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- Hi, I'm Sal Kahn, the founder
and CEO of Khan Academy.

- And I'm Jeffrey Rosen, the president

and CEO of the National
Constitution Center.

- So Jeff, I'm super excited about this

Constitution 101 course.

Why should students be as excited as I am?

- There's nothing more
exciting than learning

about the Constitution.

It is the mission statement of America.

It's what unites us.

It is the ideals that allow us

to have a productive democracy.

Sal, I'm so excited to work
with you, to bring the essence

of Constitution 101 to
students across America.

What excites you about it?

- That we're able to do this course

with the National Constitution Center.

There is no organization on the planet

that understands the Constitution better

and understands how it
affects our everyday life.

They really are the world leader here

and but to be really making
it a rich living course

that have real world
participants in our democracy,

talking about these very important ideals

and ideas as they go into practice.

But for it to not just be a
passive class where you listen

to a politician or you listen to a judge,

or you listen to an academic go deep,

but you also as a student have the chance

to participate in it, answer questions,

make sure that you get
mastery on the subject matter.

- We've brought together a group

of the leading thinkers in America

of diverse perspectives
from the left, the right,

and the middle to explore what they agree

and disagree about the Constitution.

We asked them why should students

learn about the Constitution?

And everyone had different
answers, but it was so inspiring.

Some people talked about it
being a land of opportunity,

extending the blessings of liberty to all,

reminding us how far we have to come,

and how we've fallen short in the past

and can learn from our mistakes.

And they're really reminding
us what unites us as Americans.

We're divided about politics
as a polarized time,

but we're all united about the centrality

and importance of our
constitutional values.

- I couldn't agree more.

There's so much cynicism right now,

especially about political discourse,

and I think everyone
watching is going to see

that this is a place
where people can disagree,

but they can disagree in respectful ways,

and we actually all benefit
from that disagreement.

So I think you're probably
as excited as I am

now to jump into this course.

So let's get started.

Jump in, start watching some videos,

start reading some articles.

Start taking some of those exercises,

those unit tests, those course challenges.

And hopefully you're
gonna get just as excited

about our Constitution and our democracy

as myself and Jeff are.