Tenth Period | America’s Response to Crisis: What We Can Learn from the Past and How To Look Ahead

BRI staff Kirk and Rachel will take a moment to reflect during this challenging time by examining past crises in American history and evaluating what we can learn from them. They’ll be touching on a range of social and governmental responses to critical events and incorporating relevant primary sources, including FDR’s Fireside Chats, Alexis De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," and various contemporary media responses to the 1918 influenza pandemic.