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.

Albert Frederick Arthur George (the Duke of York) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon were married at Westminster Abbey on April 26, 1923.

People were so excited about the marriage of the Duke of York to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - on April 26, 1923 - that they lined up for blocks just to see ...

In an overwhelming turn of events, the Duke of York becomes King George VI and Elizabeth becomes his Queen Consort.

The University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) has an Institute for Texan Cultures (ITC).

This clip - from "Great British Railway Journeys" - follows the Victorian-era "Bradshaw's Railway Guide.

In this clip, from Cry Freedom, Denzel Washington portrays Stephen Biko.

In 1949, Dr. Billy Graham traveled by train from Minneapolis to Los Angeles.

In 1822, the London Philharmonic Society commissioned Beethoven to compose a new symphony.

In May of 1941, Germany dispatches its formidable new battleship, called the Bismarck, to interfere with - and sink - convoys en route to Britain.

Now a fearsome pirate of the Caribbean, Blackbeard and his men captured a French ship called La Concorde.

Blackbeard, the famous pirate, was known as Edward Teach in his earlier life.

In the fourteenth century, bubonic plague swept through Europe, decimating the population.

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