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Dr. Paul O. Carrese, who was the Founding Director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, and has held fellowships at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, Harvard University, the University of Delhi, and the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He co-led a national study funded by the N.E.H. and US Department of Education, Educating for American Democracy, with the goal of improving American history and civics education in K-12 schools with partners from Harvard and Tufts Universities and iCivics.
In this Constitutional Conversation, Dr. Carrese discusses the lasting importance of George Washington's Farewell Address with the James Madison Foundation's Senior Academic Advisory Consultant, Dr. Jeffry H. Morrison of Christopher Newport University.
00:00 - 06:08 - The Reputation of the Farewell Address
06:09 - 10:27 - Washington and Citizenship
10:28 - 13:52 - "Federalist No. 86"
13:53 - 19:12 - John Jay
19:13 - 23:10 - Pillars of American Unity
23:11 - 28:17 - Party or Faction
28:18 - 35:49 - Washington and Religion
35:50 - 40:19 - The Importance of Civic Education
40:20 - Washington as a Political Thinker
Dr. Paul O. Carrese, who was the Founding Director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, and has held fellowships at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, Harvard University, the University of Delhi, and the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He co-led a national study funded by the N.E.H. and US Department of Education, Educating for American Democracy, with the goal of improving American history and civics education in K-12 schools with partners from Harvard and Tufts Universities and iCivics.
In this Constitutional Conversation, Dr. Carrese discusses the lasting importance of George Washington's Farewell Address with the James Madison Foundation's Senior Academic Advisory Consultant, Dr. Jeffry H. Morrison of Christopher Newport University.
00:00 - 06:08 - The Reputation of the Farewell Address
06:09 - 10:27 - Washington and Citizenship
10:28 - 13:52 - "Federalist No. 86"
13:53 - 19:12 - John Jay
19:13 - 23:10 - Pillars of American Unity
23:11 - 28:17 - Party or Faction
28:18 - 35:49 - Washington and Religion
35:50 - 40:19 - The Importance of Civic Education
40:20 - Washington as a Political Thinker
