#  Flehinger Clip 2 

 



##  Flehinger Clip 2 

**Instructional Themes**: Using humor; Building rapport; using analogy; drawing on student expertise

**Profiled**: [Brett Flehinger](https://prod-instructionalmoves.drupalsites.harvard.edu/brett-flehinger), Lecturer in History, teaches "American Populisms: From Thomas Jefferson to the Tea Party + Trump" to 38 students at Harvard College.

**Clip Length**: 2 minutes, 1 second (15:58-17:59)

**Clip Context:**

- “American Populisms: From Thomas Jefferson to the Tea Party + Trump,” an undergraduate course at Harvard College with 38 students enrolled.
- This course traces the concept of populism from the early 19th century to the current day as Flehinger teaches his students to think and act as historians. In this class, Flehinger covers the Scopes Trial of 1925 to help students analyze populist sentiments in the 1920s.
- This clip comes about fifteen minutes into the 50-minute class as Flehinger leads students through the background of the Scopes trial.



 

 

 

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[Clip Transcript (PDF)](https://prod-instructionalmoves.drupalsites.harvard.edu/file_url/738) | [Facilitators Notes (PDF)](https://prod-instructionalmoves.drupalsites.harvard.edu/file_url/691)



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Undergraduate ](/audience/undergraduate)
- [ 5+ minutes ](/duration/5-minutes)
- [ Flehinger, Brett ](/instructors/flehinger-brett)
- [ Harvard College ](/school/harvard-college)
- [ Questioning, listening and responding ](/topics/questioning-listening-and-responding)