearheading this task to create a resource for students, teachers, … Continue reading Ronald Reagan and the Republican National Convention
The White House: Inside Stories from the Reagan Presidential Library Part II
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert and continues our series on items and installations from the White House on display or in our collections. Click here for Part I and click here to see the website for the PBS documentary The White House: Inside Story. The Executive Mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania … Continue reading The White House: Inside Stories from the Reagan Presidential Library Part II
The White House: Inside Stories from the Reagan Presidential Library Part I
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. Click here for part II to learn about more of the items from the White House in our collections. Tonight PBS will air a documentary special The White House: Inside Story examining life in, the history of, and everything about the Presidential Residence. The show features interviews … Continue reading The White House: Inside Stories from the Reagan Presidential Library Part I
Actor Atticus Shaffer shares filmmaking lessons at the Reagan Presidential Library
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHOZGRadh4 To register for the last available space for Film This! 2016 Filmmaking Workshop for high school students, email us at reaganeducation@nara.gov. Last summer while visiting the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library a flier for Film This! caught the eye of actor Atticus Shaffer. While Shaffer … Continue reading Actor Atticus Shaffer shares filmmaking lessons at the Reagan Presidential Library
Fourth of July 1986: Liberty Weekend Thirty Years Later
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. The Fourth of July is a celebration of the heritage and history of the United States. While every President honors Independence Day in different ways, one of the grandest celebrations of this anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence took place in 1986 … Continue reading Fourth of July 1986: Liberty Weekend Thirty Years Later
Presidential Firsts! Presidential Pioneers in Education?
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert Every year the Reagan Library offers the Film This! summer program for high school students. Over the course of a week students shoot and edit original documentary films. This year's theme for Film This is "Presidential Firsts," to register for this year's program, click … Continue reading Presidential Firsts! Presidential Pioneers in Education?
Thanks Los Angeles Unified School District
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. Saturday June 18, 2016 we were fortunate to have a wonderful group of educators from Los Angeles Unified School District visit us at the Reagan Presidential Library. The event featured continuing education workshops by Kieley Jackson, Coordinator of Secondary History/Social Science Education at LAUSD, and Linda … Continue reading Thanks Los Angeles Unified School District
Looking Towards the 2016 Election: Personal Crisis and Responsibility
The 2016 election is quickly approaching and the question of the age and health of some of the candidates is a topic that is in the spotlight of national discussion. During the conference "When Life Strikes the White House: Death, Scandal, Illness and the Responsibilities of a President,” hosted in-part by the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Karen Kiron gave a talk about President Reagan called "The Benefit of Age, if Wisdom Prevails."
Summer is here! High School Teachers, come out and play at the Reagan Library!
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. Register Here for our Free Summer Situation Room Experience Open Houses for Educators. You can see it on the faces of students and teachers alike... The blank gaze into the distance that could almost be a “thousand yard stare,” were it not for that … Continue reading Summer is here! High School Teachers, come out and play at the Reagan Library!
Thank you Palisades Charter High School!
Today's post comes from Reagan Library Education Department staffer Brett Robert. Launching a big project like the Situation Room Experience requires not only a team of devoted professional staff, but community support as well. We have been incredibly fortunate to have several local schools help us dial-in the simulation during our final testing this spring … Continue reading Thank you Palisades Charter High School!
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