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.

For most of the battlebetween the British and the Spanish ArmadaEnglish sailors were unable to break apart the tight crescent formation of the Spanish...

At the beginning of the naval battles between Britain and the Spanish Armada, it seemed that the Spaniards had the upper hand.

Did weather cause the Spanish Armada to lose the battle with Britain, in 1588?

As an unfavorable wind began pushing Spanish ships toward the sand banks of Flanders, priests on board ship began hearing the sailors' last confession...

After a great deal of research into the deadly flu virus which killed so many people throughout the world, between 1918-19, scientists are still not...

Clip from a documentary comparing the Spanish-Flu pandemic, during 1918-1919, with today's health-care capabilities.

In the midst of World War I, another devastation - "Spanish Flu" - infected people throughout the world.

Einstein's discovery of the theory of relativity.

After they won the match against New Zealand's All Blacks, the Springboks celebrated in their change room.

Encouraged to learn the words to "Nkosi Sikeleli" - a former black resistance song in the Xhosa language - the Springboks worked with a tutor to get t...

This rare video is a clip of the final moments of the June 24, 1995 Rugby World Cup match.

During World War II, Howard Hughes designed a huge airplane made almost entirely of laminated birchwood.

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