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.

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES INTENSE SCENES FROM WORLD WAR II.

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES INTENSE SCENES FROM WORLD WAR II.

For most of World War II, Germany provided its citizens with newsreel updates on the wars progress.

In this clip, combining rare archival footage with recreated scenes, Hitler's cameraman films the Fuhrer who keeps his left hand behind his back.

James O'Donnell's book The Bunker is about the last days of the Third Reichbased on extensive eyewitness interviews and documents.

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES SCENES OF FATAL SHOOTINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS FROM WORLD WAR II.

Fritz-Julius Lemp was a skilled U-boat commander.

Life in the Seam, an extremely poor area of District 12, has always been hard.

This video clip, from National Geographic's series on the Vietnam war, includes an interview with Lt Col Hal Moore plus historical footage regarding a...

Anne Holm wrote a story about David, a boy who must perform hard labor in a Bulgarian forced-labor camp.

The Iguazu Falls provide an ecologically rich setting for many different types of flora and fauna.

One of the most spectacular water falls in the world, the Iguazu are located at the border of Argentina and Brazil.

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