American Tapestry Series
Access all of our programs in the American Tapestry Series, led by Dr. Andrew Roth,
JES Scholar-in-Residence
Our series are designed to allow you to watch a program individually--no need to watch all of the programs in succession!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY LUNCHTIME SERIES: PART SIX - THE FUSION THREAD AND TALKING TAPESTRY
Dr. Andrew Roth
November 10, 2020
If 1968 was the year of 'the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, "The American Story" shattered. - Dr. Andrew Roth
In this 5 part lunchtime series, you will learn about the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking:
- What is the 'story of America'?
- Is there such a thing?
- Is there only one story, or are there many stories?
- If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY LUNCHTIME SERIES: PART FIVE - THE IMMIGRANT’S TALE
Dr. Andrew Roth
October 27, 2020
If 1968 was the year of 'the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, "The American Story" shattered. - Dr. Andrew Roth
In this 5 part lunchtime series, you will learn about the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking:
- What is the 'story of America'?
- Is there such a thing?
- Is there only one story, or are there many stories?
- If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY LUNCHTIME SERIES: PART FOUR - The American Dream
Dr. Andrew Roth
October 20, 2020
If 1968 was the year of 'the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, "The American Story" shattered. - Dr. Andrew Roth
In this 5 part lunchtime series, you will learn about the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking:
- What is the 'story of America'?
- Is there such a thing?
- Is there only one story, or are there many stories?
- If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY LUNCHTIME SERIES: PART THREE - Freedom’s Faultlines: Stories of Gender and Race
Dr. Andrew Roth
October 13, 2020
If 1968 was the year of 'the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, "The American Story" shattered. - Dr. Andrew Roth
In this 5 part lunchtime series, you will learn about the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking:
- What is the 'story of America'?
- Is there such a thing?
- Is there only one story, or are there many stories?
- If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY LUNCHTIME SERIES: PART TWO - Freedom’s Story Home and Abroad
Dr. Andrew Roth
October 6, 2020
If 1968 was the year of 'the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, "The American Story" shattered. - Dr. Andrew Roth
In this 5 part lunchtime series, you will learn about the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking:
- What is the 'story of America'?
- Is there such a thing?
- Is there only one story, or are there many stories?
- If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY LUNCHTIME SERIES: PART ONE
Dr. Andrew Roth
September 29, 2020
If 1968 was the year of 'the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, "The American Story" shattered. - Dr. Andrew Roth
In this 5 part lunchtime series, you will learn about the post-1968 shattering of the American story by asking:
- What is the 'story of America'?
- Is there such a thing?
- Is there only one story, or are there many stories?
- If there are many stories, how are they woven, can they be woven, together to tell the story of America?
To watch this program on Facebook, click HERE!
AMERICAN TAPESTRY: THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES
Andrew Roth, Ph.D.
August 11, 2020
What is the "story of America?" Is there such a thing? Is there only one story, or are there many stories? Find out by watching this program, originally aired on August 11, 2020.
In this summary program, Andrew Roth, Ph.D., Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence, continues his exploration of the post-1968 shattering of the American story by drawing from his mini-part series to offer an overview of his American Tapestry experience.
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
1968: THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON AND THE BIRTH OF THE CULTURE WARS
Andrew Roth, Ph.D.
July 7, 2020
2018 marked the 50th Anniversary of 1968 – the cusp year of "The '60s": the Cultural Revolution whose repercussions redefined America reverberating down today. "The '60s" refers to that period between the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1964 to the last American helicopter leaving Saigon in 1975.
1968 was the hinge year, the year everything changed. From the Tet Offensive to President Johnson's resignation; from the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy; from Miami and the Siege of Chicago; from the women's march on Atlantic City to Apollo 8's Christmas Eve lunar orbit when humans first saw the far side of the moon and 'Earth-rise', 1968 changed everything.
This presentation traces those events, their antecedents and their consequences.
To watch this program on YouTube, click HERE!
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YEARS OF HORROR: 1968 AND 2020
Andrew Roth, Ph.D.
June 2, 2020
In a recently published essay for The Atlantic, “Is This the Worst Year in Modern American History? Comparing 2020 to 1968 offers some disquieting lessons for the present,” James Fallows examines the two years, the history of 1968 and the unfolding of today's events.
You can also take a look at the Fallows' presentation with the Jefferson from April 21, 2020 by clicking HERE.
Jefferson Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Andrew Roth has spent the last two years unpacking 1968's historical importance in the American narrative.
In this event, he discusses the roles of pandemics, media, leadership, and more as we continue to analyze 1968's impact on history then and today.
To watch this program on YouTube by clicking HERE!
