We the People

• 1. Active Citizenship

  5m

  You have the power to be an active citizen! A young woman finds her voice building community and making change, to the groove of a H.E.R. song.

• 2. The Bill of Rights

  5m

  These are our rights, what makes the USA the USA: speech, press, religion and more — and no one can take them away. Performed by Adam Lambert.

• 3. Taxes

  5m

  The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.

• 4. The Three Branches of Government

  5m

  Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.

• 5. The First Amendment

  5m

  Brandi Carlile delivers a message for the young: speak out against the forces that try to silence you — because your right to free speech is protected!

• 6. Federal vs State Power

  5m

  States do some things, feds do others. But when federal and state governments link up, it's a beautiful balance of power. Performed by Kyle.

• 7. Immigration

  5m

  A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.

• 8. The Courts

  5m

  A citizen's anthem from Andra Day says, "All rise!" When you need the law, the courts heed the call. Justice for one should mean justice for all.

• 9. We the People

  5m

  We the people hold the power, and when we struggle, we pick each other up and get a little bit… stronger! Performed by Janelle Monáe.

• 10. The Miracle of Morning

  5m

  Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.

Cast

Janelle Monáe

(voice)

Lin-Manuel Miranda

(voice)

Adam Lambert

(voice)

Bebe Rexha

(voice)

H.E.R.

(voice)

Andra Day

(voice)

Brandi Carlile

(voice)

Kyle Harvey

(voice)

Amanda Gorman

(voice)

Cordae

(voice)