Social Studies Videos

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.

A judicial inquiry into the reasons for the wreck was headed by Lord Mersey, a fair man.

Russell Phillips - whom his crew mates called "Phil" - was still alive when this story about Louie's life was produced.

Louis Zamperini is a humble man.

In 1947, Louis Zamperini met Cynthia Zamperini.

At Kwajalein Island, Zamperini and Phillips were subjected to experimental medical procedures.

Fighting for a woman's rights to vote, Alice Paul ignores the possibility of falling in love.

WARNING - THIS CLIP DEPICTS GRAPHIC SCENES OF MISTREATMENT IN A PRISON SETTING.

Lucy Burns friend of Alice Paul worked internationally to get women the right to vote.

Just west of the Old Head of Kinsale on Irelands southern coast, Lusitania was about fourteen miles offshore.

Captain Turner had planned to go down with his ship, but he was knocked unconscious.

At 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time, on the 7th of May 1945, Captain Schwieger ordered a G-type torpedo to be loaded into a forward tube.

As Lusitania reached the southern part of the Irish Cannel, the British admiralty issued a warning that submarine activity in the area had successfull...

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