How do we make a "sound judgment" in a culturally diverse society? How do we know the best path to follow in an interdependent world? These stories, based on social-studies, help us to understand that personal and environmental relationships impact our lives and our world.
The Soviet Army inflicts horrific damage on the German people as its troops advance to, then pass over, the Oder River.
On the 16th of April, 1945, the Soviet Army begins its final assault of World War II.
Soviet forces approach the Berlin suburb of Potsdam and come closer to Berlin itself.
As German defenders continue their now-hopeless efforts, Soviet troops are nearly at Hitler's bunker.
30 years ago, the German people ended the life of the Berlin Wall.
This clip is another segment of the BBC's Breakfast News, broadcast on the morning of November 10, 1989.
In 1954, a young Leonard Bernstein makes his first television appearance as he explains (and illustrates) why Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was so revolu...
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
Although Leonard Bernstein became a famous musician, composer and conductor, he had a very difficult childhood.
As King, George VI has no power to enact policies.
As Bertie grows closer to his father - King George V - his brother David (the Prince of Wales) grows farther apart.
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