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.
To the Shores of Iwo Jima depicts actual battle footage of fighting on the heavily-fortified, well-defended, Japanese-owned (Tokyo Imperial Prefecture...
The flag-raising at Mt.
It is said that "Soweto sneezed .
Trailer for the film, Black Hawk Down.
The story about la Bete was little-known outside France until a French-language movie (with English subtitles) was released in 2001.
When Elizabeth I left the throne of Britain, her country was a very different place than it had been when she first assumed power.
This trailer - for the film "Enemy at the Gates" - tells the story of a sniper legend stemming from one of the most horrific battles of World War II -...
Mary Surratt - accused of being a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln - was tried before a military tribunal, instead of a j...
This clip - a trailer for "The Help" - provides a preview of the film based on the eponymous book by Kathryn Stockett.
King Tut's tomb is opened Feb 13, 1924. Patron George Herbert (5th Earl of Carnarvon), owner of "Downton Abbey" (Highclere Castle), dies before Tutank...
After his marriage to Anne Boleyn - and the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth - Henry VIII decided to look elsewhere for a wife.
On March 25, 1911 - a Saturday - flames erupted at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. Doors were locked from the outside-in, causing many young workers ...
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