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.

During the late summer/early fall of 1944, residents of Warsaw - on their own - resisted the Nazi occupation of their city.

Streets became ravines in the massively damaged Warsaw as Poles faced the mounting consequences of their resistance.

On their own, the Polish people mounted the best resistance they could muster against Hitler's forces during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, is a #1 bestselling novel which has been made into a major motion picture.

Mahalia Jackson sings "We Shall Overcome" during her European Tour of 1971.

"We Shall Overcome" became the rally cry of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Hitler had a plan of conquest when he came to power as leader of the Third Reich.

Hitler had a plan of conquest when he came to power as leader of the Third Reich.

Hitler had a plan of conquest when he came to power as leader of the Third Reich.

Despite the sorrows, some people had reasons to celebrate.

People living in the USSR endured unbearable suffering when the Nazi regime sent its military might into Soviet territory.

Thousands of fleeing refugees, seeking to escape the advancing Soviet Army, crowd the roads as East Prussia is cut-off from the rest of Germany.

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